Our... Issues :)

Well, I mentioned our Laborama in an earlier post, and this will be a sort of... Blogorama. I know, I know. Calm yourself; don't get too excited.

First, I'll tackle the cliff hanger I left you on last post. As of that conversation in class, we could tell our communication as a group could definitely use some work. We actually had another discussion today and I could tell we were making progress! I will compare and contrast our first issues, and how we have improved.

Issue Numero Uno (I'm taking Spanish! I want to practice what Senor is teaching me- I have a quiz tomorrow!)

• Nobody would listen to each other: We'd hear the other people talk, but we wouldn't listen. What I mean is, somebody would make a comment or ask a question, and everybody would just be thinking about the point they wanted to make, and wouldn't build off what the person before them said.
• Today, I personally noticed- and I tried to practice this too- that after somebody would make a good point, even if a member of the audience had another point to make, they wouldn't say, "Yeah, OK, that's cool. So what I was thinking was.." It would be more along the lines of "Oh, wow! I never thought about that. So does that mean that..."

Issue Numero Dos

• This is kind of the opposite extreme of the issue above: We'd go off from what somebody said pertaining to the subject at hand and go way into left field with it. For example, we would start on direct functions and somehow split into three conversations, one on why pink leg warmers are soo 80's, one on who wants to move to Iceland, and one on why on Earth Hannah is holding a flying pig and hanging it from the ceiling.
• We made a huge effort on not going off topic, and I was personally very proud of us. :) Even if we just started talking over one another, or communicating about the same thing, but just in separate convos, people would start screeching, "PROCESSCHECKPROCESSCHECKPROCESSCHEEEECKKK!!!!" Process check is the IB way of saying get back on topic, though I'm starting to assume it's just a faculty-accepted way of saying shut up.

Issue Numero Tres

• We often wouldn't come to a good solid conclusion before. This time, though, we did it! We made it through 2 whole white board discussions after asking intelligent questions and then- we all agreed on a solid conclusion! I'm *tear* so proud!! Happy dance!

Well, that was the edition on Communication Problems and How We Resolved Them- More or Less. We still have things to work on, but we are improving.

Until next time! #BtagsforPhysicsNobelPrize @Mikayla