“Let’s just do it” he said calmly, “what’s the worst that could happen?” As I heard these words come from my unfrenzied partner, the chaos in my head seemed to disappear. We had been utterly consumed by the project for the past two months and the fear of creating something that wasn’t good enough was constantly weighing on me. In my civil engineering and architecture class the teacher assigned a project that was a design competition for the American Institute of Architects (AIA). We were to design a transit station in Houston that would mainly accommodate a high speed train connecting Houston to Dallas. When we were first introduced to the challenge, I thought there was no way it could have been done in the time frame we were given. Luckily, we were able to work in small groups for the project. I chose to be in a group with two of my friends. I had enjoyed working with them on previous projects throughout the year so I didn’t expect any conflicts between us. Unfortunately, our harmony didn’t last
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I was just happy that I was able to do something I normally wouldn’t have done, and I owed it all to Daniel. Working with someone who has a different viewpoint and thought process than I do turned out to be extremely beneficial to both of us because we both contributed something that the other couldn’t.
About a week after we had submitted our project, we strolled into class just like any other day. We sat down and then noticed our names on the board with a big “Congratulations!” above them. We were puzzled about this until our teacher exclaimed to us that we had been invited to the AIA awards ceremony. We sat there dumbfounded as a great feeling of accomplishment came over us. I cannot describe the happiness that I felt at that moment to be recognized for our hard work. The first thing I did was thank Daniel for having the courage to go with his gut feeling and persuade us to submit our
I was just happy that I was able to do something I normally wouldn’t have done, and I owed it all to Daniel. Working with someone who has a different viewpoint and thought process than I do turned out to be extremely beneficial to both of us because we both contributed something that the other couldn’t.
About a week after we had submitted our project, we strolled into class just like any other day. We sat down and then noticed our names on the board with a big “Congratulations!” above them. We were puzzled about this until our teacher exclaimed to us that we had been invited to the AIA awards ceremony. We sat there dumbfounded as a great feeling of accomplishment came over us. I cannot describe the happiness that I felt at that moment to be recognized for our hard work. The first thing I did was thank Daniel for having the courage to go with his gut feeling and persuade us to submit our