Farewell EDUC 6165

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

Dear Colleagues,

I tried to say farewell to as many of you as I could, but alas I am overwhelmed with the holidays and an upcoming cold. I still wanted to let all of you know how much I appreciate every one of your posts, comments and supportive feedback. 

Thank you all for taking this educational journey with me! I wish you a well deserve two week break, and a refreshed start of the next term.

I am leaving you, not with a "good-bye", but with a "see you later!"

I will continue to post on this blog as much and as often as I can during the break!

Warmest wishes to all,

Angie

The adjourning phase of group development...

There are five stages of group development: 

• Stage 1: Forming
• Stage 2: Storming
• Stage 3: Norming
• Stage 4: Performing
• Stage 5: Adjourning

When a group is formed it does not get from forming to performing without some growing pains. If a group is successful the adjourning or departure stage will be a bittersweet process. 

According to Abudi, in the adjourning stage "the project is coming to an end and the team is moving off into different directions" (2010, paragraph 14.) 

A time that was difficult for me to leave a group was my high school class and group of friends. We had a long four year group development in which we went from forming to performing within our high school culture. 

At graduation, the adjourning stage, we said our goodbyes some of us in tears. We had literally grown up together. This group was the hardest to leave because we had good chemistry, we worked together in various projects and after school activities. Some of us developed close friendships, and after graduation we would all go in separate directions. 

I did appreciate the school's supportive departure and different activities, like graduation, prom and Seniors' Field day that allowed for a all of us to say our goodbyes. 

Source: Microsoft Office 2010

Conflict Resolution: Personal Dilemma

My personal dilemma is: My downstairs neighbors and I have not been agreeing in our noise level. They complain about our noise for walking during the day (I have three high energy children). I complain about their loud music during the afternoon, while the baby is taking a nap. We have done nothing but bang on each others walls to convey our extreme dislike of each others activities.

After reviewing information on conflict resolutions here are a few ways I can approach this conflict:

1) I can communicate and suggest a win/win situation. Perhaps we can choose to be loud at the same time. The girls can run around while the neighbors play their loud rap music. We can also agree on quiet hours of the day or night. This can alleviate some of our apartment living discomfort.

2) I can also choose to look at this as an opportunity to learn to negotiate, and perhaps become a better neighbor. There are things I need to learn about myself this situation will help me understand. If I look at the potential of learning from a challenging situation, rather than focus on the problem, I can enjoy the process.

(Conflict Resolution Network, n.d.)


Dear colleagues please comment on your thoughts on this conflict. Do you feel I have the right approach to this situation? Do you see other alternatives? How would you address this neighbors? Have you been in a similar situation?


Thanks for reading and any comments in advance!!! :)



References

Conflict Resolution Network. (n.d.). CR kit. Retrieved from http://www.crnhq.org/pages.php?pID=12#skill_3