Group Work Woes - *Rant Warning*
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And people wonder why:
I didn't go to college.
I hate stupid people.
I'd go postal stuck in an office.
I hate group projects.
I once had a "group" (actually 2 people) thing in HS history--the other guy stole my work (he actually STOLE my finished assignment), recopied everything (literally word for word, which was my saving grace), & turned it in. He claimed he'd done it all, & I refused to do anything. However, his sister had typed everything for him, & it seems she followed his directions to "copy it exactly" to the letter: he'd included some of my writing "quirks"--primrily that I was taught with (and use to this day) many European spellings: metre, litre, theatre, etc. Those were left in the work by the typist--which was pretty much concrete proof, since I think I was the ONLY one in the class who wrote that way. I got the grade I earned (a B+), he got a zero & a week suspension for theft & plagarism.
I only got a day's detention for my hit-the-roof reaction in class.
I didn't go to college.
I hate stupid people.
I'd go postal stuck in an office.
I hate group projects.
I once had a "group" (actually 2 people) thing in HS history--the other guy stole my work (he actually STOLE my finished assignment), recopied everything (literally word for word, which was my saving grace), & turned it in. He claimed he'd done it all, & I refused to do anything. However, his sister had typed everything for him, & it seems she followed his directions to "copy it exactly" to the letter: he'd included some of my writing "quirks"--primrily that I was taught with (and use to this day) many European spellings: metre, litre, theatre, etc. Those were left in the work by the typist--which was pretty much concrete proof, since I think I was the ONLY one in the class who wrote that way. I got the grade I earned (a B+), he got a zero & a week suspension for theft & plagarism.
I only got a day's detention for my hit-the-roof reaction in class.
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From: N. Florida - The "No 4x4
Originally posted by Jarlaxle
And people wonder why:
I didn't go to college.
I hate stupid people.
I'd go postal stuck in an office.
I hate group projects.
And people wonder why:
I didn't go to college.
I hate stupid people.
I'd go postal stuck in an office.
I hate group projects.
But this from a guy FAR more afraid of people,
than snakes and alligators
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From: Texas, just south of NY c
I can understand how some of these Affirmiative Action cadets could cheat and Bs their way thru non scientific courses but in a math , physics , or chemistry class I just don't see any plausable way that they could do the work, pass the tests and make a decent grade. Math professors are the world's worst and have hearts made of stone when it comes to giving points or curving grades, or atleast that was my experience while in college.....s.kuteman
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UPDATE: We gave the presentation. Spoke with Prof ahead of time; she had her suspicions. He sounded like an idiot. Presentation went ok.
Now we've got to compile the final paper and be done with it.
XXL
Now we've got to compile the final paper and be done with it.
XXL
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