With the end of our Communications class, we mark the end of a fantastic journey with our group mates in this semester. We have learned about group communications in class and through this project, we were able to learn first-hand on the importance of maintaining group synergy. To commemorate the end of a journey, I would like to highlight a few experiences that I found interesting from this project.

In the beginning, we were all “new members” and we kept our distance from each other. Discussions were limited to within the realms of our assignment and nothing more. As time passed, we worked together more often and somehow, we developed affection needs. The ice was broken and we started having small personal talks in each session. Soon we learnt the behaviors of each member; we even bet against each other, up to the point when we would estimate the time of each other’s arrival! Towards the end, we developed shared behavioral standards and we sought support from each other, often seeking the senior as our mentor for help. There were times when one of the members weren’t feeling so good and we tried to understand them and give moral support and understanding. Of course there were also times where we felt upset at each other and silently called them a social loafer. Fortunately -and I believe is the best part of all- our small group that consists of 5 people never broke down into smaller units. We shared common ground and appreciated each other equally.

Everybody is probably rejoicing at the arrival of the end of the semester, and in fact I am too, but somehow, I wish that we can still remain working as a group for a longer period of time. I believe that we have evolved from a secondary “comms project” group to a primary “friends” group.

-Nadya