There's No I In Team

I immediately got hired for one of the student jobs at my community college, but I lacked the documentation needed to immediately start working.  Aside from that, I realized that I lacked the necessary units to work during the summer.  Great.  I immediately signed up for two eight long classes that will help fill the lack of units and I just finished one of them today.

The class was eight hours long, a complete bore, filled with group activities and a movie.  The movie was nothing special, it was two hours long which helped pass the time quickly.  The group activities consisted of 3 to 4 people getting together and discussing the problems assigned to us.  I didn't have any trouble talking, contributing or introducing myself to others nor did I have any trouble talking about myself.  Good I guess, I used to be a nervous wreck when doing group activities.  As usual, the super talkative types did most of the talking while I sank into the background.  Even though it was a purely a keep-it-professional kind of thing, I was amazed at how quickly people became close with one another.  When noon came, the groups that worked together went out and ate lunch together. Seeing people bond so quickly is almost like magic to me. I don't understand how people can get so close so fast.  Even though I hoped to "decode" the pattern of how they do that, any opportunities are few and far between.

Note to self:  Be more outgoing and talkative.