User:Chelseapurcella

Group Name
Group 5

Self Assessment
In this class, I learned how to write a cohesive paper with 4 other people. We divided up our topic in different regions for each member to research. I know that within myself, I have to learn to not be so controlling. I am really serious about my grades and the fact that I had to rely on 4 other people was really uncomfortable. I know that I pretty much ended up being the group leader; writing outlines, dividing the work, making up weekly game plans, etc. While I did take it upon myself to do all this I still felt like I got the short end of the stick because if anyone slacked on a particular part I would either have to do it myself or pester the other person to actually do it.

I think what I did well was take the initiative to make our group as organized as possible. But this quarter was especially hard because not only was I taking 5 classes but one of them was portfolio which involves so much outside work. Because of this, I wasn't always on time with deadlines either but I always met the set-in-stone due dates that really effected our group grades.

With taking this class, I feel more prepared to work in groups where people do slack off because I know I have the right to speak up and call them out on where they are doing something that isn't just effecting them, but the other group members. In the fashion industry we already have to work in groups designing lines so I think that while this class was a Gen Ed it was still relevant to my field.

The way I contributed to other students' experiences was by editing their papers. I feel like a lot of people didn't do any editing during the workshops, for example our group only got back 3 papers that even had comments written on them. When I was editing papers I made a point to be really harsh because no one else was really giving any feedback at all.