Teamwork, Trust, Communication

Teamwork, trust and communication were three key elements that were necessary for success in last week's class. Starting with the blindfolded team member we had to navigate through an obstacle course. This was a great way to demonstrate how important it was to have another person there to help. It was critical to trust your partner. I was blindfolded first and had no idea what kind of obstacles we would have to get through. I had no choice but to literally blindly trust Carly to keep me safe. We were able to establish a very clear way to communicate back and forth (one step forward, turn ninety degrees to your left etc.) Overall the task went very well and when incorporating all three elements, we were able to complete the course without any problems!

In application with being a peer mentor next year, we will always have the support of every peer mentor for guidance and suggestion when we hit an obstacle, but the best resource for help, support, and question answering will be our partner. Being able to trust and rely on the other peer mentor will be very important. A point that was mentioned during the lesson was that together there are two heads and two people able to complete the work. Life becomes much harder when you aren't able to rely on all the resources that surround. Communication will become the center of all peer mentor relationships. Being in touch with the other person to ensure all parts of the lesson are covered and for those times when class load gets tougher for one, communicating the stresses to the other will diminish everyone's frustrations so that the class goes as successfully as possible.