18/04/2016
During our morning class our group (1B) was learning about team work and communication. This was organized in a significantly interesting way. For 2 minutes, we were shown a fairly detailed model made out of jubes and tooth picks. In that time we were to memorise the model and as a team, create a replica out of clay and tooth picks. However we were told that there might be some "spies" within the group attempting to sabotage the project. Although I thought that there were probably no spies in the group, I did get a little paranoid and started thinking the worst in some people. Once I got into the project, however, I left those thoughts in the back of my mind and focused on the building.
By the end of the task, we had kicked out 1 person for being a "spy", and we had a model, which was not very good, but we did well for the time and resources that we were given.
As it turns out, my first thought was correct, and there were in fact, no "spies" in the group. This was a significantly important lesson as it taught us not to think the worst in people, but also that life can be quite unfair at times, and some things are in our control, but sometimes they aren't, and we would have to just to do our best to deal with that fact.
In the afternoon, we played quite a few games that were based around communication, and fortunately, my group was successful in many of those, but the activities did show us how important communication is (no matter in what form) and there are always ways to improve.
In our evening class, we played "Human Bingo". This activity got us walking around the room and talking to new people, and although I didn't finish filling out all the boxes that were on the card, I did talk to a few other people that I didn't get to properly meet during the first day.
During our morning class our group (1B) was learning about team work and communication. This was organized in a significantly interesting way. For 2 minutes, we were shown a fairly detailed model made out of jubes and tooth picks. In that time we were to memorise the model and as a team, create a replica out of clay and tooth picks. However we were told that there might be some "spies" within the group attempting to sabotage the project. Although I thought that there were probably no spies in the group, I did get a little paranoid and started thinking the worst in some people. Once I got into the project, however, I left those thoughts in the back of my mind and focused on the building.
By the end of the task, we had kicked out 1 person for being a "spy", and we had a model, which was not very good, but we did well for the time and resources that we were given.
As it turns out, my first thought was correct, and there were in fact, no "spies" in the group. This was a significantly important lesson as it taught us not to think the worst in people, but also that life can be quite unfair at times, and some things are in our control, but sometimes they aren't, and we would have to just to do our best to deal with that fact.
In the afternoon, we played quite a few games that were based around communication, and fortunately, my group was successful in many of those, but the activities did show us how important communication is (no matter in what form) and there are always ways to improve.
In our evening class, we played "Human Bingo". This activity got us walking around the room and talking to new people, and although I didn't finish filling out all the boxes that were on the card, I did talk to a few other people that I didn't get to properly meet during the first day.
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