Reality Check 101: group discussion without member participation.

Ok so after attending a not so satisfying lecture at my Audit subject, I was left with no other choice but to join my groupmates in their visit to the hospital to check the latest updates about the condition of the patient that they have chosen to present in our group presentation which was scheduled to be held in the next following weeks. After reaching the hospital our group immediately went to the highest floor where the patient is presently confined. Once inside the room, little assessment was made on the patient and most of the time was consumed with pointless questions that don’t really add up to the essential information that was necessary for the group presentation.

And then shortly after the visit, we were required to attend yet an another group meeting at the residence of one of my group member. The meeting was perhaps the most boring period of my day. We did virtually nothing but sit and listen while some of the more talkative members of the group discussed about pointless stories and topics that completely have no relation to the group report that we were supposed to work on. And then finally after an hour of useless talk and chattering, two of my group members decided to make an initial outline of one of the portion of the presentation. They worked on the outline selfishly while the rest of us just watched them doing nothing. What they did prompted me to ask myself this question, What is the use of inviting your groupmates to work on something if you're not going to involve them in doing the work at all? Its a colossal waste of time on our part to go to a place where all we have to do is sit and kill time just for the sake of making an impression that you're an active participant in events such as group meetings.

I just wish that this unpopular kind of habit be put to an end. People today must realize the genuine importance of time and must learn to use it wisely.