Positive Energy

So, I've been thinking about our discussion today and about the positive energy that has guided our project and that has remained throughout our work. And I am taking your advice to "think positive thoughts" about the remainder of our journey on this work. My nature is to want more time to do things in the thorough or perfectionist way that I am prone to. I like playing with my words, editing, deleting and adding words, finding more sources, and on and on and on....and one week seems so compressed to do that. But the more I think about it, the more I realize that the collaborative work has brought out the best sides of this nature for me: I want to do my best to produce a quality assignment and to uphold my end of the bargain, but I also must release some of the control I would normally have over my writing. And by doing this, I have learned more and considered so many more points of view than normal.

As I considered this, I thought about how our enthusiasm for this topic, but more particularly for alternative assignments, collaborative learning, and working with basic writers could be the most important part of our presentation. While all of the information we are presenting is of course crucial, it is really the enthusiasm we have for this work that is most important to our project. So, when framed that way, I can readily say that I am eager to discuss our findings with others, and to continue working on this type of collaborative writing.