First week of CSR 309

This past week in CSR 309 was an interesting one that's for sure.

One thing is obvious: Professor Feinberg is testing our leadership ability.

The first class on Monday wasn't very successful. The professor wasn't in class, which left all of the students a little frazzled. After handing in a paper following the short film that was playing, we were not instructed whether or not we were free to leave the class. Some students stayed, while others left. I feel as if Professor Feinberg was testing our class to see who would step up and take charge of the classroom. Unfortunately, no one did this on Monday.

On Wednesday, Professor Feinberg sat in the back of the classroom to observe how we handled day 2 of CSR 309. The only instructions we had involved a paper telling us we were to "study leadership in the here and now." A couple of students stepped up and suggested we form groups of 15 or more.

After my group formed, we unanimously decided that I was the group leader. I collected each group member's email address and phone number. After groups were formed, a few students tried to open a discussion about what leadership is and what makes a good leader. Unfortunately, they quickly lost the attention of the hundreds of students in the classroom.

I believe it is hard to gain the attention of a room full of students when you haven't earned the respect of these students. It was also hard for us to complete this task given by the instructor because no one fully understood what the task entailed. 

At the end of the class, it was obvious that we failed again on day 2. It was very frustrating to try to discuss this one sentence for an hour long class. Nothing really got accomplished during this class, except for the formation of our groups. I hope next week is a little more successful.

Morgan