FAHA: Operation Inspiration

[Alan Anderson]

The mentality of "Oh Well" is so pervasive it's sickening- it's not how I was raised and it frightens me that "Oh well, we don't have an arm" or "Oh well, we don't have a drive train" is so easily shrugged off- as if personal responsibility to the group is of no consequence.

If the problem is that people feel no personal responsibility for a collective goal, try making some of the responsibility less collective. Offer each student a specific task with the understanding that he or she will be personally accountable for its getting done.

You might also set a policy that failing to work toward the team's goals is equivalent to resigning from the team.