There are certainly advantages and disadvantages from working in a group. I've worked in big to small groups in my time here at IUPUI and in one particular case, I had the worst experience and the best experience in one long semester project.
It all began when choosing in an idea in a semester long class and there were a few people in the class that were less than enthused with the outcome of the vote. For the next 5 weeks the group did very little work on the project, and the professor was very aware and decided to give me the role of leader. With as little knowledge I had in all aspects of this project, I stepped up and geared the "willing" of the group towards finishing the semester with a quality end product. With a few mopers in the group not contributing, the rest of the team worked even harder to combat that.
In the end, the project was finished and everyone who deserved it received passing grades. It was completely night and day when someone was in charge opposed to everyone coming together and showing what they had done. I am a firm believer that if you don't have deadlines being handed down by someone that is a designated leader, then it is very difficult to be successful and achieve to the highest of reward of an end product.
-Blake Salisbury
