Otter's Journal: *^$*% group projects...

Let's say you've spent almost an entire semester in a class where the professor talks about his single enthusiasm to the exclusion of anything else, week after week after week. When you do a group presentation for 50% of the final grade, do you base it on:

• What the entire freaking class has been about?
• Something else?

Ughh, thank God, after this class (where I'll probably still get an A- despite my knucklehead projectmates' refusal to think about That Method We Talk About Every Week), I'll only be two classes short of my MBA...

uh...

[ellem]

can I have your MBA? I want one but I don't want to do any of the work. I hate school and I really hate working with groups or people. also I hate management and capitalization.

Re:

[Otter]

I want one but I don't want to do any of the work.

You'd fit in quite well in most of my classes!

I hear ya

[lithron]

Group projects in school are horrible, so I always take lead to make certain I'll get at least a B.

2 more classes? Awesome. Stick it out a bit longer and you'll be free[1] again.

[1] - Is it better to be in school or out of school? I'll leave that question as an exercise to the reader.

Re:

[Otter]

Thankfully, I'm out, and only in one night a week. I used to go two nights a week but my wife cut me back after excessive rage created by my two teams one semester...

gah, group projects

[jci]

No matter what level, it always seems like there's someone there who doesn't know anything... and they've magically found their way to the team you're on.

I've had the following university scenarios:
> everyone knows nothing and I get to do it all..
> one guy disappears
> requirements creep where all of a sudden this project is supposed to do anything
> good team where we all knew what we were doing (everyone surprised)

The last scenario didn't occur until I started taking master's level courses.

I get