Throughout the doorway project, I wouldn't say the group had a bad apple amongst it. We all put extra effort in and made sacrifices to make ends meet. So I suppose during the assignment, yeah, we never really had bad experiences. It presented itself in a fun and challenging way that made it almost impossible for any of us to BE the bad apple. However, towards the end of the project and especially during the teacher review, One of the group members, who I feel put the most effort into creating our doorway, started to show signs of resentment. Our review went well but not as well was we hoped. The day that we presented our doorway, one of the mechanisms we created broke. Frustrated but out of time, we gave it our best shot and went on with the presentation anyway. I could tell the specific group member wasn't happy with the results and it appeared evident through his part of the presentation. Unsatisfied with the outcome, he blamed it on the restrictions of the materials and inadvertently blamed the teachers for assigning such materials to work with. True, the materials we had did present themselves as limited in function, but I felt this assignment stood as an obstacle that we all had to tackle. At the end of the class, he didn't even wait to be excused and left. Later on, our teacher pulled my group aside to discuss it, and even then he still felt bitter.
I guess that explains my bad apple experience. It never really deterred the group though and I felt satisfied with the experience.
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