The day i have been dreading all of Summer Session II has come upon me...and I totally dodged a bullet.
In Business writing we do a lot of group work. By A LOT I mean like every freakin' day. It's totally understandable though, i mean it is a writing class, so we have to share our work with our peers to get feedback.
Unfortunately some people do not like feedback or anything associated with getting their work critiqued. Last week there was almost anarchy because a group did not like how my group critiqued a memo they wrote. I sat back and watched as one girl completely started bitching (very loudly) about how stupid our comments were and that it was complete garbage. Looking back on it her anger had nothing to do with our comments but from who the main source of critiques came from. A boy i simply call NEW JERSEY.
Clearly he gets the nickname from the fact that he always talk about New Jersey. Like ALL the time. He has this really thick accent, knows a shit load about sports, and talks a lot. I LOVE HIM. Not in the art boy kind of way, but in the "You make me giggle say it again". There is something about him that i find endearing and almost brotherly.
He is average height, but kind of stocky from all the beers he throws back, and sometimes he rambles on about who knows what. But for some reason he is this nonthreatening Teddy Bear who i am fond of. We have worked in several groups together and though he has ADD qualities we work well together. The other day he even asked me what book i was reading even though you could totally tell he hasn't picked up one in a long time. But it was nice, and he gets my seal of approval for being an "OK GUY!!".
Of course most of the class hates him. They think he is too loud, too overbearing, too aggressive in his approach to things, and that he is annoying to say the least. Sometimes they make their dislike for him apparent as in last week with the whole "girl yelling across the class towards my group to make it apparent that she doesn't like him" way.
We have this huge project due in a week, where we have to work in assigned groups and utilize our strengths to write a 10-15 page business report. Since learning about this report the class has been freaked out about how Jack Black will create the groups. Last week, after a rather disastrous group assignment, he asked how a recent group experience went for me. After a long pause i said something like "it went" (geez I'm passive) .
Since we were on the discussion of groups i asked him how we was going to assign us, whether it was random or if our group would be specifically chosen. He said he's been watching how we interacted in groups to evaluate our strengths and weaknesses. He also took in account how we write and from that he will put us into groups to create a balance.
I felt a little better after he told me this, because that meant i most likely was not going to work with THE ANNOYING GIRL. Even though she was out of the running as a group member (thank god) there were still a few other people i was hoping to not be paired with: The Grammar Nazi, The Yelling Girl, The Crazy Kid Who Sits In The Back and Stares, The Other Kid From New Jersey (because he has a staring problem also and working in a group with him sucked. His comment on my paper was "try to be more mean") .
In Business writing we do a lot of group work. By A LOT I mean like every freakin' day. It's totally understandable though, i mean it is a writing class, so we have to share our work with our peers to get feedback.
Unfortunately some people do not like feedback or anything associated with getting their work critiqued. Last week there was almost anarchy because a group did not like how my group critiqued a memo they wrote. I sat back and watched as one girl completely started bitching (very loudly) about how stupid our comments were and that it was complete garbage. Looking back on it her anger had nothing to do with our comments but from who the main source of critiques came from. A boy i simply call NEW JERSEY.
Clearly he gets the nickname from the fact that he always talk about New Jersey. Like ALL the time. He has this really thick accent, knows a shit load about sports, and talks a lot. I LOVE HIM. Not in the art boy kind of way, but in the "You make me giggle say it again". There is something about him that i find endearing and almost brotherly.
He is average height, but kind of stocky from all the beers he throws back, and sometimes he rambles on about who knows what. But for some reason he is this nonthreatening Teddy Bear who i am fond of. We have worked in several groups together and though he has ADD qualities we work well together. The other day he even asked me what book i was reading even though you could totally tell he hasn't picked up one in a long time. But it was nice, and he gets my seal of approval for being an "OK GUY!!".
Of course most of the class hates him. They think he is too loud, too overbearing, too aggressive in his approach to things, and that he is annoying to say the least. Sometimes they make their dislike for him apparent as in last week with the whole "girl yelling across the class towards my group to make it apparent that she doesn't like him" way.
