The Presentations of Hours

     The chapters that the students presented to the class felt more like their own insights that they have provided to the class about basic ethics and their own personal beliefs. Learning through students instead of the professor was quite refreshing in a sense that everyone who presented had around the same amount of knowledge as me and fears of sharing with the class. Since we were all on the same boat together and going through the same college stresses, everything just felt so natural and was presented while still encouraging others to do their best.

    Although the presentations were perfect, learning about cultures, healthy group dynamics and how to solve problems as a group - really left my mind feeling fresh and boosted me while working in my own group during this current project, the previous one and the many to come after this. I will not lie that the group itself hasn't been a chaotic bunch. But they did what they were supposed to do and helped others when they were stuck. They did not sit stagnant and waited for the world to passed them by, but they actually asked questions and try to solve their problems unlike any high school project where I was the sacrificial lamb that would do and present the entirety of the assignment.  

    It was also kind of ironic to be presenting a group project... about group dynamics. I found it really funny and almost self reflective to be reading the topics and also executing them in real time to my fellow group members as it made me even more self conscious than I already am. For example: as I was researching for key words such "accountability" in the very depths of my mind and consciousness I was thinking "am I being accountable in my group?" and just letting the ideas stir up in my mind until i spiraled. I have never really had that happened during a group project before... 

    As a first year college student who is always lost in assignments, stressing a bout every minute detail, assignments were really piling up. My desk always filled and overflowing with pens and highlighters, pages scattered around the room for annotations. Maybe the project was a bit difficult to understand in the beginning, but once I actually started to work on my powerpoint slides everything felt so clear, almost as if clarity just graced itself in my presence struck me upside the head for not working on this sooner instead of stressing about it the whole week. Many of my faults lie on overthinking the tasks at hand and procrastinating so I hope it did not show in my group's time of need. Overall I think I did okay... I hope.

    As for the other group presentations, I cannot be their advocates but I can tell that they actually knew what they were talking about, even if they were a bit decaffeinated during it. But who can blame them? it is too early to be presenting for most people, that includes myself!