This year has been a very interesting experience in terms of how a group of people can work together. I am so glad that we use Zoom for our classes, rather than other traditional online classes which have very little human interaction. I have found that discussing the concepts taught in the class and hearing about my classmates struggles and successes has been very helpful and comforting to me as I have also encountered struggles and successes. My hope for this term is that the sense of us "all being in this together" will continue to grow, and I have no reason to believe that will not be the case.
At the same time, I'm not going to lie, I really have struggled with the group projects. I am a bossy teacher and I am used to having my little empire and I find the process of creating something with others to be more stressful than helpful. But I promise I am not the total grinch that I sound like. I really do love giving and receiving feedback from my classmates on anything that I have created. I really admire the members of my cohort and have gotten excellent ideas and inspirations from them all year long. I think one thing that has helped me a lot is reading others' blogs and receiving responses on my blogs. Both the blogs and responses have been very thoughtful and have greatly influenced the decisions I have made thus far regarding my research. In order to continue developing our group cohesion I will do what I know my other cohort members will do. As we enter into the final stage of this program, I will continue to give thoughtful and constructive feedback which focuses on what is being done well and what changes can be made to make something even better. I believe that open, honest, and supportive communication is most important for group cohesion and I think it is something that our cohort has done really well! I truly feel very lucky to have fallen into this course with this group of people, and while I am overwhelmed by the amount of work left to do, I look forward to seeing what each of us is able to create by July!
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