A Lesson to keep for a lifetime

To be completely honest, when I began this course I was not sure what to expect; I knew group work and collaboration between groups was important but I was unsure why. Of course I always cared for the importance of good relationships, it is part of the reason my major is International Relations. My love and passion to comprehend the International system and how countries work together in an international partnership and why these partnerships sometimes falter or even dissolve interested me.

I think my dream job is to work with United Nations to assist failed states so I could complete humanitarian work and work to heal some partnerships in the internal aspects of countries such as institutions and government. Part of the appeal for this class was exploring the aspects of the risks and rewards and academic partnership. In this class I have learned the value of group work from this class. I used to stray from group work, a stigma being attached to working with others and how exhausting it can be. However, I think the stigma is misguided and exaggerated. I find it to be rewarding. From our group work, I have found self-growth which is something I never expected. I never thought reading GLOBE or Geneseo’s Mission statement would ever really mean anything to me; I thought they were just frivolous statements. They have become so much more to me.  I was not sure how group work could ever really benefit me but this course has taught me growth through academic partnership itself.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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