Reflection Of My Experience On The Performing Others Process

The entire Performing Others process really opened my eyes and gave me the opportunity to learn in a way I hadn’t before. Observing a group, researching it, interviewing members and performing what I learned for my classmates challenged me to think in new ways and step out of my comfort zone. As I stated in my performance, small group wasn’t what I expected. Even though I had some experience with church groups and had a close friend involved in the group, attending the meetings made me see things in a new light, and changed my perspective on not only how I see people in the group, but also how I see myself. I learned so many things during this project, and nothing was really what I expected. I expected a sort of student guided, more informal scripture reading, but I was very surprised by how welcoming and accepting my group was. They were really interested in my project, and they like hearing my perspective on the scripture even though I wasn’t Catholic. There is a perception that Catholics are very rigid and formal, and I thought small group would be a student version of solidifying those doctrines, but it wasn’t at all. Small group, or at least at St Stephen, is truly a mixture of social and spiritual growth, sharing both your

I know that this wasn’t the case for everyone in the class, nor is the case for all ethnographic work, but I had a very positive and enjoyable experience at small group, and I really wanted that message to come across in my performance. Though there may be some controversial or ethical issues involved within the subject (Catholic church or Catholicism), I personally didn’t experience any of those issues, so I only portrayed what I experienced. My group was very welcoming and accepting of me, and they treated me just like anyone else in the group, but they also taught me little lessons that I really took to heart, so that is what my performance focused