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A story about accepting that being unique and different may not always be appreciated in your group work, but that doesn't make it any less great. <\/p>\n"},"library":"H5P.AdvancedText 1.1","metadata":{"contentType":"Text","license":"U","title":"Untitled Text"},"subContentId":"bccf947d-39e7-4301-8963-ddc2d6089b75"},"title":"Le Mouton Noir by Mathilde Chagnon"},{"content":{"params":{"text":"

I have been easy going at school since I was a little girl. I am a person who likes things to be done well and who has an eye for details. For me it is very important to be clear since the same word can be used in different contexts and have a completely different meaning. I also have a tendency to be a perfectionist and therefore want everything to be perfect. In fact, I always felt like I was different from others in the way I do things. I did well at C\u00e9gep in teamwork to get along well with my teammates and not feel like the burden of the team. I completed my CEGEP in 3 years by being sport-study in gymnastics. Then, out of my great curiosity, I did a first bachelor's degree in kinesiology at the University of Montreal. I am very happy to have gone to the University of Montreal since there was no teamwork. So I had the chance to do my work in my own way without feeling the need to have to defend the points that I bring to teamwork. Once my baccalaureate was finished, I started a second baccalaureate, but this time it was an integrated bachelor's-master's (BMI) in occupational therapy at the University of Sherbrooke to be able to practice as a clinician. By being made autonomous and self-sufficient, I decided to leave Montreal to settle in Sherbrooke. This is how I started my new program in a new city, being 5 years older than all the other students. Unfortunately (or fortunately) for me, it was the start of teamwork hell. And when I say \u201cof\u201d, we work as a team every day. These team works in question did not allow us to separate the tasks to each do a part of our side; we had to make decisions as a team and justify each of our decisions. The decisions we had to make were actually assessments and \/ or interventions that we had to make based on the challenges and patient difficulties we had. HELL! It was then that I had a lot of difficulty communicating with others and adapting to other members of the team. I continually felt like the burden of the team asking a thousand and one questions and critically judging each of the suggestions we made. I felt like a lawyer when I had to defend my point since it \"came out of the box\" and the others could not understand my vision of the situation. There was a lot of tension and I started to doubt my place in the program since I just didn't have any fun going to class anymore. <\/p>\n"},"library":"H5P.AdvancedText 1.1","metadata":{"contentType":"Text","license":"U","title":"Untitled Text"},"subContentId":"e03a6494-060d-4581-bbbc-06fe987f0657"},"title":"The Wicked Problem"},{"content":{"params":{"text":"

I was able to overcome this barrier thanks to a student life aid (a member of the teaching staff who is trained to listen and lead students on personal, professional or even academic matters). This person took the time to listen to me and validate my place in the program. Indeed, all the burden I had been carrying for the last year in the program was suddenly no longer there. This teacher allowed me to open my eyes to the real issue of my difficulty in communicating with others when I suggest ideas that are out of the ordinary. It allowed me to better understand myself and to turn this \u201cdifficulty\u201d into force. She made me understand that this thoroughness in the work and this critical reflection on interventions and evaluations demonstrate how much I do everything for the patient. Indeed, I consider every aspect of the situation to make the \u201cbest\u201d decision possible. She also made me understand that there will never be one good decision, but that there can be several. She also made me understand the nuance between good and better; the right decision depends only on the context while the best decision depends on the context as well as what the patient wants deep down. So a good decision may be the best decision, but the best decision may not be the right decision. Thereby, So I managed to better understand my difference and accept that it is difficult to communicate when you do not resonate in the same way. That being said, teamwork is always so difficult, but I slowly learn to let go and say to myself \u201ctoo bad for the students\u201d since they are the ones who lack the learning and deepening opportunities.<\/p>\n"},"library":"H5P.AdvancedText 1.1","metadata":{"contentType":"Text","license":"U","title":"Untitled Text"},"subContentId":"2ccc4754-425d-48e2-a364-b04b163d1496"},"title":"Finding a Solution"},{"content":{"params":{"text":"

Ally yourself with your weaknesses and transform them into strength; they mark your uniqueness and they allow you to create a diverse world.<\/p>\n"},"library":"H5P.AdvancedText 1.1","metadata":{"contentType":"Text","license":"U","title":"Untitled Text"},"subContentId":"fcac0890-595c-4238-ac83-b3d3747ee21e"},"title":"Final Thoughts"},{"content":{"params":{"text":"

Chagnon, M. (2021, October 7). Le Mouton Noir<\/em>. Liberated Learners. https:\/\/wicked.liberatedlearner.ca\/collaborator\/le-mouton-noir\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n"},"library":"H5P.AdvancedText 1.1","subContentId":"73741fee-8734-49be-83b8-7be9583e1c2b","metadata":{"contentType":"Text","license":"U","title":"Sans titre Text"}},"title":"APA Reference"}],"hTag":"h2"}

Le Mouton Noir

Liam Peart