07 June 2005
Reflection on the group process
Being thrust into a group of left over students who haven't managed to buddy up yet, can be good or bad. Part of me feels like I am left with the losers who are not quite with it - a bit on the slow side. I feel like I will have to be the one who motivates and directs the group to get any work done. In turn the other group members do the bare minimum working on my suggestions without researching externally beyond their area. Sometimes I feel like I have to do their work for them, to ensure all the relevant parts are covered adequately. I try to be enthusiastic, but if the loafers are not into it, then I feel I have to carry them.
This last group project started the same way. We all didn't know each other, and ended up joining together due to necessity. After the first meeting I came to re-evaluate my prior notions of left overs being losers. Just because we may not be super extrovertedly social, it doesn't mean we are slack. It may even mean that as introverts we have invested more time into the complexities of knowledge, rather than into egobound self projection. It turned out that our group were all very enthusiastic and keen to make our project the best. As it turned out we all got A+ for our presentation on a virtual community of short film makers (AMOQ).
This is how I wish to excel. Through my academic acheivements, not through social hob nobbing.
But here again I wind up confronted with the paradox! You have to be social to network effectively to allow greater projects to unfold. A solitary person rarely makes great leaps of progress alone. It takes teams to see big developments work, and social networking is a huge factor in this. Network network network. This is something I still have a lot to learn about.
This last group project started the same way. We all didn't know each other, and ended up joining together due to necessity. After the first meeting I came to re-evaluate my prior notions of left overs being losers. Just because we may not be super extrovertedly social, it doesn't mean we are slack. It may even mean that as introverts we have invested more time into the complexities of knowledge, rather than into egobound self projection. It turned out that our group were all very enthusiastic and keen to make our project the best. As it turned out we all got A+ for our presentation on a virtual community of short film makers (AMOQ).
This is how I wish to excel. Through my academic acheivements, not through social hob nobbing.
But here again I wind up confronted with the paradox! You have to be social to network effectively to allow greater projects to unfold. A solitary person rarely makes great leaps of progress alone. It takes teams to see big developments work, and social networking is a huge factor in this. Network network network. This is something I still have a lot to learn about.
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Thanks mate for the hello. I love my own bed too. The older you get the more rewarding that bed is. As a dentist, I get a sore neck and nothing beats my special designer pillow (from Crazy Clarks). Enjoy the park life.... I am at the beach now - Byron Bay - the most easterly point of Australia.
Ceeya
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