Personal Reflection On Group Interactions And Writing Skills

According to the Community College of Rhode Island there are four main expectations of an educated person, those include, effective communication, critical thinking, quantitative mathematical, and scientific reasoning, and social interaction. I believe that through various group discussions and interactions and class assignments like journal entries, research papers, readings, and presentations I have become proficient in all four aspects.
Group discussions have helped me socially interact with other students on another level. Presenting in front of a group of people became easier and easier over time, and overall, public speaking helped me become a more effective communicator. Researching, reading, and writing essays have directly impacted my critical thinking skills and writing skills because I had to learn how to properly use the professional journals to conduct research, …show more content…
The first day of class was one that really pushed me out of my comfort zone because normally I am very shy and do not socially interact with people I do not know, but the professor instructed us to walk around the room and choose someone who we thought was different from us. At first I felt awkward, but when I started to interact in the group I realized that that is where great ideas flourish, and that is because we are all different and we all have something different to bring to the group. Some of the discussions had been about public issues such as marriage inequality and poverty, to name a few; we also discussed the nature of prejudices, and political issues surrounding the presidential debates. Looking back at the first day of class in the group discussion versus where I stand today, I have definitely made great progress in working with and interacting with my fellow class mates which is something that I truly learned from this class