"Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much."

Stress levels are running high as we are entering the final days before we submit our first assignment as a team. Working with a team for a tertiary paper is an unfamiliar territory for me. I am used to relying on myself to succeed in my work. Through my many years of education, working as a team was not my favourite thing to do. There was always one or two people in the group that did not pull their weight and in turn it reflected badly on us. Luckily, these tasks were not as important as ones assigned throughout university. I can happily say that I could not have asked for a better team to pop my group work cherry.

With the withdrawal of one of our team members, we were slightly set back. Unfortunately she gave us no indication that she was not dedicated to this paper and we were later informed of her absence. But these things happen, just another obstacle to conquer. Although this was frustrating, it did not hinder our ability to work as a team and complete this assignment.

The remainder of the team worked like a well oiled machine. With great help from Facebook, sharing links, setting deadlines and arranging meetings has been very easy. Facebook has a handy little feature that shows us who has seen each of the posts so we know when we have been deliberately ignored, fortunately we all replied in a timely manner.

I think that the only other frustrating thing is finding a time where we are all available. With summer jobs, christmas/new years filling up our schedules we were left with small vacancies to meet. But luckily we were all willing to meet at any time that we were all available and made use of each gathering.

Being able to meet with my team mates has been a very helpful tool in finishing this assignment. Rather that just using google docs as a way to work together, we were lucky enough able to talk face to face. Our initial meeting really got the ball rolling on our assignment. We were able to tackle the assignment head on and answer each others puzzling questions. Every decision made during the process has been straightforward with us all agreeing on mutual choices.

I am very thankful for the team that I have been working with, they have made me very comfortable with the assignment we have produced. What made our team great is that we all strive for similar results. As the old saying goes, "there's no I in team," which I wholeheartedly agree with.