Today at lunch the Academic Team met. It was a fairly good day for us. We earned around 300 points, which has been an improvement over most of our meetings. We got most of the questions on the first try actually, but we did use some unnecessary second choice and got some others wrong that we should have gotten right. I think we can achieve more points than we have gotten, but we definitely have things to work on. Our teamwork and listening needs to improve. Sometimes a person will know the answer and other members will just ignore them. We need to collaborate to find the best answer in the quickest amount of time possible. However, I am generally pleased with our performance.
I think I did well personally. I know most of the geography questions, although this time there weren't as many so I didn't feel as valuable. I know that I am an asset though because nobody else on the team knows geography very well. However, I have things that I can definitely work on. I need to deduce the answer by eliminating more often, and also I need to speak up when I have a hunch that I'm right. I know that I can be helpful for the team, but I need to assert myself and my answers.
Today I was also forced to consider the ethical implications of my actions. Tomorrow we have the first competition but I had to make the decision between attending or going to Spanish class. I decided to go to Spanish class, because we only meet once a week and of course school comes first. However, it was a difficult decision because I love the Academic Team and I think I am a great asset with valuable knowledge. I didn't want to ditch the team during competition, but I'm sure they'll do fine and school is incredibly important.
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