SO HERE'S THE STORY. I'M TIRED SO I'M GOING TO MAKE IT SHORT. IN MY ENGINEERING 101 CLASS WE WERE PUT INTO GROUPS OF FIVE TO WORK ON A PROJECT. LONG STORY SHORT, MY GROUP WAS ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE. I HAD TO TAKE COMPLETE CONTROL. I HAD TO TELL THEM WHAT TO DO. THERE WERE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT WE HAD TO ANSWER IN THE REPORT. I DID A GOOD BIT OF RESEARCH ON ALL OF THE QUESTIONS, TYPED UP A LITTLE BIT ABOUT EACH ANSWER AND ASSIGNED THE MEMBERS OF MY GROUP THE SECTION THAT THEY WERE TO WORK ON. I HANDED THEM THE PAPERS AND TOLD THEM TO RESEARCH ABOUT EACH QUESTION. WHAT I HAD WRITTEN WAS JUST MEANT TO BE A GUIDE TO START THEM OFF IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. I ASSIGNED MYSELF A PART AS WELL.
I WENT HOME AND FOUND OUT A LOT MORE ABOUT MY PART AND TYPED IT UP. THE NEXT TIME WE MET, ONE GUY DIDN'T SHOW UP. ANOTHER GUY TOLD ME HE COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING MORE THAN WHAT I HAD ALREADY FOUND. ANOTHER HANDED ME THE PATENT (WHICH I HAD GIVEN TO HIM) AND TOLD ME THAT ALL OF THE INFORMATION WAS IN THERE. THE GIRL HANDED ME A SHEET OF PAPER ON WHICH SHE TYPED LITERALLY WORD FOR WORD WHAT I HAD WRITTEN TO START HER OFF IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING. I WENT HOME AND DID THE WHOLE THING MYSELF.
I FOUND A LOT OF INFO THAT I FELT WOULD BE PRETTY DIFFICULT FOR ANYONE ELSE TO FIND. I PUT THE THING TOGETHER AND IT LOOKED GREAT. I TURNED IT IN TUESDAY AND TODAY HE STARTED TO TALK ABOUT HOW ONE GROUP'S PROJECT WAS MUCH BETTER THAN THE REST AND HE WANTED FOR THAT GROUP TO DO A PRESENTATION ABOUT IT. HE CALLED OUT OUR NAMES. SO NOW I HAVE TO SPEND THE NEXT WEEK AND A HALF DOING A BUNCH OF TEETH PULLING. OR SHOULD I EVEN BOTHER? SHOULD I JUST GO AHEAD AND DO THE WHOLE THING MYSELF? THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE AREN'T GOING TO BE GRADED ON IT. IT'S NOT WORTH ANY EXTRA CREDIT EITHER, BUT I THINK IT WILL LOOK GREAT TO THE PROFESSOR IF WE DO A GOOD JOB, WHICH IS WHY YOU WON'T HEAR ME COMPLAINING. NOT SO WITH THE REST OF MY GROUP. ALL THEY ARE SAYING IS, "ARE WE GETTING EXTRA CREDIT FOR THIS? WHY DO WE HAVE TO DO THIS IF WE'RE NOT GETTING EXTRA CREDIT".
I'M GOING TO REALLY HAVE TO PRACTICE MY DENTISTRY SKILLS. WISH ME LUCK.
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On one hand, I would just do my part the best I could and let the others fall flat on their faces, making it obvious that they contributed NOTHING. On the other hand, there's something to be said for being able to work in a group, and it could turn out to look bad that you all couldn't work together and pull off a good presentation. I'd probably go to the professor privately and explain the situation and ask him if it'd be better if you presented the whole presentation yourself or if you should still allow your classmates to attempt the sections they were assigned. DO NOT type up their parts for them and let them go up there and read it off a sheet of paper. YOUR work? No. The professor needs to know this was all you. But you need to be careful not to look like an impatient person that can't handle a team assignment. I'm not saying that's what you are; you just don't want to come across that way.
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