Adjourning

          Throughout this week, I have learned alot about groups.  The last stage that a group must go through is adjourning.  I think the hardest group to say goodbye to would be the high-performing group.  A high performing group has worked through alot and through that work has gotten to know each other and become closer.  That is why I think that a high-performing group would be the hardest to say goodbye to.  The group that I described in my discussion one this week was a high-performing group.  We had done so much together and it was very hard to say good-bye to them.  Some closing rituals that I have experienced was that everyone in the group tell about something that they enjoyed while working together the most.  
          I will adjourn from the group of colleagues that I have joined while at Walden, perhaps, by giving each group member encouragement and well wishes, or by discussing our journey while at Walden and what we will miss the most.  Adjourning is an essential thing for me to  becaue I feel that it acts as a closing so that a person can move on.  The group life is over and they can move on to other things.    Learning about groups and conflict have proven to be very helpful this week.