In today's class, my group got ROBBED of a much deserved victory. The activity involved 4 groups, each group receiving a random assortment of recourses. However, no group had all the materials they needed to complete the tasks, meaning groups have to trade materials to complete the tasks, and which ever group finishes first wins. So I was in group 1, accompanied by Kayla, John, Callie, and Alex, and right off the bat Kayla grinded out the hamburger. Meanwhile, Callie, John, and myself were working on the house, as Alex, being the clever little fella he is, went around to each group. Out witting everyone into some great trades in our favor. As predicted, we were the first group to finish the tasks. Therefore, we decided to increase the trash talk a little more expecting that we were going to win. Little did we know Mr. Rivers was going to call our house invalid due to one side being a half an inch shorter than the correct length. Not going to lie, the news was the harshest of harsh blows, but none the less, group 1 wasn't giving up without a fight. Right away Alex snatched up the scissors and cut a half inch of paper off of the sheet to add it too the side, John whipped out glue stick, but it was too late. Nadir and his group of savages closed the gap on our lead, and took advantage of our first trail error. Winning the competition, receiving bragging rights and a bagel of their choice, they cheered passionately. As my fellow group members and I filled with disappointment and sorrow. Left defeated and weak.
All in all, I do believe our group succeeded today, we may have not came in first, but we had a blast and had some quality bonding time. We worked well as a team and I'm confident that we will defeat all other groups in the next competition. Something that really helped our group succeed was giving everyone a specific job, trying to be efficient as possible to be the first group done. There wasn't much that held our group back, besides the error or measuring our sides correctly, we were pretty on point. This activity showed me that people who are selfish, some may even say "savage", is not what gets you on top and succeed. The best formula for success is hard work and good strategy.
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