For my group’s proposal project, we have decided on the general topic of how the media affects teens: breaking into three subgroups of peer pressure, domestic violence, and body image. Today was really productive in working with my group because I feel like we cleared a bunch of questions and concerns up since we actually had all of our group members there.
My individual section is the domestic violence subsection. So far I have created an outline and found a couple of good sources that I will definitely use in my section as well as a video for the visual presentation in class. I have also been the one that has been setting up our specific schedule and plan for the paper, which I like because I am one of those people that needs some control over what our group is planning. I think this stems from the fact that I have been in groups before that ended up with me doing all of the work, which I felt was unfair but also better because then I could assure that we would get a good grade. Well, being abused in my group is not one of my concerns because I feel like all of the other girls in my group are responsible and we are able to communicate effectively already in the beginning stages of the project. We are all pretty much on the same page as far as when we are going to get things done and that we will definitely be corresponding through email during Thanksgiving break. I am also glad that we will be getting an individual grade on the project. I am not worried that our paper overall won’t be good, but it seems fairer in the case that someone flakes on their part. (But I’m pretty sure this will NOT happen.)
Even though I feel pretty confident about how we will work as a group together, I do have a few minor concerns. These include actually writing my section and making it cohesive with what everyone else has going on in their sections. I also feel like I have a lot to talk about for having a subsection; I don’t want to write a million pages when everyone else writes two or three—then it would be obviously imbalanced and look like I am trying to dominate the paper. In general though, I feel pretty good about the paper and feel prepared enough to get started writing.
Even I feel that my group will face problem in having a cohesive piece of writing since all our writing techniques vary.