The group project

Now we have to get one thing straight. I’m an extroverted introvert. So when I’m around my people as in the people I’m comfortable with, the sass comes out. But when I’m around people I don’t know, I’m perfectly described as an awkward tadpole, illformed speech patterns, missing limbs and just a little weird.

At my varsity, group projects seem to be the latest trend, I can’t really remember an assignment where I worked in the comfort of my own mind. But that’s not it, our group projects are collaborations across degrees, as in with people I never even knew existed. I’m sure you can guess where this is going. Let me set the scene, its a group of 7 and I know 2 of them. I’m late but I arrive ready, looking for familiar faces, all the while telling myself “don’t stress you’ve got this, just be cool” with a face that feels confident but probably looks like I just had a fight with the seatbelt in my car. In my head I’m going over the steps:

Step 1 find group

Step 2 say hi

Step 3 smile and sit down

Here we go. Step one and two were a breeze and I guess you could say I was feeling a little too confident. So as mother nature intended, she decided to bring my ego down a few notches. I sat down and decided that it would be great for me to smile at the girl sitting opposite me. And not just a grin, a SMILE as in teeth and all. I was met with a scowl. And I had to sit opposite her for another 2 hours.

Love that for me.