fandomhigh | Leadership, Tuesday, March 10, 2020

"Welcome back, we hope you all enjoyed the break," Tony said. He definitely did, as evident from the tan he had going. "Today we're going to give you a classic group composition that you may have to deal with in the future. The group project."

"Because try as you might, you can't repel an alien invasion by yourself," Steve said like that was a normal thing everyone worried about. "You need to work with other people, or in some cases, work around other people."

"In these cases, you can run into certain types of people," Tony said. "Slacker who does little to no work, but gets the same grade as everyone else. Which can lead to the Workhorse who doesn't trust anyone else to get things done."

Guess which Tony was. Go on. Guess.

Steve was giving him a fond, amused smile. Stubborn Workhorse. "You have been in school long enough to have experienced a few group projects, so you probably have a few characters in mind that you dislike working with, too. Maybe the one who has a good idea but talks about it roughly forever. Or one who's expertise is obvious, but can't explain it in a way that makes sense to everyone else."

Sorry, Tony.

Tony huffed at that. Because excuse you. He made perfect sense. To some people.

"So, today we'll be doing a little roleplay. You pick what type you want to be and see if you can, as a group, work together on a fake report."

Reports=fun! You could tell that part was Steve's contribution. "You have a half hour. And, um, no throwing staplers at people."

"Or strangling them," Tony added quickly.

Someone had been in academia way too long as a teenager.