Working in Groups

Working in groups can be a great help and it can also be a hindrance. I am in the middle of a group project in one of my animation classes right now and everything seems to be going well for us. Almost everyone in the group seems to be trying to help out as much as possible. I feel no matter what, there will always be someone who doesn’t help out as much as everyone else, sense no one is identical. So it doesn’t bother me when not everyone gives 100 percent. It bothers me when there is people or peoples that don’t want to help. But I feel that weather you want to be in a group or not, you are there, so make the best of it. I’m not having too much problems in m group, besides the one bad apple that everyone is going to have at least one of. In fact I feel that everyone is trying as hard as the can and everyone keeps checking up to see if there is any help needed. On the other hand it’s not bad to ask for help if you need it, it is also helping the group when you get what you are supposed to be doing right the first time. It’s not a bad thing to ask for help, it is actually a good thing.

Then again, I guess I don’t have too much to complain about in my group. I actually got placed in a good one. I like working in groups from time to time, because there are a few others to go to that actually know what is going on when you need help. And they are also there to share them same amount of stress when the time is starting to run out or when your client or in this case teacher is breathing down your neck. I’m not so concerned about my group as I am more concerned about the other two. One group lost a group mate, and the other only has one that knows how to use the program half way decently, but my parents always told me to worry about my self and not what others are doing around me. So I guess we will see what the outcome looks like.

-George