Final
Posted: 17 Dec 2019, 14:02
This class has been a very great and very unique experience for me. It has been unlike any other class experience I’ve had in the college of business. It is the only class I’ve had where the majority of the assignments are group assignments and where the students remain in groups for the entire class. For me, this entire class was a learning experience. Most of my classes have just been the usual, going to class, taking notes, studying, and taking exams. With this class, it was completely different. It was experiential learning. We had to connect, share our experiences, learn new vocabulary, and create new content and value. It wasn’t just about learning to pass an exam, it was learning to create, learning to connect. Throughout this class, I increased my vocabulary and communication skills immensely. I struggled a bit to connect with my group members because sometimes they were busy doing other work and other times they didn’t respond. Sometimes they couldn’t meet in person and sometimes not all of us could make it. But, that is very reflective of real life. At the end of the day, we all had a common goal, and an assignment to complete.
I really enjoyed doing the 10 + 1s. It allowed me to think deeply and share some felt experiences I’ve never shared before. Reading my group members’ felt experiences allowed me to connect with them in a way I’ve never connected with someone that wasn’t close to me. It was sometimes challenging doing the 10+1s. It was hard to share something deep and felt. It was hard to share something in the fishbowl knowing everyone would be able to read it. For the integrated networking systems 10+1 assignment, my group met up to do the assignment. Working together, it took us a lot of time to complete. We talked a lot as we tried to figure out the assignment. The joint structure we created was “To defeat our former foolish selves, we must be open to grasping new journeys and experiences.” On this assignment, I struggled with my felt experiences. The critique I received was that my felt experiences were too theory based and not personal enough. The first felt experience I wrote was “As a student, it’s very important to be adaptive and flexible. We spend a lot of time moving between different places, home, different dorms, off campus houses etc. We also spend a lot of time doing work while handling life and everything that comes with it. School is a system that prepares us for the working world and is important for the progression of the individual in society. Sometimes school can be very complex and can cause students to be spread thin across many different things such as organizations, Greek life, personal life, classes, etc. At the end of the day, it’s all about finding balance.”
I took that critique into mind when writing the next one. For the next 10+1 assignment, which was “dynamic decision making,” I made it a lot more personal. My felt experience was “As a young kid, I was very energetic. I loved playing sports, running around, talking, etc. I got in trouble a lot at school, not because I was a bad kid, but because I was too energetic and talked too much. The school was a catholic school and very strict. My parents and teachers saw this as a problem. Their resolution for this was that I needed to read more and spend more time sitting still. To me, this is the worst possible resolution that could’ve ever been thought of. It didn’t help me at all. I felt like I had so much energy and creativity building up and being produced in me that needed to get out. It turned into me being nonchalant and not caring. For a long time, because of this, I had problems listening because I was always too focused on getting out what I had/wanted to say.” Looking back, I see that I understood this assignment on a deeper level.
From the fishbowl to the 10+1 assignments, I learned that there is more to business than just numbers. I learned how to create value by carefully selecting my words and symbols. I learned valuable skills that are useful for the real world.
I really enjoyed doing the 10 + 1s. It allowed me to think deeply and share some felt experiences I’ve never shared before. Reading my group members’ felt experiences allowed me to connect with them in a way I’ve never connected with someone that wasn’t close to me. It was sometimes challenging doing the 10+1s. It was hard to share something deep and felt. It was hard to share something in the fishbowl knowing everyone would be able to read it. For the integrated networking systems 10+1 assignment, my group met up to do the assignment. Working together, it took us a lot of time to complete. We talked a lot as we tried to figure out the assignment. The joint structure we created was “To defeat our former foolish selves, we must be open to grasping new journeys and experiences.” On this assignment, I struggled with my felt experiences. The critique I received was that my felt experiences were too theory based and not personal enough. The first felt experience I wrote was “As a student, it’s very important to be adaptive and flexible. We spend a lot of time moving between different places, home, different dorms, off campus houses etc. We also spend a lot of time doing work while handling life and everything that comes with it. School is a system that prepares us for the working world and is important for the progression of the individual in society. Sometimes school can be very complex and can cause students to be spread thin across many different things such as organizations, Greek life, personal life, classes, etc. At the end of the day, it’s all about finding balance.”
I took that critique into mind when writing the next one. For the next 10+1 assignment, which was “dynamic decision making,” I made it a lot more personal. My felt experience was “As a young kid, I was very energetic. I loved playing sports, running around, talking, etc. I got in trouble a lot at school, not because I was a bad kid, but because I was too energetic and talked too much. The school was a catholic school and very strict. My parents and teachers saw this as a problem. Their resolution for this was that I needed to read more and spend more time sitting still. To me, this is the worst possible resolution that could’ve ever been thought of. It didn’t help me at all. I felt like I had so much energy and creativity building up and being produced in me that needed to get out. It turned into me being nonchalant and not caring. For a long time, because of this, I had problems listening because I was always too focused on getting out what I had/wanted to say.” Looking back, I see that I understood this assignment on a deeper level.
From the fishbowl to the 10+1 assignments, I learned that there is more to business than just numbers. I learned how to create value by carefully selecting my words and symbols. I learned valuable skills that are useful for the real world.