Rikku of the Al Bhed (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
the_merriest) wrote in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
fandomhigh2011-03-21 05:16 am
the_merriest) wrote in fandomhigh2011-03-21 05:16 am
Entry tags:
Teamwork 101 - Period 1 [Class #11] [Monday]
The bouncy blonde girl was missing her lanky Turk counterpart today.
"Today, we're going to discuss an important part of teamwork," Rikku said. "Which is, in a kind of backwards way, the times when you have to wing it by yourself. It happens. A team's especially strong because no one has to carry the load alone, but every now and then, you're gonna be carrying things solo just for a short little while until your teammates are back on their feet."
She shrugged and perched on the edge of the desk. "If you're in a fighting situation, maybe your teammate just got knocked out. If we're talking about schoolwork, then maybe the other half of your group presentation just got called home for a family emergency. If you're a waitress in a restaurant, one of your coworkers might have their car break down, and so you're stuck taking extra tables until they come in."
She rolled her eyes, looking amused. "Orrrrrrrrr your co-teacher could have some kind of super-death-flu that makes him puke all over the place, like, nonstop, in which case, you might have to tell Mr. Stubborn that he has to stay in bed and that you'll come up with a topic by yourself, honest."
You know. Hypothetically speaking.
"So what we're gonna do today is talk about ways of handling those little complications -- how you can cover for an absent team member without juggling too much, how to keep all those balls in the air, that kind of thing. You can come up with general strategies or even just shared times that it happened to you, and ways you dealt with it. Aaaaaaaaand then if there's time at the end of class, you guys can get into your groups again, 'cause you should be working on your charity fundraising assignment stuff, you know? You should probably pick a date and figure out how you're going to set it up and so on. So! Let's get started."
"Today, we're going to discuss an important part of teamwork," Rikku said. "Which is, in a kind of backwards way, the times when you have to wing it by yourself. It happens. A team's especially strong because no one has to carry the load alone, but every now and then, you're gonna be carrying things solo just for a short little while until your teammates are back on their feet."
She shrugged and perched on the edge of the desk. "If you're in a fighting situation, maybe your teammate just got knocked out. If we're talking about schoolwork, then maybe the other half of your group presentation just got called home for a family emergency. If you're a waitress in a restaurant, one of your coworkers might have their car break down, and so you're stuck taking extra tables until they come in."
She rolled her eyes, looking amused. "Orrrrrrrrr your co-teacher could have some kind of super-death-flu that makes him puke all over the place, like, nonstop, in which case, you might have to tell Mr. Stubborn that he has to stay in bed and that you'll come up with a topic by yourself, honest."
You know. Hypothetically speaking.
"So what we're gonna do today is talk about ways of handling those little complications -- how you can cover for an absent team member without juggling too much, how to keep all those balls in the air, that kind of thing. You can come up with general strategies or even just shared times that it happened to you, and ways you dealt with it. Aaaaaaaaand then if there's time at the end of class, you guys can get into your groups again, 'cause you should be working on your charity fundraising assignment stuff, you know? You should probably pick a date and figure out how you're going to set it up and so on. So! Let's get started."