QR for 'Fires in the Bathroom' -Chapter 5

Chapter five discussed the importance of individual roles within the group as a whole. It stresses the idea of smaller group activities and assigning roles that each individual student can thrive in. One of the things I noticed, and can really relate to, was the section on the elements of the smaller groups.

I was the student in school that usually wound up being the recorder because of my shy and quiet demeanor. Sure, my organizational skills were okay, but I was good at articulating what I wanted to say most of the time. If it hadn't been for my shyness, I could have been the member of the group that reported out. Because the roles of the groups weren't ever mixed up and we weren't encouraged to try something new and a little uncomfortable to us, certain skills were left undeveloped. I think this idea, even though it technically isn't touched upon in this section, is still important, especially if the students get 'locked into' roles within their groups.