Blog 11..

My junior year English CB would be ranked #1 for the most demanding class. We were assigned many of papers throughout the year, but there was one project thats very memorable. There was just about 9-weeks left in the year and we were separated into groups of four. From then on, once a week our group would have to present a 20 minute presentation on given reading. This forced everyone to meet amongst themselves and develop solid presentation. The material would usually be divided into a section for the author, plot, setting, and the characters. Each individual person in the group would then go over their specific part in depth. At first, these presentations seemed like they were going to be a negative, but actually positively helped my public speaking skills. A few of my concerns when working with others are there almost always is one person that doesn't contribute what they were expected. This can hurt not only their grade, but the groups as well. The benefits include; being able to have more than your own opinion on the project, and less personal work to be done.