Class Leaders

      Over the course of the last few weeks, we’ve gotten the opportunity to all work together and watch each other present as teams. As class leaders, Ian and I had the privilege of being involved in each of the three individual groups allowing us to work with the entire class. The groups consisted of about 10-13 people each, all with different approaches and ideas. Group 1 was in charge of giving a presentation on “Intercultural Communication” found in chapter 3. Group 2’s topic was “Communication In Groups” found in chapter 9. Lastly group 3 was in charge of presenting “Group Leadership and Problem Solving” found in chapter 10. As class leaders, we were able to watch on the sidelines as each group brainstormed and created the amazing presentations we had the honor to watch.  The first group to present was group 1 giving an amazing presentation on intercultural communication. My favorite thing about this group is that the morning of their presentation they all logg...

Introduction and Context      For this first  project, our communications class was divided into three groups via alphabetical order. Then, three days later, those who missed the first few class were added to each group arbitrarily. The three groups comprising of something over 10 people. Which was relatively large.      As one of my classes leaders, I had the absolute privilege of helping my peers work on these presentations from behind the scenes. Though, not personally, really, as they didn’t ask very much of me. I still did my best to aid them, however possible, and facilitate the process to the best of my abilities. There was a marginal amount of drama among the groups and a sometimes frustrating lack of communication for a communications class. Though some groups really excelled in this aspect, others struggled considerably. Which makes me wonder how they might of made it through high school without talking to anyone or responding to their profes...