Thinking+Interdependently

=Thinking Interdependently=

__Entry One__

For the third unit we are making a film about an experiment we designed. This was a group project and since they were not chosen by ourselves, we may have had to work with people we were not familiar with. I was in a group with Leslie and Frankie, both of whom I had never worked with before.

I was slightly apprehensive at first because I wasn't used to be being plonked into a group with people I didn't really know, but it turned out those fears were overestimations. Working with Leslie and Frankie has been great, and we've been able to come up with many great ideas by discussing things together, weighing the pros and cons, and appreciating each others' ideas. We also worked out time periods where two of us could meet together to work when one of us couldn't make it. This helped speed up the experiment and could only happen if we collectively though of ways to make this experiment work.

This sort of experience is great to have because I get to meet people I never really knew before. It also provided an opportunity to test ourselves, since there were several problems and only because we were able to think together and come up with a viable solution were we able to solve them. This helped me become more appreciative of other's inputs, because before I preferred to work either by myself or with like-minded people, which didn't really lead to any debates about different methods.