If you ever want to ruin your best friendship, destroy the trust, and flush everything you cherished in human connection down the drain, I’ve got a tip for you. Why don’t you try a group project together?
Formerly known as a killer assassin to both the project and the group, it’s still the holy grail of schools, universities, and any education institutions that promise you a cool diploma and a nice job, in turn making your mom proud.
And trust me, people who have survived a group project once are no way doing it twice. So let’s take a look at what it is about these seemingly innocent gatherings meant to do good and only good that make them the most hateable assignments. From being the only cast member in the tearful PowerPoint film to switching groups halfway like a track and field athlete, these are some of the examples that have terrorized generation after generation.
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I agree, she's like a Kardashian (without the plastic of course)
Load More Replies...Some people were being bossy and didn’t listen to other people. They were gonna suggest y’all just shoot him.
If my sources are correct, 22 of the stab wounds he sustained were nonfatal.
his assassination is the definition of how group projects work out
Load More Replies...Sometimes you end up doing the whole project b/c the lazy professor just doesn't give a jack.
Load More Replies...Take a screenshot of that and submit it as his portion of the group project.
That's when you set up a date to hook up, then drop all the research material on them and go "Hey, glad we could finally meet up to get this done..."
Dude just tell your professor or some s**t ima dropout so take my advice with a grain of salt also this was posted 1 and 1/2 years ago so yah.
I hopw they responded with "just studying. Why don't you come over." when they get there present them with the assignment.
It’s no secret that few things about education irk people as much as group projects do.
In reality, the idea of a group project is really meant to do good—to teach kids and college students responsibility for themselves and their actions. Plus, this model of cooperation is supposed to promote teamwork, but often does the opposite.
In fact, a study by the University of Oklahoma showed that the design of group papers “encourages social loafing, limits group cohesiveness [...] and increases student stress,” reports Psychology Today.
Honestly, being terrible at group projects seems to be a culturally specific thing. My Russian students do group projects all the time. All the group members do their bit ( you can tell cause sometimes they don't make the font the same) and when I give them a choice they chose to work in groups.
Really? Because sometimes (in my experience) the "editors or stylists" do all the fonts and nothing else
Load More Replies...The only thing I learned is that people are idiots and not to be trusted
Although clearly this turns out to be a valuable life skill.
Group projects can work out for some people though. I was in a group project with the people at my table in history and now one of them is my best friend. Wouldn’t have gotten to know her if it hadn’t been for that project.
"First of all I just want you to know I have o boyfriend. Remember I have a boyfriend. It's important having boyfriend"
"Well I think you should do the first part of the PowerPoint, since I have a boyfriend. I'll do the second part because then I can spend some time with my boyfriend. That's the best plan for my boyfriend. Oh but remember this is strictly business because I have a boyfriend".
Load More Replies...The question remains: What part of the Powerpoint is the boyfriend doing?
I had a similar experience when I was 20 and the girl I was at a bar buying drinks and trying to get back to my table. I asked the girl blocking my way to excuse me and she said "For Christ Sake! I have a boyfriend!" and I replied "Well done but I have a fiancee, I win! Now move out of the way, she is waiting for her drink" I could hear her friends laughing at her as I walked away. At the end of the night she and her friends were leaving before us and one of her friends put her hands on my shoulders and said "You make a lovely couple! Goodnight!" Waved and left. That relationship ended before we could get married as she turned out to be so high maintenance that even King Midas would have been out of pocket!
But you must be thrilled that you get the privilege to work with someone who thinks so much of themselves.
Yes, education i s all about the love life opportunities... *headdesk*
Most likely the person thought they were being asked out so they blurted out that they had a boyfriend when in reality it was just for the group project
Load More Replies...What's with all these VAIN people? They think everyone "wants & desires" them!!
There are a number of reasons why group projects may be inherently flawed. Eberly Center at Carnegie Mellon University suggests that it may have to do with “students not understanding teachers’ expectations,” “students having very different knowledge and skills,” “group composition being problematic,” and “grading scheme not promoting meaningful teamwork.”
Meanwhile, in “group work,” the learning focus is on a content-based objective, but the Redesigning High School initiative suggests that such an approach is destined to fail. “If we want students to learn to collaborate, we need to put them in a situation where they NEED to collaborate.”
As a result, the initiative believes that in order for a group project model to work, students have to be given “big, complex, open-ended problems to solve.”
