On Thursday we will cover B&D Chapter 8 on interpersonal conflict. I believe it will have the highest take away for you of any class this semester. However, among the blog posts I read for this weak, you mainly avoided the issue by talking about group projects where other members of the group want to shirk, and you ended up doing most/all of the work. This may not be a pleasing outcome from your point of view, but it might very well be the efficient solution under the circumstances. So I hope you can think about other examples, where shirking isn't the problem but rather where the problem is disagreement about the goals for the group and/or disagreement about the best way to achieve those goals. Further the disagreement have had led to some members of the group being angry, in an overt way, or passive-aggressive in a less overt way. That's what we want to talk about. It's not fun. But it's real.
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Today attendance was less than 50% for the first time this semester. Among the students who didn't show up, I've heard from one. What's the story with the rest of you?
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