Adjourning

One of the hardest groups to say good-bye to was doing the time of receiving my associate’s degree. Doing this time the age group within the classes that we attended consist of mixed ages of women and a few men. We all became very close understanding that some had just graduated from high school and some of us had changed our profession into the field of early childhood education. During this time we became very close by helping each other in different areas of learning. Furthermore, I never notice anyone looking down on each other as though they knew more or was superior over another. As a result we all had a clear understanding that we were there for the same thing and that was not just to receive our associate degree but to help those around us succeed as well. Therefore the adjourning stage was a sad time for most of us because some were going to different colleges to continue their education and I was relocating to another state. For this reason I could say that high-performing groups are the hardest to leave if there has been a positive bond made, which in our case it was.

As time came near the end we all thought about how we could say good-bye in a way that would not make us as sad when separating. So we decided to have something like a family reunion after our graduation ceremony. It was wonderful we all invited our families and a couple of our instructors even attended with their families. Here we could share memories and share our views of our future in what we planned on continuing with what we had learned thus far.

However in thinking of adjourning from my online colleagues and not being able to see them face-to-face I thought it would not be difficult. Nonetheless I find that it will be just as hard as it was with my face-to-face colleagues. Therefore I feel when it is that time to adjourn I will be glad for our blog’s we have made. I feel I can directly contact each colleague and thank them personally for sharing in this wonderful experience while working on my master’s degree. For this reason alone I feel adjourning is an essential stage of teamwork because it shows others that their being a part of the group/team was appreciated, and valued.