G et to know your
team members ’ strengths
By: Jacob Rishty
Magen David Yeshivah
Imagine yourself being the leader of a
By: Rachel Russo
Magen David Yeshivah
This past year, when we were as-
B y : Vi v i a n E l i a s
Magen David Yeshivah
My friends and I were working on our
group to work on a bridge for a class.
signed a science project, I was given
science project on the solar system.
Your team is: you, your best friend, an-
a group of girls that had all differ-
I was in charge even though I didn’t
other friend, and two other boys from
ent talents. One person knew how to
want to. I just wanted to get the cred-
your class. You want to be appreci-
draw, one person knew how to type,
it. But, my friend was a better leader
ated but not to be selfish. You try to in-
one person knew how to sculpt, and
and she was better at making every-
clude everyone’s
talents. But, you
only know your
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thing work out fine
but I wouldn’t let her
be the leader. After a
best friend’s tal-
while, I told her that
ent. You need to
she could have been
find out everyone
a better leader than
else’s
talents.
me and I made her
You try to hang
the leader. She gave
out with everyone
everyone
else and you find
jobs for their talents.
their hidden talents. When the
teacher says everyone get in your
groups, you and
your
group
do
just that. Everyone is waiting for
Together
the
right
I was the researcher
because I was able
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to find very important
details and informa-
Achieves
tion. Sara was the
writer because she
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knew how to make
the writing flow so it
you to tell them
sounds
interesting
what they are doing. You tell them
one person was very organized. Since
when we read it to the class. Rachel
what you have decided. None of them
everyone knew how to do something
was in charge of decoration since she
are unhappy with his part. They are all
different, we were very organized.
had a great taste for decorating the tri
happy that they have the part that they
We combined our talents and made
pod and making the solar system. On
wanted. In the end, the teacher smiles
it a success. Since I just knew a lot
the bottom of our essay, we wrote who
at your group knowing that we all got
about our topic so I helped write and
did what. We said that without each
along. Your group got an A+. Without
plan the project and our project ended
other doing what we are best at, we
my team, I would’ve gotten an “F”.
up getting an “A” since we all worked
wouldn’t have finished it. , which is true.
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