Academic Team Update - 3/9/10

Academic Team today was rather routine, but I did take a few good lessons out of it. Mr. Scott continued asking us Trivial Pursuit questions, which by this point the team seems to have mastered. I hope we can soon move on to more advanced questions so that we might be better prepared for the test in April or whenever it is. These Trivial Pursuit questions do help me to boost my confidence as they allow me to further recognize my strength in geography. During this lunch meeting, I also became aware of the power of my intuition, as I was able to deduce the answer to a question about the mouth of the Ganges by simply going with my gut based on the knowledge I had of the Indian-Indochina region.

This meeting also seemed to promote collaboration among the team. I have difficulty fitting in with the group because they are such a tight-knit group of friends, and I have had some issues with Marliee especially in the past. However, this meeting was marked by team unity and my patching things up with Marliee. We worked well together to get the answers to questions and congratulated each other when we got them right. I also felt more comfortable laughing and joking if someone gave a silly answer, and I didn't feel threatened when I was kindly mocked for bogus answers. Marliee and I also seemed to bond over her improvement in geography, as she was able to answer a question about the capital of Bulgaria at the same time I did, promoting team unity by means of her pleasure in achieving a geographic knowledge comparable to mine and the simultaneous response.