OK, so my post about the earthquake situation is a bit late, but here goes....It did seem a bit over-hyped. It was called "earthquake" and was about groups-I could pretty much guess that we would be in a simulation situation, pretending an earthquake had happened. Yet some how I was still expecting more. Nevertheless, it was somewhat interesting. I was in the group that was deemed "fractured". I completely disagree. I think we worked out everything very well, even if we did have a few people who seemed to be leading more. And if I were really in that situation, I would want clear, decisive leadership, not an unwavering, must-make-complete-consensus group. My theory is that by the time the other group had figured out all of the choices, my group would have already been signaling and been rescued. I do not to knock the other group in any way; I am merely saying that I preferred my group and still think our methods were effective. And this may just be because I am stubborn, but even on seeing the "experts" decisions and how ours differed, I am still satisfied with the decisions we made. So that is what I thought of it.

Reflection on Sept. 6th Meeting

I was interested to see how Crimson and Gold would be done this year, because I had done some of it my sophomore year and the program was divided into two parts. I am pleased with the revision that has occurred and I think I will enjoy this new set up. I really enjoyed tonight's activity. I have done a few personality assessments similar to the one done tonight, but I had never encountered the one we did, so that was cool. I had thought I would be Green and I was in fact a Green. My second one was Orange, which surprised me to some extent. My score for Gold was also fairly close to those first two. I only had five points for Blue, which makes quite a lot of sense; nonetheless, it was still a bit funny to see. I plan to give the little assessment to the other people living in my apartment, because I am curious to see if they will test how I think they will. I had a good time tonight and am quite looking forward to the upcoming sessions.