Team Time

     This week our Mid-Semester portfolio was due.  I tried to answer all of the questions to the best of my knowledge and turned it in.  This portfolio strongly helped me to recognize the good work I have done, the work that I need to improve on and how I can grow in the weeks to come.  I also noticed that I obviously did not know exactly what Professor Corrigan was talking about when he mentioned "risk-taking." Now, I am going to try and apply that phrase to some of my posts in the not distant future.
     Moreover, something else that I loved about this portfolio was how we had to pick three key blogs that we felt were adequate enough to be one of the best.  Picking was not so hard, but I enjoyed going back through all of the posts I have written and re-read them.  I noticed growth in my writings and also noticed where I didn't really care for the topic I was supposed to be writing on.  Reflecting is one of the best ways to evaluate what I have learned and hope to continue to learn for the course of this semester.
     Furthermore, after we discussed in our groups our portfolios and what we had learned from that activity, we were summoned to go outside, pick a spot and finish reading our short stories together.  Last Thursday Seth and Sterling read first.  Their stories were both different and well written.  It was nice to sit outside and just be able to relax and listen to someone's masterpiece.  This week, after Casey being gone last week, was back and read her story, along with Adam and I.  My story was a bit long so I got cut off at the end so I had to summarize it up in a jiffy, which I totally did not mind.  Adam's short story was heart felt and true.  Casey's story was fiction but realistic and funny.  I enjoyed each and every one of my team members and their uniqueness.  This time together was both educational, in its own sense and pleasing.