“Ignored”: Student Is Left To Do An Entire Group Project On Her Own Because Nobody Cares, Pulls Petty Revenge To Teach Them A Lesson
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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Other people shared their own experiences with group projects
Sounds like a disengaged professor. Its not really a life lesson to "work it out as an adult", because a group presentation you've paid to give, but not chosen who you do it with is a pretty unusual situation outside of University. An adult would just be like, nope. If people always complain about who they work with thats a problem with the assignment and the way people are selected to work together. 100% the professors fault. Some people need proper teacher training. Go OP!
I had a professor who was interested in how the projects she assigned at the beginning of the semester were going. When she asked me about mine and who I was doing it with... I didn't even need to mention anything because she realized based on my reaction that something was wrong. So she kept asking until I told her that I only had one team member (it was a hard project so 3 people should do it) and my teammate doesn't get involved in any way at all. Then she asked if there was anyone else who needed one more person in their group so they'd be 3 and we finally solved the problem. I still worked tens on hours on that project but I worked with serious people so I actually only did my third of the project. Imagine what a chaos it would've been to do THE ENTIRE thing by myself. I wouldn't have even been able to do it! Forever grateful to her and, although I hadn't really liked her until then, from that moment on I've had and I will have all the possible respect towards her.
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I don't like giving group assignments but with one of my classes I have no choice. It's in the curriculum and the students literally cannot do it on their own. So I made the rule that they get a grade as a group (like 70% for each member) BUT they can add or deduct if individual students deserve it. If they upgrade I will always agree, but I can veto a downgrade (to prevent bullying as much as possible). Each semester two or three students are voted extra points for their work, and a few have points deducted because they slacked off. I always know who those are and I have never disagreed (often even suggesting a worse grade than the group members decide on). It isn't perfect, but it seems to work.
That sounds like a great system for a universally miserable situation. As a student, I would have loved your class for this is alone
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Learning to work together a collaborate is important, but group projects rarely teach that - they mostly teach the dynamic of imbalance, of some freeloading on the efforts of whoever cares the most about their grade. I wish classes had ways to practice the useful parts without your grades resting in it.
Yes there’s always those who just want to barely pass. They know those who want good grades will work hard and pick up their slack. I’ve seen “I’m so sorry” if the professor actually steps in. There’s no risk. Next class they play the game again, the university doesn’t keep records. It’s a major flow which rewards bad behavior.
Load More Replies... Sounds like a disengaged professor. Its not really a life lesson to "work it out as an adult", because a group presentation you've paid to give, but not chosen who you do it with is a pretty unusual situation outside of University. An adult would just be like, nope. If people always complain about who they work with thats a problem with the assignment and the way people are selected to work together. 100% the professors fault. Some people need proper teacher training. Go OP!
I had a professor who was interested in how the projects she assigned at the beginning of the semester were going. When she asked me about mine and who I was doing it with... I didn't even need to mention anything because she realized based on my reaction that something was wrong. So she kept asking until I told her that I only had one team member (it was a hard project so 3 people should do it) and my teammate doesn't get involved in any way at all. Then she asked if there was anyone else who needed one more person in their group so they'd be 3 and we finally solved the problem. I still worked tens on hours on that project but I worked with serious people so I actually only did my third of the project. Imagine what a chaos it would've been to do THE ENTIRE thing by myself. I wouldn't have even been able to do it! Forever grateful to her and, although I hadn't really liked her until then, from that moment on I've had and I will have all the possible respect towards her.
Load More Replies... I don't like giving group assignments but with one of my classes I have no choice. It's in the curriculum and the students literally cannot do it on their own. So I made the rule that they get a grade as a group (like 70% for each member) BUT they can add or deduct if individual students deserve it. If they upgrade I will always agree, but I can veto a downgrade (to prevent bullying as much as possible). Each semester two or three students are voted extra points for their work, and a few have points deducted because they slacked off. I always know who those are and I have never disagreed (often even suggesting a worse grade than the group members decide on). It isn't perfect, but it seems to work.
That sounds like a great system for a universally miserable situation. As a student, I would have loved your class for this is alone
Load More Replies... Learning to work together a collaborate is important, but group projects rarely teach that - they mostly teach the dynamic of imbalance, of some freeloading on the efforts of whoever cares the most about their grade. I wish classes had ways to practice the useful parts without your grades resting in it.
Yes there’s always those who just want to barely pass. They know those who want good grades will work hard and pick up their slack. I’ve seen “I’m so sorry” if the professor actually steps in. There’s no risk. Next class they play the game again, the university doesn’t keep records. It’s a major flow which rewards bad behavior.
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