Everyone did not know each other when our small group was assigned in the beginning of the semester. Contact information and email addresses were exchanged but communication was very short. My group members and I were not comfortable speaking because none of us knew how to communicate to one another. We were more focused on getting our task completed than getting to know each of our group members.
When we were assigned to a new group to work on an assignment in wake of the Japan crisis, the group dynamics that quickly formed were similar to our primary group. The assignment was to form an evacuation plan to evacuate everyone from Fukushima where power plants were emitting cancer causing radiations. We were given a problem, and in a short amount of time our group came up with ideas, and selected the best choice to solve the problem. In any group, a group is organized to work together to achieve a common specific goal. In this case, to solve the problem, our group worked together to help save the citizens of Japan.
-Victor
Service Learning Project
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