Teamwork

I have to say that I am extremely happy with my group so far. I have been in some awful teams before for projects, but this is not one of them. I am somewhat of a control freak and I used to hate group work... where MY grade would depend on someone else doing the work. I used to never trust my teammates to do their part, which was justified, because usually no one ever did. So, I would always do way more than my share to get the grade I wanted. I am a little obsessed about getting high grades... I always have been. I guess it comes from being the baby in the family and wanting to do everything better than my brother and sister. Needless to say, I did whatever it took to get A's on group projects, even if it meant doing some of everyone else's work, too.

This group is so different. Granted, it is not the course I am most concerned about (I mean I would stress a little more if it was one of my finance classes), but I have not worried about what my teammates are or aren't doing once. I really trust them and know that they will do just as much work as me, if not more. We all seem to care about our grades and turning in a great project, so I know I have nothing to worry about. My group is also very flexible, which I love! There is no hand-holding or arguments, we just go with the flow. We work around everyone's schedules and we don't waste time arguing or babying a particular teammate (all of which I've had trouble with in the past). We've got the good idea down, now we just have to work on the proposal of it. We are pacing ourselves so that we won't be too overwhelmed with work when the deadline comes. I can finally trust each of my teammates to do their part and that feels great! I think my outlook on group projects is starting to change a little bit. Good job team... thanks for being awesome!