I only work with my friends (if I can). That way I don't end up with those bloody gits and I have to do EVERYTHING MYSELF. (most of the time)
Load More Replies...I once got the lowest score on a part of a group project that I had nothing to do with, everyone else got the higher score, even the one who got the math wrong, because I upset the teacher one time, without thinking. It showed up one my final report like a lost tooth, got everything else in the higher score. Some tutors are pathetic
Actually one of the things you learn is how to get others to pull their weight. In "the real world" the same challenges exist. Often you can't do all the work yourself, because you need other people's skills. So you have to learn how to motivate... or manipulate people into doing their bit.
In the normal world, people who don’t do their jobs, don’t have jobs.
Load More Replies...Of course! Black Market fetches the best price (heard from a friend)
Load More Replies...If s/he doesn't care about the group project, they probably don't care about their family either.
And make a loss? Wouldn't risk it. Instead I'd hand in my part of the project and make a note that regrettably the rest of the project is still a work in progress.
Even better, say "Here is the draft presentation; there are blank slides where your slides are needed. They will state 'Slide to be provided by [name]' until you supply me with something else."
(A) How can you spend $15000 on porn? (B) What student has $15000 in a debit card? (C) What kinda student takes 3 years to notice $15000 missing? A finance major?
Probably the student who has wealthy parents and gives them things like this. For every person who struggles and pays for everything in life on their own, there's another person who gets free hand outs and privileges some could only dream of.
Load More Replies...Get other contact info? To see if he was reported missing? To get background info, such as confirmation that he is a lazy a**hole?
Load More Replies...Holy shite if this is real. But why would he or she Google their lab partners name just because they didn't show up to class one day?
Can I jus point out the ex roomate was serving in the Korean army abroad if you read it so maybe that's how he didn't notice. As to where the money came from originally I have no clue
the worst person to be in a group project for me was that girl back in uni who turns up at every meeting, but doing nothing to contribute. not talking, not paying attention. nothing. just silently listening and/or staring at her phone. we tried to get her to participate but it didn't get us anywhere. then at the end presentation we were to list out the tasks each member did and we purposely listed nothing for her. she was pissed at how our professor pointed that out, crying that it's not fair; she went to every meet-up. yeah, that's all you do. you WERE there but at the same time you WERE NOT.
And sadly, they don't change as adults. I have one of these on a committee. She has done nothing, watches videos on her phone during the meetings (when she shows up), and will not have any repercussions for her bad behavior...(yes, the boss knows.)
Load More Replies...When I was in 5th grade I had to do a group project with some people who didn't want me to be in the same group as them. They ended up not letting me do any of the projects, except for filling out a three-page chart for every single person in the five-person group. I ended up asking my teacher if I could do the project on my own. She said yes, and I ended up getting a 100 when the people I was supposed to be in the same group with got a low 80.
"I'll just wait and see who'll do best for my GPA without my doing anything"... Taking President Trump's philosophy to heart, apparently.
When I was in university, I was in a group project with 3 other people. One of the girls never said a word. And, I mean never. We would ask her opinion on something, and all she would do was smile shyly and shrug her shoulders to indicate "I don't know." For the longest time, I thought she was clinically mute. She wasn't. She was just extremely quiet. It drove me crazy. But, I still felt bad for her. How can a person go through life without communication?
When and where I was a professor, this type of text would have expelled the student from the course, and possibly the program, and their place in the college would have been tenuous. My apologies for my inattentive colleagues.
Reminds me of when I had to do a video group project with a bunch of dudes who did nothing. They left the video editing to me and guess what? I didn't give them any of the credits when the credits rolled on the video. They tried to tell the profeddor that I hogged the entire project and purposefully cut them out.
What got e with 'group work' was you supply the ideas, your do the work and the males with big voices and confidence take everything as their own.
Every group project in college has had at least one person who refused to participate but wants the group grades. Thankfully, all of my professors have been willing to grades the participants based on what they've done... I've earned 100's while line member of the (4-5 person) group has failed. Good professors can even out the misery of group projects.
I had a group project on the second to last day of school for Japanese culture and both of my partners knew nothing and did not help. I got sick the day of the presentation and I’m just thinking about them struggling to press enter my assignment full of nerdy shade at them
Reading the first few words, I thought she was going to say "... because I know nothing." I guess that would apply to the rest of the group.
"I thought we were friends", sure, then why didn't those "plans" include your friend too?
There's a lot wrong with this conversation, but that's not part of it. It's pretty normal to have multiple groups of friends and not include every single friend in every activity.
Load More Replies...“I just lost a lot of respect for you.” Well funny you should say that, cause I feel the same about you.
