I hate group projects >:-(

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So in one of my classes, we had to do a presentation which was essentially a movie pitch. We needed to go through the 7-step story structure, say who we wanted for the cast/crew, make a budget, etc all in about 5 minutes. So, the day of the presentation, we each say our bit relatively briefly and then this one guy in our group goes up there and does the plot of the flick. We let him do it because he claims he's "good at public speaking" or some such so he goes on and on and on and on until the Prof. tells him to hurry up. We eventually go well over 5 minutes because he wouldn't ****.

So today, we get our grades back and we get a D because we went over our time too much and he has the balls to say "I kept telling everyone we needed to practice." **** you! YOU were the one holding up the group. YOU made us get a D on something that was 40% of our grade.
 
Also someone will have a lousy idea and it will somehow make it as part of the final project and of course, it stands out like a sore thumb
 
Uwe Boll must of failed film school.
 
Uwe boll punched his way through film school.
 
I feel your pain. I can't stand group projects. I've hated them with a passion since one time when this girl and I were supposed to write a sort of historical newsletter/newspaper about the 1920s, 12 articles long. We decided to do 6 articles each. I finished mine, and she never showed up with hers. I mean, she didn't show up at all on the project's due date, and when she finally showed up for class the next week, she didn't say a damn word to me.
 
Had a partner once on a group project that never kept in contact. Did none of the work. Since I decided to give him some responsibility and relied on him to pull through with one section, one very simple little job, we got a F. Pulled my grade down to a C. Kind of changed the way I decided to manage things from then on. Act as though everyone in your team will fail you, do everything get an A.
 
I don't mind em. I just get with the right people, and if I'm not...I tell them to leave, or I will. Got stuck with two awful students for my documentary last year, who hardly ever turned up, and came up with the most awful ideas. So, I urged them to leave...they did so, and I found myself achieving the best mark possible for my documentary with two different students :up:
 
I always told my Prof. I'd rather work alone.

And so it was done.
 
So in one of my classes, we had to do a presentation which was essentially a movie pitch. We needed to go through the 7-step story structure, say who we wanted for the cast/crew, make a budget, etc all in about 5 minutes. So, the day of the presentation, we each say our bit relatively briefly and then this one guy in our group goes up there and does the plot of the flick. We let him do it because he claims he's "good at public speaking" or some such so he goes on and on and on and on until the Prof. tells him to hurry up. We eventually go well over 5 minutes because he wouldn't ****.

So today, we get our grades back and we get a D because we went over our time too much and he has the balls to say "I kept telling everyone we needed to practice." **** you! YOU were the one holding up the group. YOU made us get a D on something that was 40% of our grade.

How much did you go over? That seems pretty harsh for just going over the time limit.
 
we did something like this back when i was in college, there were 5 people in the group and it was drilled into us from the start that if you did not pass the group you did not pass the course. the time frame was 5 weeks and one guy simply was doing nothing and basically just getting by on the work done by the rest of the group. after speaking to our tutor she told us it was up to us if we kept him or not.

we spoke about it and decided that if he stayed we may pass but even then just about, so we decided he was gone from the group. he wasn't happy and it was kinda weird deciding that the year and half of the course he had done already was for ntohing
 
I don't remember. It was several weeks ago and we just barely got our grades the other day.

I don't know, for someone to grade that harshly your teach is either an ******* or your work wasn't that good to begin with. I can't imagine you getting a D just because you went over a couple of minutes.
 
It's a practical thing. You have to learn to work with people, even inept ones. That's part of life. I hated them at first, until I realized I could just take control of them and look like a star student. Professors love the "star" of the group, and it trickles over into their other assessments of you.
 
I dont work with ****ty people, they work for me :cmad:, then I kick their ass.
 
Group projects/groupwork are a great way to meet people so I think it's great in that aspect. However, just because they're cool people, doesn't mean they're nessecary good workers. I've been in those situations, as well as worked with great people/workers and terrible people who didn't care about anything. In the last 3 weeks of school, for one of my weekly classes, I worked with this great girl for groupwork. Now that classes just finished, I'm actually frustrated that I didn't even get her number/e-mail or anything to keep in touch. Exams are running soon and I just hope I see her there. Group projects - It's just a part of school and life. Take them ALL as positive life experiences whenever possible.
 

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