There are some classes where teachers love to put us in groups and then give us an assignment. Lucky me, I always get stuck with incompetent morons who only talk to other members of the group about how totally mean the basketball coach was yesterday, or did you see what so-and-so was wearing, or golly gee do I hate assignments! Because these idiots are too lazy or stupid to do the group work, I always end up completing it by myself. I earn the grade for the group. When I ask them to help, they’re always like, “Gosh, Fire, you’re not the merry little sunshine you normally are!” (BTW, I’m never a merry little sunshine but I do make a point to ask them nicely until the 5th or 6th time I have to say something.)
Especially during dissections, I end up making all the cuts, finding all the structures, answering all the questions, only to have the other members of my group copy my answers verbatim. Can’t you morons even come up with your own wording?
I would talk to my teachers about this, but they would only tell me to pick a different group. They don’t know how hard it is when everyone in the class but 2 other people have already formed their own groups, and these two are whining, “Fiiiiiire, let me be in your group!”
This probably seems rather silly, but I have to do group work at least twice a week. It adds up. Maybe I should stop complaning, because for all I know, the real world will be just like this. I dunno; I just wanted to bitch more than anything.
[sub]Also, about the lack of swears: it’s just not my nature unless I’m really pissed. So don’t give me crap about this being too nice for the Pit. If you want to see me swear, go to “Sweatpants strings (lots of fucks)”.[/sub]
Yep, sorry, Fire the real world is exactly like school, only bigger. There’s more places to go though if the one you’re at sucks.
As for stopping complaining, no way!! This is the Pit dude, that’s what it’s for!!! Complain, whine, bitch, moan, curse your heart out! You’ll feel better for it!!
If you’re doing all the work yourself anyway, don’t form a group. Do it all yourself, impress your teachers, and tell those leeches who are copying your answers to go fuck themselves.
I would, but unfortunately there’s always a minimum requirement for group sizes, usually because the teachers refuse to print out any more than 5 papers to divide among the groups, or in the case of anatomy class, there aren’t enough cow hearts to go around. Oh well…I guess I’ll just complain to the teachers next time. <sigh>
Just act lazier than they are. Even the most unmotivated people can start working when they have no one to copy from. I did that in my chemestry class, I burned pennies along with one person in the group and let the normally lazy jock do all the work. Sure I “could” try, but that wouldn’t motivate anyone!
Hell the teacher can’t read my writing anyway. He probably never even checked the projects.
Show the teacher your work before handing it over to the group so he/she knows who’s producing and who isn’t. Documentation kicks ass. If your grade is tied to these freeloaders make sure the teacher KNOWS who’s doing the work.
Then advise the rest of the group that you’re tired of carrying them. They’re fat, happy and complacent and don’t have the slightest motivation to change right now. Hey, they’re gonna make the grade on your effort; what’s to worry about? If you point out the unfairness maybe a few of them will be decent enough to shape up.
Good luck. Sounds like a thoroughly stupid set up to me. If they’re trying to teach cooperation and such they’d better put a little work into monitoring the dynamics.