"Oh wow! I just lost an a******s respect! What ever am I going to do? Woe is meeeeeee!"
How do you lose respect for someone when you had none in the first place ? smh
I hope people are showing these texts to their professors. Hey, Prof. You know how XYZ and I were supposed to be in a group together? Well ...
One group project, the three jocks who grabbed me for their group sat around and laughed about how they'd get an A now. I got an A. They got a D. The work was B-minus. Teacher told the angry jocks he split the difference of the real grade between the four of us.
Honestly, I enjoyed when teachers picked the partners, otherwise I would always be by myself. *sob*
My teacher would put me with kids that didn’t work on purpose so that they would get a better grade and in the hope they would do something... they never did.👍
The last time I had a partner was Constitutional Law, and he was going to major in Criminal Justice. It was so frustrating because I would talk him through each example, guide him to the answer...and still he'd get it wrong. I would much rather work alone and sink or swim on my own merits.
Umm, he's not getting an A. He has the historically lowest approval rating ever at this point in a presidency
But claiming he did all the work, his followers believe he has created more jobs than anyone.
Load More Replies...have to know that's a fiction. what about #TruthMatters? abandon it here, then why try at all? cheer up. learning stuff is hard. give it time.
Load More Replies...Well, at least he/she is wanting to participate instead of using jail as an excuse to not do anything.
...Tomorrow until Sunday? Who goes to jail for a few days and has a schedule for it?
Actually being sentenced to weekend jail is common for things like DWIs. You get 5 weeks of jail on the weekends. That way you can keep working and pay your fines
Load More Replies...I can't believe someone is thinking about how let down they are with a partner in a group project, when that partner is GOING TO JAIL. Poor kid is not taking a f*****g vacation, and he's got no choice. And this cat's complaing?! Who's got it worse?
because if he told this to u the day u posted it he was in jail for 4 days
Load More Replies..."Sorry to hear that (do the damn slides) are you doing ok? (Stop slacking!) You know I'm here for you"
Load More Replies...When you unload on someone who don't give a f**k or know the people you do... also when you don't have a doctor to see or a listening type friend
😂 😂 😂 that poor person. In my groups we usually don’t have problems like these. We are allowed t pick our partners and we always pick ones that we get along with. Then we assign roles and everybody does their part.
We had a team member who contributed nothing, advised the professor. Unfortunately she was the flirty type and the loafer who never showed up was a good looking guy. She accused me and the rest our the team, all girls, of scapegoating.
"Oops! Sorry man, I forgot I included our teacher in our group's texts."
Hey, Allen Time Four is cool. It's that poor sucker Bob in the back who's not getting any credit... ;-P
I just got done with a group project and 2 of the members didn't participate and the the one other person who did only did a sentence so I had to write 99% of it
Oh dear I pictured something completely different to a scooter.
Me too. I was thinking of something with bars on the side hahaha
Load More Replies...At least this is funny, whereas the other ones are slightly enraging.
well at least they were trying to be helpful and weren't rude when proven wrong.
No... But then, every time if you keep paying those 50 cents it'll become hundreds of dollars with time lolll... I used to not take money for small things and if I calculate it now, it's quite an amount. But I can't just go asking people for it now, so this is good.
Load More Replies...Seems petty, but it can add up. I have some friends who never have money when it's time to tip for anything. Them: "Here's my 5 bucks to cover half of the valet." Me: "Yes, but then we have to tip." Them: "Oh, sorry, 5 is all I have in cash. I'll get you next time." They never do. It's only a buck, and to ask for it would seem petty, but over time, that's a lot of paying for them that I'm doing.
If there was no prior written agreement, this is a mild from of extortion...still illegal to enforce. Tell the instructor.
Are Xanax bars like chocolate bars laced with Xanax or something? Never heard the term before
It isn't. It is just a different type to a tablet. A Xanax bar is typically 2 mg of alprazolam.
Load More Replies...Is it normal to post suspects with full name and picture in the US? Don’t you guys have privacy laws?
Arrest records are public. I guess it's to let others be aware for their safety.
Load More Replies...i don't get why people have to act like they're better than everybody else just because they searched up "iq test" on google and got a high score on the first link they clicked.
But... While the first person did their job and tried to do their part, it's very possible that he just did a poor job... The 'high iq' guy was still unnecessarily rude anyway
Load More Replies...Dumb and rude. If you have to point out you're smart, you aren't. If you tell others theyre dumb, you dumb. Help them get better or hold your tongue.
