"You're Fired!"

First firing of the quarter took place this week. A team member who hasn't communicated effectively with his/her (hey, this person DOES have a gender but privacy concerns prevent me from divulging it at this time) the team was officially fired by it. Now it's up to the fired person to apply to another team. It will be interesting to see how this goes.

So often students do not require accountability from their team members. I've seen teams in the past carry people who don't live up to team contracts, usually to their detriment but not always. Sometimes teams have two or three very strong workers who also place high value on social maintenance. They find it more costly, personally, to upset someone than to work extra hard to cover for someone.

I'll report later on what happens with this team.

Do Students Read?

Ah, I had one of those classes yesterday that would have made me cry when I was a new teacher. In my morning small group communication class, I was asking questions about the reading assigned for the week and students responding blankly. Three of 30 people admitted to reading the assignment for the week. Sigh.

Oh, well.