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Friday, November 13, 2009
Groups
When I was in grade nine, I had Social with Alanna Gill and Cheryl Oates. They were my only friends in the class. But the second our grade nine teacher called out group work, Alanna and I would race to make eye contact with Cheryl first. The tension would run thick as we tried to settle out who would go with who. Neither of us wanted to be the odd man out. Because that was the ultimate social slap in the face. And everyone else in class had the perfect "group buddy"... but Alanna and I... nope we had to compete for our group buddy. It was hideous. The most wretched feeling ever. Its like some cruel popularity contest, waiting to get picked for teams. I've always hated group assignments for that. Cause finding partners is just awkward. Stupid groups. I try to avoid group assignments at all cost. Cause I hate the feeling of waiting and hoping someone wants to be your partner. And the rejection when you ask someone and they give you the look (ya know, of ultimate pity) and they try to break it to you nicely they already have a group. While secretly they are SO happy they arent you. Its hideous. I guess I ought to learn to campaign better. Be more on the ball. But I never am. Mmm.. I'm feeling all grade nine teenage-angsty. We have to do groups for next semester. Groups. Bain of my existence. I'd rather work alone.
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Is this brought on by perio by chance?
Hahaha... yup.
Melissa I feel your pain. "Find a partner" and "In groups of TWO" have been the most ominous phrases for the past 2.5 years. Me, Bonnie, and Hayley would all just freeze in silence side by side as the prof described the project, then we would all turn to each other and pray we weren't the one getting left out. Or one of us would immediately book it to the front of the room to dibs being the coveted "one group of 3."
My horror of group and partner work is deeply rooted though. In grade 9 I ended up in a class with none of my friends. This was like no other class. All of the "not cool" kids were in majority and had plenty of partners to choose from. I on the otherhand wanted to die every time a group project was assigned. I would look around as all the smart, nerdy, shy, weird, awkward kids would be so stoked and just know who they were going to work with, and cry a little inside. Alex Cattapan and Drew Erickson were the only "cool guys" in our class - and I was not that cool. And even though all they had was each other, they still had each other. I would rather work alone.
If you get several "Boston"s arriving at your blog, that would be me. I'm avoiding homework and catching up on blogging. And I agree with this post.
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