Sounds like it's the blue person putting it all together and the gray person not having done anything, because they have "higher standards". I bet the teacher will give them a good grade based on (no-show) high standards. (NOT!) The blue person will get better grades for at least doing the assignment.
If you'v ehit the point of group projects, it's past the drop period, isn't it?
I really wish group text was a thing when I was in uni. it saved a lot of stupid time I wasted on going to every one of their dorms, knocking on their door, to ask how's it going with the project, only to be met with those incompetents somehow to have forgotten all about it.
Hahaha! Get it? DE- grading? As in, an F instead of an A? Oh boy, I'm glad there's still room in my brain for one.
Load More Replies...Put a "translation" under each of that person's paragraphs. E.g., "What he is trying to say is..."
I kinda feel this because I don't like my work being edited or changed by other people
Actually I can understand this coz I wouldn’t want to be touching the bottom of someones shoe either. You have no idea what they have stepped on.
Is that something mouldy? EDIT: NVM I just realised it is a nugget of weed lol.
Excellent job mate, congrats. Now could you please pull something as good but related to the project ?
If this was sent on any college/uni campus here in the US, it is definable as solicitation for distribution, a felony...
I can't believe they aren't even on low power mode tho. My phone's on low power mode 24/7
Load More Replies...I don't think I ever was assigned a group project in High School or Collage
Shuttle and bus drivers would get in trouble for leaving early. I have been on plenty of both that arrive early to a stop and then sit for a few minutes until the scheduled time, then leave.
Load More Replies...Boo f*****g hoo. 45 degrees Fahrenheit is a nice winter day, you idiot!!! (It's not Celsius because that would be 113 degrees F)
Why does the first person seem awful if they're annoyed the second person doesn't participate in group work?
Load More Replies...That sounds like a very white thing to say. Lets ask Tucker, Conner, Cooper, Hunter, Parker... AZURE. *eyeroll*
Load More Replies...Probably because he/she told the group that he/she decides to drop that class in the middle of the project. While everyone else is doing the work, they just gave up without telling anyone.
Load More Replies...I am not sure why if someone legitimately had an emergency that makes them a bad partner. They did let them know. The person did leave the country and isn't sure they will be back, so...
what even is the point of group project except to face with the reality that a lot of people are just very incompetent as a team member? "learn to work together" ffs. all I learned was that I hate working with other people.
You can end up with these scenarios in work. I had an important project to work on and complete for presentation at a conference and I had to chase my colleague constantly. She did nothing. Wouldn't even meet when we were all at the conference centre so I could share the work I had done. I did everything and she stood silently next to me at the presentation. The stress she caused me... 🤬
Load More Replies...Retaliation. If you're still in high school, it can be very brutal.
Load More Replies...Recently, I had to do a group project with other students. One of them did not participate at all, did not answer his phone, did not text back, did not do anything. We ended up reporting him to the professor, who then told us that they had had him in their sights for a long time, and that if he wasn't even able to work on the group projects, it was a real problem. He had to have a talk with a more powerful teacher about his future in this university, we did the presentation without him, and it was very satisfying.
In graduate school, I was put into a group with 3 others. We had to research on historical styles of education or something. We were to submit a paper and do a presentation. One member was adamant that our presentation be made into a skit with singing. Thankfully, this didn't happen. I have always hated group projects.
I’ll admit in college I was horrible at attending classes, but whenever there was a group project I didn’t want to be labeled “that person” so I would step up for that at least. It’s literally free to be considerate
Since the disastrous nature of group projects is widely known, why do teachers keep assigning them?
Because they have to work less, as correcting one project from each group is far less than correcting one from each person. Their excuse: "heterogenius groups" (that's putting togetber morons with good students) are now in fashion in education (yes, this exists) so the teacher will be seen as a better teacher by his/her director and school. Plus, it's suposed to make magically that morons learn by the others. They have an evidence: finnally they get the same grade :S.
Load More Replies...I hate college group projects. I worked in IT for 20 years. The people were great, the projects were done without whining. No one was fired or even reprimanded. College groups (two degrees one before the career and one after) suck. One time, 4 people in the group myself and one other got As, the other two got Ds. Another time, 3 people in group. One lives an hour away and is a full time teacher with projects to complete at work. Another is local but has a job and 3 more classes all with projects. Yours truly did most of the work. The final presentation sucked as we had no time to rehearse. Nothing about a class project is anything at all like a work project.
I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings....but group projects never end.
