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Posted by sensorium on Oct-25-2004 07:34:

Screw group work!

Damn! I hate doing this. I end up doing most of the work and correcting that of others, as if I was really the correct person to be doing this. Upper level students and can't even cite and write. Shame I tell ya. Shame!

Posted by Ripped Bag on Oct-25-2004 07:37:

Buy everyone a round of burritos..everything is better with burritos

Posted by Arbiter on Oct-25-2004 14:43:

Well you're probably going to have to be able to work as part of a team in the "real world" as well, so you might as well get used to it.

Posted by A.J. on Oct-25-2004 15:08:

That appears to be the reason why group work forms a big part of assessments at university (for my course at least).

I am afraid that you are going to have to get used to it - in the real world some people sponge off others and don't pull their weight, just as you are experiencing now.

I have found that to get decent marks in group assignments i usually have to do the majority of the work myself. Most of the groups i have been involved with contained international students with average english skills, and they really couldn't do very much.

At the moment three out of my four subjects at university involve groupwork and group assignments!

^ ^ ^ ^

For a Bachelor of Commerce

Posted by ASOT100 on Oct-25-2004 17:56:

yes cs projects suck when ur partner does almost nothing

Posted by sensorium on Oct-25-2004 18:09:

quote:
Originally posted by Ripped Bag
Buy everyone a round of burritos..everything is better with burritos

If that solved the issue I wouldn't hesitate. Not all people like burritos.

quote:
Originally posted by A.J.
That appears to be the reason why group work forms a big part of assessments at university (for my course at least).

I am afraid that you are going to have to get used to it - in the real world some people sponge off others and don't pull their weight, just as you are experiencing now.

I have found that to get decent marks in group assignments i usually have to do the majority of the work myself. Most of the groups i have been involved with contained international students with average english skills, and they really couldn't do very much.

At the moment three out of my four subjects at university involve groupwork and group assignments!

^ ^ ^ ^

For a Bachelor of Commerce

I'm used to it. It's just that this time I got a lazy good-for-nothing group member that is not doing his part. That is all. Group activies are good/beneficial/etc., but not all the time.

Posted by placebo on Oct-25-2004 18:19:

burritos are fucking awesome, who wouldn't like burritos?

Posted by Arbiter on Oct-25-2004 19:12:

quote:
Originally posted by ASOT100
yes cs projects suck when ur partner does almost nothing

Actually they're better. If they don't write any code at least you don't have to try to debug it when it goes horribly wrong.