URRRRGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!
OK, full disclosure, this is rant about unreliable people. The opinions, attitudes, and concerns expressed in this opening statement are solely those of SwiftDog2.0 and do not represent the feelings of this board, or the general population at large.
I'm taking a Human Resources Management class this semester. It's a snoozefest to begin with. Not my favorite subject but it's a degree requirement so I have to take it. The material is dry but the Professor is good so It's not a total wash.
Unfortunately, our mid-term and final assignments are group projects. I absolutely HATE group assignments in school. This puts control of my grade in someone's hands other than my own. I have had nothing but horrible experiences with group projects in college. There are always people that don't pull their weight which pulls everyone else on the team down with them unless others step up and do more than they should have to.
This assignment has been no different. There are 7 people on the team including myself. Two of which have not contributed a single, god*n thing to the project! No research notes, no reference citations, not even a single lousy post on the assignment board. One of these people was supposed to be creating the PowerPoint presentation we have to present in tomorrow's class!
I volunteered to write the paper as I knew something like this would happen. I had a draft of the paper done and posted on our assignment board last Tuesday. I asked for feedback by end of day on Thursday so I could make revisions in time to hand the paper in tomorrow (9/28). Heard back from 4 of the other 6 people on the project. Haven't seen anything from the person that was supposed to do the PowerPoint. I had to prod the others that did respond to get someone to offer to do the PowerPoint. We have one now but we have two people that are supposed to present that we have not heard from.
This is so beyond frustrating. I could narc on the no-shows to the professor but SwiftDogs don't believe in snitching. I am tempted to leave the deadbeats folks off the title page of the paper when I turn it in though. Would serve them right. My attitude at the moment is "Flunk You!" you wastes of space.
What gets me the most is that these are all adults I'm dealing with. If they were traditional college aged students I might be a little more forgiving because I could understand, and would quite frankly expect, some level of immaturity and lack of ownership. But from grownups that are supposed to know better? I have no tolerance for this act of laziness and selfishness.
What are your thoughts on the situation? Should I rat out my classmates to the professor? Should I leave them off the paper's title page? Should I let them reap the benefits of the rest of the team's work?
OK, full disclosure, this is rant about unreliable people. The opinions, attitudes, and concerns expressed in this opening statement are solely those of SwiftDog2.0 and do not represent the feelings of this board, or the general population at large.
I'm taking a Human Resources Management class this semester. It's a snoozefest to begin with. Not my favorite subject but it's a degree requirement so I have to take it. The material is dry but the Professor is good so It's not a total wash.
Unfortunately, our mid-term and final assignments are group projects. I absolutely HATE group assignments in school. This puts control of my grade in someone's hands other than my own. I have had nothing but horrible experiences with group projects in college. There are always people that don't pull their weight which pulls everyone else on the team down with them unless others step up and do more than they should have to.
This assignment has been no different. There are 7 people on the team including myself. Two of which have not contributed a single, god*n thing to the project! No research notes, no reference citations, not even a single lousy post on the assignment board. One of these people was supposed to be creating the PowerPoint presentation we have to present in tomorrow's class!
I volunteered to write the paper as I knew something like this would happen. I had a draft of the paper done and posted on our assignment board last Tuesday. I asked for feedback by end of day on Thursday so I could make revisions in time to hand the paper in tomorrow (9/28). Heard back from 4 of the other 6 people on the project. Haven't seen anything from the person that was supposed to do the PowerPoint. I had to prod the others that did respond to get someone to offer to do the PowerPoint. We have one now but we have two people that are supposed to present that we have not heard from.
This is so beyond frustrating. I could narc on the no-shows to the professor but SwiftDogs don't believe in snitching. I am tempted to leave the deadbeats folks off the title page of the paper when I turn it in though. Would serve them right. My attitude at the moment is "Flunk You!" you wastes of space.
What gets me the most is that these are all adults I'm dealing with. If they were traditional college aged students I might be a little more forgiving because I could understand, and would quite frankly expect, some level of immaturity and lack of ownership. But from grownups that are supposed to know better? I have no tolerance for this act of laziness and selfishness.
What are your thoughts on the situation? Should I rat out my classmates to the professor? Should I leave them off the paper's title page? Should I let them reap the benefits of the rest of the team's work?