Last time we were required to reach a hundred percent agreement in an hour. Although we encountered a chaos during the process of decision making, I still think it was a very interesting experience because we can see how people responded differently to conflicts. I myself chose to keep quiet because I got an above-average grade and I’m fine with the grade after the curve. About the next exam, I was thinking that the key to improve my grade was to study harder rather than arguing about how to design the test.
I guessed there were quite a few people had the same opinion as me because they also kept silent in the discussion. I didn’t see any very aggressive person in our class and there were a couple of people wanted to leave early to avoid the chaotic discussion. There were also some people stepped out to be the leaders and tried to compromise different ideas. I really admired those people because you need courage to take the responsibility and you may face many different kinds of judgments. I think collaborating in the form of small groups may help to reduce conflicts. My thinking is we can divide people to the groups by the level of grade, and then negotiations are going on among group leaders.
