Jill's+Reflection

By participating in my group’s project on urban sprawl has taught me democracy from a first-hand point-of-view. One of the main factors for me was learning how to go about receiving what you want. This was difficult because in order to get other involved, you have to talk to the right people. Because democracy is such a diverse concept, getting to that right person may take longer than expected. I learned that being ignorant towards an issue is a position I hope I will never put myself in. After educating myself on this ongoing and continuously increasing issue of urban sprawl, I realized how unaware people really are about the world around us. This makes me disgusted. I learned that the only way to judge something is to actually know and understand what you’re talking about. From working on this project I learned that as a group working together and dividing tasks equally is the only way for success to happen in a short period of time. Therefore, each person is assigned a different approach to attacking the issue of urban sprawl. However, this really only works if each group member participates to the full potential which something you really must watch out for.