In a drama class in college (1980s) we had to do 2 person sketches for our final project. Got to performance day and my partner didn't show up. Can't find him anywhere. No one knows where he is. Get a week of grace from the prof. and try to locate him. No joy. Drop from A to C+ because of it. He finally shows up. Turns out he was doing 15 days for a DUI and possession of MJ. Never partner with a stoner, no matter how good an actor he is!
This reminds me of two situations I had at uni. I was with 4 others in a project. We divided the work and I was the one putting everything together in a comparative table. One misunderstood the assignment, the other "forgot" the timeline, the other did everything right and the last one had SUCH A HORRIBLE ORTHOGRAPHY I should re-write his part. At 3am (4hs before presenting the work) I was finishing the project while this last moron was asking me every 3 min if I was done and if I could send him the final work. Lab project, a partner who already took the class. He did everything by himself and didn't send me anything. The prof gave us the work which had an average to low score. My partner went MAD and left the lab. Prof came to me to discuss "our" project... I had to tell her that I had NO F*** IDEA what that paper had written on. She just laughed, understood that my partner was a psycho and gave me a new timeline to present the project again.
what even is the point of group project except to face with the reality that a lot of people are just very incompetent as a team member? "learn to work together" ffs. all I learned was that I hate working with other people.
You can end up with these scenarios in work. I had an important project to work on and complete for presentation at a conference and I had to chase my colleague constantly. She did nothing. Wouldn't even meet when we were all at the conference centre so I could share the work I had done. I did everything and she stood silently next to me at the presentation. The stress she caused me... 🤬
Load More Replies...Retaliation. If you're still in high school, it can be very brutal.
Load More Replies...Recently, I had to do a group project with other students. One of them did not participate at all, did not answer his phone, did not text back, did not do anything. We ended up reporting him to the professor, who then told us that they had had him in their sights for a long time, and that if he wasn't even able to work on the group projects, it was a real problem. He had to have a talk with a more powerful teacher about his future in this university, we did the presentation without him, and it was very satisfying.
In graduate school, I was put into a group with 3 others. We had to research on historical styles of education or something. We were to submit a paper and do a presentation. One member was adamant that our presentation be made into a skit with singing. Thankfully, this didn't happen. I have always hated group projects.
I’ll admit in college I was horrible at attending classes, but whenever there was a group project I didn’t want to be labeled “that person” so I would step up for that at least. It’s literally free to be considerate
Since the disastrous nature of group projects is widely known, why do teachers keep assigning them?
Because they have to work less, as correcting one project from each group is far less than correcting one from each person. Their excuse: "heterogenius groups" (that's putting togetber morons with good students) are now in fashion in education (yes, this exists) so the teacher will be seen as a better teacher by his/her director and school. Plus, it's suposed to make magically that morons learn by the others. They have an evidence: finnally they get the same grade :S.
Load More Replies...I hate college group projects. I worked in IT for 20 years. The people were great, the projects were done without whining. No one was fired or even reprimanded. College groups (two degrees one before the career and one after) suck. One time, 4 people in the group myself and one other got As, the other two got Ds. Another time, 3 people in group. One lives an hour away and is a full time teacher with projects to complete at work. Another is local but has a job and 3 more classes all with projects. Yours truly did most of the work. The final presentation sucked as we had no time to rehearse. Nothing about a class project is anything at all like a work project.
I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings....but group projects never end.
In a drama class in college (1980s) we had to do 2 person sketches for our final project. Got to performance day and my partner didn't show up. Can't find him anywhere. No one knows where he is. Get a week of grace from the prof. and try to locate him. No joy. Drop from A to C+ because of it. He finally shows up. Turns out he was doing 15 days for a DUI and possession of MJ. Never partner with a stoner, no matter how good an actor he is!
This reminds me of two situations I had at uni. I was with 4 others in a project. We divided the work and I was the one putting everything together in a comparative table. One misunderstood the assignment, the other "forgot" the timeline, the other did everything right and the last one had SUCH A HORRIBLE ORTHOGRAPHY I should re-write his part. At 3am (4hs before presenting the work) I was finishing the project while this last moron was asking me every 3 min if I was done and if I could send him the final work. Lab project, a partner who already took the class. He did everything by himself and didn't send me anything. The prof gave us the work which had an average to low score. My partner went MAD and left the lab. Prof came to me to discuss "our" project... I had to tell her that I had NO F*** IDEA what that paper had written on. She just laughed, understood that my partner was a psycho and gave me a new timeline to present the project again.
