Effective Communicator?

I evaluate myself as a good communicator because I have a good memory, listen well, and always speak my opinions. One type of my personality is to multitask so I tend to multitask on listening different conversations at once because I want to be aware of my surroundings. This usually helps me to communicate with my colleagues to bring information and/or ideas that I gathered from our clients. 

Others will perhaps hopefully view me the same way I evaluate myself. My friend and my boss views me as a person that has a good memory and a very sarcastic person. They always say that to stop reading their mind because I already guessed what they were going to say before they get a chance to say it. For me, that’s because I listen and remember past conversations and/or events that helps me predict the next conversation.  Sarcastic can be a funny way to have a conversations with people to bring a good laugh, but I tend to respond sarcastically when I am getting a vibe of hypocrites. Even if it’s a question someone is asking me, if I get a sense of sarcasm, I will respond that way, but without disrespecting them.

Remembering that I do not only communicate with colleagues, young children, and their families but, I also work with foster youth that are in high school and in college. I have to work with school based social workers, department of social services, high school tutors, psychologists, law enforcement, foster families, legal birth parents,  and the culture of the staff at the five high schools and many college/universities I work with. The assessment tests for the week made more of an impact because I had never been evaluated by others. It was good to see what communication skills I should reconsider and focus on my unintentional gestures that I do that can hinder effective communication.