2. Gee writes, “While you can teach someone linguistics, a body of knowledge, you can’t teach them to be a linguist”(7). If someone were to become a linguist, a sociologist, a biologist, a veterinarian or a historian it becomes a study method. Its a practice, just like everything else in life to become the best or to become what you want, a person needs to practice to become better. A person that pics their own destiny, and what they want to be. Gee writes, “various Discourses which constitute each of us as persons are changing and often are not fully consistent with each other; there is often conflict and tension between the values, beliefs, attitudes, interactional styles, uses of language, and ways of being in the world which two or more discourses represent”(7), Gee states that people can chose their destiny but in the end it might not be the traditional way. People are all different in their own way, and learn in their own methods. People teach differently so a certain trait of a practice might end up being different than another person that was taught the same trait. The discourses are a way for people to socialize, in which Gee says, “The one we first use to make sense of the world and interact with others”(7). The first and initial discourse is taken place and therefore becomes our primary with how we socialize with each other.

3. Gee breaks down discourse into some different types of categories between a primary and a secondary discourse. A primary discourse is the first initial discourse we adapt or require when we are younger. “All of us, through our primary socialization early in life in the home and peer group, acquire (at least) one initial Discourse”(7). The primary discourse is how we speak and interact with each other, the way we were brought up in our own homes. If a person might have a different accent or the way their parents spoke it is correct dialect in their own home but out in public it might not be correct. This discourse is the primary one that is first picked up as a young child. The secondary Discourse also known as Dominant Discourses, “the mastery of which, at a particular place and time, brings with it the (potential) acquisition of social “goods” (money, prestige, status, etc.)(8). Gee also states that non dominant Discourses are also secondary discourses that bring solidarity with a particular social network. There is a direct distinction between non dominant and dominant discourses within a person.

5. Cuddy’s research explores nonverbal communication. Nonverbal communication is important for someone in business so they can showcase well during interviews, meeting new people and first impressions. “It’s not about the content of the speech. It’s about the presence that they’re bringing to the speech”(paragraph, 30). People going for job interviews need to put their best foot forward for their own benefit. If a person is hiding and cowering down, the interviewer will discard the resume and pic someone with a better self confidence. A person essentially needs to take up space and open up to the public or whomever. Power needs to be shown to the interviewer or the person they are meeting for the first time.