Reflecting As A Whole: A Group Project Reflection

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Group projects can sometimes be a hassle, especially if they’re chosen by a teacher, in this case, a professor. My experience with group projects in the past have been appalling, some members barely do their work or no work at all, some members would distract others and slow down the progress, it was usually up to me and a person who already did their work to pick up the scraps. When the day to submitting the project got near and everybody started to freak out, the other classmate and I would already have their part done and ready. Gladly, this didn’t happen in my group, everyone did their own part, they carried their own weight, and if they needed help we would help each other out since that would be detrimental to both the group grade as well as their individual grade. But besides work, it was nice to talk to my group members and hear their ideas and points on an essay or a topic in which we were debating.

During the project, I was tasked with being an administrator as well as the notetaker. Being an administrator was easy. All I had to do was collect the work from my classmates, organize the work, and then put it in order. Plus, I also had a classmate who shared the same responsibility as I did. Thus, if I didn’t pick up the work or I put it in the wrong order, he would notify me to fix it or even doing it himself. Now doing the part notetaker was a bit harder. First, the position fell on my hands, second, I didn’t know what to do and at first, it was sort of a hassle, especially when it came down to taking attendance and following the MLA format, so many trees died in vain. But nonetheless, I learned to do it properly and it just became a normal part of my routine. Overall, I really enjoyed my experience with the group and I wouldn’t mind repeating the experience with them.