This week in AP Art we were given an assignment, make a heart for Hearts of Glenview. We were all supposed to work together and make two sides of the heart. Right away there were people who took the leadership role and tried to boss others around. We saw how hard it was for a group of people to work on a single project together, all mutually adding to the final product.
There was one person from our group who tried to take the main leadership role. She came up with the idea and told us where each of us was going to draw. Even though every person contributed to the idea and the placement of the drawings- she wanted full credit.
This reminds me of Farnsworth. He was the first to make a television camera yet wanted full credit for the invention of television. He did not understand that many people were involved in this invention and that his addition to it was only the beginning. Not getting his full credit- he died down and started to destroy himself instead of finally collaborating with the rest of the inventors; thankfully, our "Farnsworth" decided to join us. She figured out that we were all working on this project and stuck to doing just her part.
We see this type of behavior very often with projects in and out of school. Most class projects involve a main leader and people who sit back and watch the project develop. The leaders tend to want most credit, if not all, because they started off the process. Things don't work this way. A group is a group and each person gets recognition, no matter how small their contribution was.
The article about Farnsworth definitely shone a different light on how I look at these leaders. I never understood how they thought and why it was that they wanted full credit for only doing a part of the work. I am a leader at times and seeing now from my Art friend and this article, how people look at the people who want full credit for a group work- I will be more careful about my reaction to the product. I'll try to give each person their recognition and not hog the credit.
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