We have this huge project due in a week, where we have to work in assigned groups and utilize our strengths to write a 10-15 page business report. Since learning about this report the class has been freaked out about how Jack Black will create the groups. Last week, after a rather disastrous group assignment, he asked how a recent group experience went for me. After a long pause i said something like "it went" (geez I'm passive) .
Since we were on the discussion of groups i asked him how we was going to assign us, whether it was random or if our group would be specifically chosen. He said he's been watching how we interacted in groups to evaluate our strengths and weaknesses. He also took in account how we write and from that he will put us into groups to create a balance.
I felt a little better after he told me this, because that meant i most likely was not going to work with THE ANNOYING GIRL. Even though she was out of the running as a group member (thank god) there were still a few other people i was hoping to not be paired with: The Grammar Nazi, The Yelling Girl, The Crazy Kid Who Sits In The Back and Stares, The Other Kid From New Jersey (because he has a staring problem also and working in a group with him sucked. His comment on my paper was "try to be more mean") .
I was secretly kind of hoping New Jersey would be in my group, he gets things done and also the whole "he makes me giggle" thing helps in creating a good atmosphere(my favorite comment so far has been "i thought i was talking to Ricky Martin on the phone". I was the only one who laugh, i thought it was funny)
Today he told us what group we were assigned in. At this point i was holding my breath. My group includes...well Me, The Smart Brainy Girl with Killer Clothes, The Business Guy who also has Killer Clothes, The Nice Foreign Guy, and the Wild Card (some dude who potentially has ADD but kind of smart and is friends with NEW JERSEY). The group who got New Jersey started talking about him after finding out he was in their group( he left early) and Jack Black got pretty pissed. I feel bad for him.
Today he told us what group we were assigned in. At this point i was holding my breath. My group includes...well Me, The Smart Brainy Girl with Killer Clothes, The Business Guy who also has Killer Clothes, The Nice Foreign Guy, and the Wild Card (some dude who potentially has ADD but kind of smart and is friends with NEW JERSEY). The group who got New Jersey started talking about him after finding out he was in their group( he left early) and Jack Black got pretty pissed. I feel bad for him.
I'm happy with my group but can't wait til it's all over. We have to write a business guide on The United Arab Emirates. Don't worry if you haven't heard of it, because i haven't either. All i know is that Dubai is apart of The United Arab Emirates, and that country is loaded with money.
One more week and summer school is over. If all goes well i will have 2 more A's to add to my transcript. My English teacher totally liked the paper i wrote on Frederick Douglass. Before she handed back the papers she said "you will all be pleased by the grades, but i don't like giving out A's, so don't be disappointed."
As i opened my paper a nice "A" was located at the bottom of the page. OH YEAH!!!!!
5 comments:
Congrats on the A! No surprise for us... lol
What ever happened with The Annoying Girl? Did you say anything to the prof, or ya just letting it go?
Sounds like you have a much better group this time. Good luck!
I didn't say anything to him but i think he may have realized we didn't mesh wellin a group.
I only had to work with her one more time after the first incident and she wasn't that bad but i couldn't risk having to work two days with her outside of class. NO WAY.
i laughed my head off, reading this post.
you should ask Jack Black if NEW JERSEY can be moved into your group. I like that you like him; he's probably okay if he gets your seal of approval (you have high standards). He could be your friend, totally (and you know, asking you what you were reading? that was a friend-making gesture. or else an "i think you're hot" gesture. both of which should make you happy).
i like the comment "you should be more mean" - maybe the Other New Jersey should start reading your blog ;)
oh yeah! i was kind of friends with a girl at Georgetown who was from the UAE. she was a little neurotic but mostly nice. I liked the girl from Jordan better, though.
but yeah: UAE, friend and ally of the US, fucking LOADED with money and oil.
Yeah the other New Jersey guy is kind of an A**hole. All of his comments on my paper were "be more mean" or "You have to be a little threatening".
Jack Black gave us the hardest country to cover. It is totally loaded with money but my group knows nothing about it, expect that they are creating a DUBAI-LAND, which i think is going to be the Disney Land of the Middle East.
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