Group Projects

There is nothing more irritating and frustrating challenging, than trying to get a group of people you have never met and probably will never meet to work together on one assignment.

Some people do not care what the outcome is they just want and grade and are a warm body behind a computer hoping that everyone else will to the work for them so that they do not have to.  Then there are those that will do a little bit of work so that they get their name on the project and hope that they get the same grade as everyone else.  And finally there are the one like myself that like to toot their own horns now and then and tell people how awesome they are because they focus that work their little tails off so that they can get the A that they know they can get and deserve out of the class.  I will not sit back and let someone else take the credit for something that I do. 
I am willing to put out the time and the effort that it takes to email your lazy butt and push you to get off the couch and doing something in this class, especially on the group assignment you until you are tired of me so that you have a chance to help.  I feel that the more informed you are about the project and the more times I give you a chance to help with the project you can't later tell the teacher that we didn't communicate with you what was going on.  I am that pushy helpful person in your class that wants to not only get the grade but help you succeed at the same time.  If that annoys you then maybe you shouldn't be a teacher.

Well, now that I feel a little better.  Yes I am struggling to get my group to work out this assignment that is due next week so that we can get it done early and handed in before I go on vacation the end of next week.  There is nothing more irritating than someone not doing their part to help but still wanting the grade that everyone else gets.
Sorry but this mom/classmate is not going to let you just ride the coat tails.  I guess that's part of why I like to take charge that way I know what's going on, I know that everyone is well informed, and I know that the assignment is being done to my standard of quality and not just slapped together at the last minute.  I will do your part and not put your name on the assignment if that is whats needed.  I have at the last minute written up a 500 word essay that was supposed to come from the whole team and only put two names of the five that should have been on it.  I will be honest in my report to the teacher and let them know exactly why there are names left off.

I guess you could say that I have turned into the student that annoyed me in high school.  The one that was always doing homework and working really really hard to get straight A's and was always talking about how they needed to do this or that for school and seemed to never have any fun.  So yup that's me the annoying nerd in the front of the class that always knows the answer even though they didn't read the book, and always has their homework done at least 3 days before it's due.  I am the one that everyone will be mad at if they ever start grading on a curve because I will throw it so out of whack that you will want to kill me for getting 100% on every assignment.