Post-Winter Break

I'm hoping to renew some of my enthusiasm from early in the year.  Coming back from an extended break might give a renewed sense of openness to accepting others among the students.  We ended the year with some negativity towards forced group work.  Maybe a lot of these thoughts come from my perceptions of the problems.  If I simply focused on the groups successfully accomplishing tasks, working together well, and overall having a good time (which is probably the majority) I would think positively about the whole idea.  I guess it's hard to maintain a positive outlook when you start the year feeling a new idea will solve every issue and dilemma ever seen in the classroom.  Basically I need to step back during our second semester and focus on the positives.