Group Work Etiquette in College?

Brielle11
Sat, 30 Mar 2013 16:51:46 +0000

I avoid group work like the plague. I know a bunch of people who are like “there is only one paper in English 103 and it’s a group project. Let’s do it together!” No thanks. I work full time, go to school full time, and have a 4.0. You are capable of working yet on disability so you can go to school, have been here six years, and have a 2.3 GPA. Let’s …not register for the same class.

In math, our quizzes are group quizzes. Most of the people in my group are happy to let me do the work. During the quiz, if they are happily texting or napping while I am working, I will get up and say something quietly to the teacher. He knows my work ethic, so understands it is not that I don’t like the people, but they don’t deserve the grade I get them.

I am a leader, so if I were you, I would round them up in the next class period and start assigning things. I would make it clear that they are to help. If they don’t respond to emails or are ever late in getting their work done, I would voice concerns to the professor immediately. You are in class to learn, and if they don’t work they won’t