Some people might argue that the
success of group work is not affected by the criticism. However, I
personally believe that people who do not accept criticism cannot get good
results at working in a group. There are two reasons. First, the attitude of not accepting criticism can bring about discord in
a group. Second, taking the criticisms is related to the performance of a group working. (comma이용을 너무 많이 하시는 경향이 있으세요.)
First of all, the
criticism is usually originated from disagreement, dissatisfaction, and the
need to be refined. If it is not accepted, a person who criticizes can feel
that the receiver ignored his or her opinion. Therefore, it will develop into a
trouble in a group so that the group project cannot progress well. I will talk
about my story as an example. Last semester, I actually had to attend a group working work
in order to complete a biology course. One of my team members always asserted a theory not related to our topic. Thus, as the
leader of the group, I continuously criticized his assertion, but he did not accept my criticism.
Eventually, I was very angry due to his attitude and we had a quarrel. As a
result, we did not complete the project and I had to re-take the course.
On top of that, the contents of
criticism might be the weak point of the receiver. If the receiver does not
recognize his or her weakness, he or she cannot overcome it. Thus, his or her
performance cannot be improved. To make matters worse, this ignorance of only
one person can cause a negative effect on the
performance of the entire group. For example, there was a survey conducted by a
group of education majors with 200 university students as respondents. The
purpose of the survey was to understand their thoughts about criticism in a
group work. An overwhelming 85% of respondents replied that they could overcome
their weak point by receiving teammates’ criticism. Also, they could display
their excellent performance. This survey demonstrates that the importance of
acceptance of criticism in a group working work.
To sum up, taking the occurrence of discord and the negative performance
caused by one’s ignorance of criticism into consideration, people who ignore
criticism will fail to develop themselves in a group work.
the group working. Therefore, I firmly believe that it is essential to
take the criticism in a group project.