How I Didn't help my class

Usually I'm very competitive, and outgoing. Always the first person to break the ice or jump into a conversation. However when the class as a whole attempted to make a decision last week, I just sat back and watched the show.
When the class tried to get the best out of the professor, there was chaos until someone jumped in and collaborated ideas onto the blackboard in an organized manner. However this didn't even phase me because I still believed that there was no chance of getting what I wanted. I also believed everyone had their own agenda so they wouldn't be too open to compromise.
After about a half-hour, when just about all my hope was gone the class amazed me. They compromised and collaborated to satisfy everyones needs ( without my help of course .)

It was only after I read the class slides that I realized that I was actually handling this particular conflict through avoidance. I withdrew from the class collaboration when I felt that there was "no chance of winning." This however is absolutely not like me, and next time I need to handle a conflict where there seems like there's no chance of winning I want to be more engaged in the groups efforts. I almost feel like I owe the class an apology, ( but everybody including me still got what they wanted! )

WE GOT 5 POINTS!

After noticing the five steps in the planning process, our group did every one of them. (maybe the reason we got the five points) We all immediately brainstormed ideas to keep the egg from cracking. We co-operately came up with a nest like structure with shocks on it to absorb the fall. This was when we allocated jobs by knowing who was better doing what. The artist of the group drew the egg in its nest, the one who liked to speak the most, gave orders and the shortest one in the group would drop the egg. Any alternatives we came up with still wasn't as good enough as our original idea. However, time management was our biggest issue. At the end, no one took over the roll of keeping time so we were very rushed. But after all the planning the little egg that could, did!