If you have done a group project presentation, you know how daunting it is. You’re lucky if all the members put in some effort, but we all know very well that the load falls on two, if not a single student who actually genuinely cares.

But sometimes even the best students have had enough of group projects. Like a Redditor who goes by Grapeicecreamfloat, who shared an incident from a class “where a group research project/presentation is a huge chunk of overall points.”

The author wrote: “Everyone knows in group projects you always have that one slacker who doesn’t do anything that you have to compensate for” and added that, unfortunately, “I got stuck with possibly the worst 3 people to be in a project with in the class.”

As you can suspect, these three careless students ignored the author who was the only one working on the project and didn’t lift a finger.

So the presentation day comes and oh boy, little did they know that the author on whom they were relying so much would teach them one hell of a lesson.

This student shared how she pulled petty revenge on the students in her group project after being the only one who did all the work

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In the era of collaboration and working together, group projects and presentations have become an increasingly popular way of learning in the classroom. However, many students have found that these types of assignments can often lead to more stress, frustration, and inefficiency than they are worth.

The primary issue is that group work often fails to account for the individual strengths and weaknesses of each member of the group. While some students may be creative and skilled at coming up with ideas, others may be better at organizing and keeping track of deadlines. This can lead to a situation where the most vocal members of the group take the lead, while the quieter members are left to do the bulk of the work.

Another issue is that group work can be difficult to manage. It can be hard to keep everyone on track and motivated, and there is often a tendency for some members to shirk their responsibilities. This can lead to resentment among the group, and can often result in a substandard final product.

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