The Group Project. These projects are assigned by professors who love to watch their students suffer. The thoughts that run through students' heads during these projects are something like this...
Everyone dreads the group project, but no matter the class or assignment, you will always find these four types of people in your group.
1. The group member who does all the work
This group member is the one who realizes that no one else in the group is going to do any work. They take it upon themselves to get the grade they want. This group member is extremely bitter about the rest of the group doing no work, but just throws passive aggressive comments their way, and has thoughts like these...
2. The group member who does nothing
This group member ignores the constant Facebook messages or group texts asking for their participation in some of the work. They are very aware that they are relying on the work of their groupmates for their grade. They couldn’t care less.
3. The group member who is there for support but doesn’t do any work
This group member always comes whenever the group meets up, but they don’t offer any ideas or contribute to any of the work. They are there for support only and will agree with anything that any group member has to say. Every time they open their mouth, it resembles something like this...
4. The group member you didn’t even know was in your group but then on presentation day tries to take all the credit
This group member is hated by all. They don’t participate in any planning or in doing any of the work. But as soon as the time comes to present, they act as if they did the whole project by themselves and will not stop talking. Everyone else in the group looks at each other like...
We have all dealt with these types of people in group projects but we all know...
And everyone must thank each other for getting through the assignment, getting the grade you want, and moving on with your lives.