TV' Group Interaction Part 1

o man. .. somehow i posted this assignment to my other class's blog. Good thing it lets me delete....how embarrasing...

Academic Work:

It is hard for me to reflect on any memorable group interaction throughout my academic years since most the projects didn't take a great amount of time to accomplish. I was never comfortable when it comes to group assignments because I am the kind of person that likes to accomplish my work on my own, at my own pace, and with my own creativity. I grew up with out interaction to a big crowd because there were only my sister and me in my family. I joined Girl Scouts when and was able to interact with a group of girls on a weekly basis. The problem, however, was because they were all the same gender and same ethnicity, although I learned to be more comfortable socializing, I was still not used to interacting with a mix group of different of race, gender, and age.

My most effective group project of 4 people was to use digital art to revise any business type, whether it'd be logo, brochure, business cards, slogan, advertisement, website, etc. We chose a Beauty Salon called “La Femme”. Together we went to visit the salon to introduced ourselves and our purpose for helping them. After they went over what they needed to improve with their business, we had daily meetings in person and online to draw out ideas as to how we will carry this project out with equal tasks for each person in the group. We divided tasks base on what we each are capable of doing and also had more knowledge in a specific areas from Photoshop tools to making sure we are on track according to our due dates. I had a great experience with this group project because we had great communications, we were right on schedule since we kept each other on task regularly, we were able to relate with each other base on the project we chose, and everyone felt a part of the group because we each had something to work on in order to complete the project.

The group interaction from that project pushed me out of my comfort zone to to interact with my colleagues and be able to collaborate ideas. According to the definition of Group Interaction from NCLC, our group project was successful because we had shared understanding and expectations from all the members within the group, we were able to play our given roles and accomplished our tasks on time, we all made decisions and help each other track the project's progress collaboratively, able to negotiate consensus, compromise on ideas, and solved any conflicts that arise. After this group assignment experience, I learned that with group interactions and collaborating ideas we can archive more than individuals accordance to time, expertise and learning. It is an advantage to live in a diverse culture so that we can open our minds to great knowledge beyond our expectations. We should never miss an opportunity whenever it is given to us.

Written Text:

As Christians, we learn everything base on the bible because that is where we can find the truth from our Lord savior. There are numerous Christians scattering the world with one thing in common, that is our love for Jesus Christ. John 3:16 stated “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” Although we all live all over the universe, we are a very strong team because we share the same faith and are heading towards the same direction. Since we all have different experiences due to our geographic barrier, we somehow collaborate our lives through different ministries to accomplish our mission: to spread the good news of our savior and whoever believes in Him will have eternal life.

I find it fascinating after recently becoming a follower when I have realized the strong group effort of fellows Christians in bringing everyone to Christ through different ministries. I myself are involve in a youth ministry with my fiance and it is so rewarding. We have many people from different churches and even different areas of the country to support us, encourage, guide, and motivate us whenever we feel discouraged as well as rejoice when we want to celebrate. Jesus is a great leader of all times that is full of wisdom about anything. From Him I learned that group work can change a nation and lives base on the evidence of His followers for the past many centuries.

Non-written:

I worked together with my two girl scouts for our Gold Award project when I was in high school. Three of us collaborated ideas for a Vietnamese Cultural show for the community to enhance their understandings for the beauty of Vietnam. Although three of us were responsible for putting everything together for this show, there were more group work amongst our whole troop, which consists of 50 people. I'd have to be honest, when working with that many people for one big project, there were conflicts throughout the process. We'd run into differences in ideas, time conflicts, age difference, parents involvement as well as criticism, and many more. There were also disagreement within three of us since it didn't know how to prioritize our time, balance out tasks and following roles, and many times there were miscommunication. Towards the end of our project and getting ready to have the show, we were able to pull everything through from the help and support of our troops. The show was a success and memorable to the community.

After this Gold Award project, I learned a valuable lesson to the definition of “group work.” We went wrong during the process when we went in the project with a mindset that we will do a great job on this project ALONE. Instead of collaborate ideas and experiences, we went ahead and use our ideas separately for the project. Later we learn that this project needs all three of our effort and commitment. After learning to compromise, we were able to manage the project in a nicely manner and carried out a beneficial event for the community and ourselves.

Works Cited: the Bible (NIV), John 3:16.