“My list of activities to the Group”
This week I have been trying to work on the Power Point presentation. I was doing what use suggested and finding some part of it that I could enjoy and also be a contribution, so I like making Power Points. I took Isaac’s rough draft and wrote up a nice outline that serves as a great guide for me in making this presentation. Kelley has sent me pages for our Power Point for addition, I have added them in.
My overall group experience is no more enjoyable than having my toenails pulled out with rusty pliers. It had started sour and I am just trying to make lemonade out of lemons thus far. Kelley seems to be easy to work with every four or five days when she makes contact. The one very positive part is she researched two sections from our outline of her choice for inclusion into the Power Point and designed the pages. Isaac wrote me an email and out of 8 points on our outline, I asked for two from him and I would take four overall and do the entire work of putting together the Power Point; he basically stated that since he was doing the bibliography and since he was going to write the final paper from his rough draft that I was asking too much and he felt in order for it to be fair that I should just do it all. So far I have constructed the contract for this group, wrote a final outline and I am also doing the complete Power Point presentation outside of the two points that Kelley sent me. I feel that I am honestly doing more than my fair share which is fine, but I tell this to illustrate the common problems of group work. In the beginning I know that Kelley wrote you and said she had it all planned and the roles assigned; this is like a version of the three stooges, really. No one knows exactly what they should be doing, I receive texts and emails and we are all just a bunch of bumbling idiots it seems. My group members may very well be great people but we all have schedules that don’t mesh, we are all taking a few other classes so certain days that Kelley is working on the project I am doing math or history or biology. It is just really crazy, hectic and overall I loathe the experience. Sorry L
The project is something that is age appropriate for junior high and up I feel. The only part that I would not recommend for junior high is the actual making of aspirin. It is very informative, full of history and lots of great other uses for aspirin that would make a person say, “Wow, I didn’t know that!” It is a good overview of aspirin starting from ancient times to today, practical uses and also health problems associated with its use.
The medicinal chemistry was interesting. I liked hunting for the information. There was so much I read but did not include because I was trying to stick to three, but instead I posted four. It is very fascinating to see how chemistry affects every part of our world; from our medicine, our industry, day to day living, etc.
