Tailynn Lorenz Reflection #1

                                    It’s Not Just Me, Right?

By:Tailynn Lorenz

This was My Experience in SPC1017 as a Shy Person but not showing it to others.

    

    Spc1017 is a Class I never Imagined would actually take me out of my comfort zone so much to the point that I've actually better some of my social skills. I'm a very shy and nervous person yet having the opportunity to actually socialize and learn how to work with others as a team effort has actually changed a lot of things for me. I actually got the opportunity to meet wonderful people for this presentation. From Zainab that she shows amazing leadership skills. Nickolas Novoa asked me questions and apologized but in reality I felt glad that they depended on my help. To Paulette,Vickiana,Monica,Nicholas,and Michael. I'm so happy that I had all these amazing people by my side through this presentation and I honestly couldn't ask for a better team.

Friday Morning I woke up nervous as ever knowing that my presentation was almost about to start. I wasn't nervous for my group but more for myself. As the pressure was falling down on me I knew that I had to be a better version of myself. I don’t say this as a very bad thing, it's just If I don't push myself to be better than,I'll be hiding behind others. As the Group Leader that I was, I always wanted my teammates to ask me for help and depend on me for any of their troubles. Yet I never wanted to show them that I was the one that might have needed them the most. My teammates were amazing, they actually made me feel welcome and felt like I could be myself with them. We all worked together without any troubles and it just felt nice. This Group 3 actually showed me what the word teamwork really meant. As the time came for the presentations we were called up to start first. Regina read the introduction and all of our names. Then I began with Leadership and yet again the Only and perfect example I was able to give was my professor Sinkoff. She's the best definition of Leadership as she inspires us to be better students and communicate with each other. My nervousness was replaced with my somewhat confidence as all I wanted was to do good for my group and myself. I had 2 other slides and I wanted it to pass by like the wind. As it was all over my teammates took over and delivered it with perfection, it was all clear and their examples were amazing. I know it may sound as I'm only applauding for my group but it just felt amazing as it was demonstrated simple and clear. We made each slide simple and short and also gave our own examples instead of reading it off of the presentation which made it even better! 

Group 2 came after to present All the nervousness I had was out of the park and long gone as it was just time for me to relax. As Group 2 Began there were a few flaws that they could have fixed as in adding less writing and maybe giving more examples of their own. My favorite slide from group 2 was about the Support groups , Jasmine gave good examples and She added quite a few of her own. She even made us understand a bit more of the support groups which I loved.I also like how In ethical and unethical groups Lisbeth gave a unique and amazing example by adding crime groups and noncriminal groups. Right after the slides of ethics is where I felt lost as the group kept switching from person to person and it didn't have an order to it. There is NO HATE, just I was confused about it all. Maybe it was that my tummy was just hungry or my pet yorkie was bothering me for his morning breakfast but I felt quite lost. As Group 2 ended I ran in the 2 mins I had of a tiny break to get some breakfast. As my yorkie followed me I fed him and grabbed a sandwich for myself. Now to my opinion on Group 2 Since their Presentation was over, The group did well together but I just wished they were a tiny bit more organized in having their own examples, most did but not all which is why that is something they have to work on in my opinion. The theme of the presentation was lovely and it was a Good presentation.

Now to Group 1 for this group there were many things that needed improvement. From their team not being organized to most of them missing. As a person that learned first impressions make an impact, in presentations the theme is technically what gives the first impression and this theme just wasn't giving me the high spirits. Now I know i'm making the presentation sound bad but i just disliked the theme of the presentation now talking about their examples and presentations, The examples were amazing to the ones who presented did an amazing job by making us better understand about all their topics.  My favorite slide was potential barriers that talk about anxiety and how people deal with it, mainly how people with anxiety fear people with different cultures because they don’t want to be disrespectful. Giovanna really gave us great examples for that slide and she made us really understand it better.  As the Group finished their presentation I noticed that most of them tried to put their effort but some didn't seem to work as a team. 

As all the presentations finished I felt bad for Regina for being alone as a class leader since there were supposed to be 2 and she had to start everyone's presentations alone and end them alone. I messaged Regina just as a simple question. I didn't think much of it, if she thought I'd be a good replacement for the second class leader and to my surprise she said yes. It would be best for me and it's quite simple. At first I felt bad because I didn't want to leave my group 3 behind but deep down I know that if they have any troubles I’d still be there to help. As I end my Blog here I still want to Thank Group 3 for showing me that Great people do exist in this world and thanks for showing me what teamwork and group work is all about! You guys are the best <3