Last year, during the spring, I disagreed with one of my friends Dana. It all started when we had to make a project for our programming class at our school. Due to my independent nature, I had sketched everything out for us to quicken our process, hence our limited time. We had decided to present an AR module of a human face since it had been quite unusual for 8th graders to program such a complex thing. We agreed on her being the speaker, and me being the core of the project: meaning I would have to 1. Create the AR module; and 2. Make the presentation.
After we finished presenting our demo version of our project, everyone in our group chat gave us compliments. I was of course flattered for a while, but it did not last a minute longer as Dana took credit for most of it. I asked her to mention my name. Simple question, however, silence is what I get. The whole day of the event, she ignored me for what felt like a week. She insisted that we should be a team and have equal parts from the project. I acknowledged her words, but I was not going to present my hard work without the judges knowing I worked hard. So, simply, I told her that I would be presenting alone. Of course, she was upset about it but I knew I had to be realistic. With no experience in public speaking presenting a difficult project was a challenge. But it was all worth it for I have gotten a mark that I felt was well-deserved.
This disagreement lasted for quite some time as both of our self-regarding behavior divided us from acknowledging the situation. With time, both of us began to realize that this happening meant insignificance. So, we finally came to a mutual understanding.
Last year, during the spring, I disagreed with one of my friends Dana. It all
started
when we had to
make
a
project
for our programming
class
at our school. Due to my independent nature, I had sketched everything out for us to quicken our process,
hence
our limited time. We had decided to present an AR module of a human face since it had been quite unusual for 8th graders to program such a complex thing. We
agreed
on her being the speaker, and me being the core of the
project
: meaning I would
have to
1. Create the AR module; and 2.
Make
the presentation.
After we finished presenting our demo version of our
project
, everyone in our group chat gave us compliments. I was
of course
flattered for a while,
but
it did not last a minute longer as Dana took credit for most of it. I asked her to mention my name. Simple question,
however
, silence is what I
get
. The whole day of the
event
, she
ignored
me for what felt like a week. She insisted that we should be a team and have equal parts from the
project
. I acknowledged her words,
but
I was not going to present my
hard
work without the judges knowing I worked
hard
.
So
,
simply
, I
told
her that I would be presenting alone.
Of course
, she
was upset
about it
but
I knew I had to be realistic. With no experience in public speaking presenting a difficult
project
was a challenge.
But
it was all worth it for I have gotten a mark that I felt was well-deserved.
This disagreement lasted for quite
some
time as both of our self-regarding behavior divided us from acknowledging the situation. With time, both of us began to realize that this happening meant insignificance.
So
, we
finally
came to a mutual understanding.