Group Work

This semester for most of the units, we need to work in groups. Working in groups isn’t always easy and there are various advantages and disadvantages. Personally, I think that having four units that needs to be done in groups during one semester are a lot, because certain tasks get me confused at times as to understand and refresh my memory about with whom I’m working with what.

Groupworks acts as a learning journey, as one will understand how to work hand in hand with others, which I believe that in our area of study it will be useful in the future. This experience of working with others is helping me to let others show their opinions and ideas. We are also learning from each other different methods and understandings. Sometimes working alone, might lead you to think through one point of view. However, sometimes I prefer to work on my own as I feel that I have full control on all my work and don’t need to rely on someone else.

Through these experiences, I’m still learning to work in groups and that working in large group of people isn’t easy as it’s more difficult to have group meeting and to have full agreement by all members, thus leading to numerous arguments. Having arguments in a group is sometimes healthy, although it depends on the quality of the arguments. Sometimes arguments lead to unwanted negativity or misunderstandings, which may result in a bad outcome. Moreover, to have a healthy team of people, there needs to be people having different perspectives and having different people having different knowledge from every aspect of the topic.

Although working with close friends is more comfortable, it is good to work with new people as this prepare us to our future career where we need to meet new people and work with them, whether you like them or not.

Currently having gone through a difficult moment in my life recently, I felt that starting to work with other people started to get me nervous and anxious resulting in less concentration on work. Well, from my impression some people don’t seem to understand what my situation is and I don’t blame them or need them to feel sorry for me, none of that but sometimes some people do not respect that other people might be hurt in their personal life. Personally, I’m not one to feel offended very often, but at the moment I’m trying to recover from a heartbreak which needs some time to heal so that I can get back on my feet. Moreover, I’m still doing the best I could and I’m determined to get good grades and work well as a team member so that we all get good grades. Through this experience, I’m learning to stay calm and have patience.