I have been apart of many teams and groups as I have played group sports my entire life, worked different jobs that have required team-building and relationships as well as support from one another. I have found that the groups I have been in that share the most meaningful goal have been the hardest to leave. For example, I have been involved in many groups within my educational journey and none have been truly meaningful. While the projects have been interesting and some have been semester-long, it was never truly difficult to say goodbye to the group at the conclusion of our common goal. However, I have found this journey with my cohort has been an entirely new type of team-building which will be hard to say goodbye when my program ends at the end of this year. I have been able to build trust with each member of my program that I have had to the chance to discuss and collaborate with, even though I have never met them in person!
I also had a difficult time saying goodbye to my Kindergarten team earlier this month as I am moving up to first grade at one of the new schools being built. While they are all staying behind to continue Kinder, I was the one who had to say goodbye for good which was extremely difficult to do. That group of ladies helped push me through my first year of teaching and were there for me through all the ups and downs. I believe it was hard to say goodbye because we all had a level of trust with one another and relationships were established very early in the year.
Great post and thanks for sharing. I can agree, saying farewell is always so difficult, especially when you have built so many relationships. On the contrary, the one great part about the adjourning stage is that we can reflect on our accomplishments.
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Cheryl
Emily,
ReplyDeleteIt is so hard to say goodbye to a team that you have had such a great relationship with. When you gain that trust with the group you are working with it is hard to think if I can get this again which I know you will have a great team again. I wish you luck with your new endeavor.
Hi Emily,
ReplyDeleteOf a truth it is hard to say goodbye or disengage from a group where so much trust and great relationship has been built. For me, trust is one difficult thing to establish in any relationship or group, but once it is achieved, it solidifies the group and gives room for better performance.
Great Post!
Hi Emily,
ReplyDeleteI completely agree that there are many teams that we take part in throughout our life that are meaningless in the sense that they are not hard to leave and there are not goodbyes. The most meaningless groups for me are usually school projects where you are forced into a group. The most memorable groups that I have been part of is my high school graduating class as there was only 55 students in our grade and the school was a K-12 building so everyone was pretty much raised together. Other groups are sports teams and extracurricular teams like dance.
Andrea
Emily,
ReplyDeleteAlso being an athlete for almost my entire life up until graduation, it was incredibly hard leaving those sports teams/groups behind. What sports did you play? I agree with you that it can be hard to leave behind a team of teachers. I will be working with a team of new people also next year and I although I am sad to see a great thing end, I am also very excited for something new and refreshing!
- Traci