Final Reflection

I'll break from the norm and avoid going off on any MENA related topic like other final reflections have. While I have learned a lot of quantitative information this semester, the greatest skill that I learned in this course is a qualitative skill, team work. Never before this semester have I had to work so intensively within a small group for such an extended period of time as I have worked in this country group. Magda, Annalise, and Haley have been amazing to work with and it certainly taught me the value of communication and organisation. The most useful skills learned in college are learned outside of the classroom, and certainly I think the most applicable skill that I learned in this great seminar for other courses has been how to work effectively in a small group setting with others. This reflection is not meant to discount the vast amount of quantitative knowledge on the region and specifically Bahrain I have gleaned from this course.