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October 25, 2004
Group Learning
According to this course, groups function in two ways...
1) The group as a whole is weaker than the stupidest member of the group.
2) The group as a whole is stronger than the smartest member of the group.
Three guesses which way our small group is functioning? (Given that there are only 2 choices, it shouldn't be hard.)
Sigh.
I'm feeling very frustrated, in part because I feel like members of our group are not contributing equally, and in part because I feel like we spent too much time (way, WAY too much time) discussing process. And in these discussions, we usually end up coming to a conclusion that everyone interprets differently, and then we're back to square 1.
Using Adam's notation, I will now use the acronym DTSG (Death to Small Groups) in future entries to summarize my feelings on this matter.
