Lazy group member - let him burn?

swimcatsmom
Thu, 05 Dec 2013 19:35:28 +0000

I feel for you. I was lucky I managed to avoid most group projects. The one major one I had (in a tax class), I sat next to a very bright young lady in the class and as soon as the project was announced she asked me if we could work together (I was pleased to be asked as being far older than anyone else in the class I was not sure anyone would want me in their group - but we had been in the class long enough we both knew the other was good). The funny thing was the young man that sat on the other side and was always chatting to a bevvy of young lady friends immediately leaned over and asked to join us, much to the surprise of those young ladies. Our little group of 3 turned out to be a great group.

Nevertheless I managed to wiggle out of the group projects (5 of them) in the next tax class because I was working full time and commuting 100 miles twice a week to the class. The prof let me be a group of one as she agreed it would be hard for me do meet up with a group. More work, much less stress.