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...Group Projects

randomuser
edited November 2007 in General
Does anyone else find these ridiculous? It's not bad if you're given all the time you need alotted during class, but when you have to go out of your way out of class hours I think its a bit unreasonable.

It assumes that everyone has time to spare at equal times at the same time...and having your marks up in the air with other peoples effort sucks too. When you're competing for scholarships little things like these can drop your grade down a grade or two. I'd rather just be assigned all the work of a group project and be able to present on my own.

I had this one seminar where there was 7 of us in a group...that went well, it's like the more people in a group the less you get done since you do more chatting and 7 people cant talk over eachother and nothing ends up getting done since you figure by having a 7 person group someone will get it done :zip:

Comments

  • Ether
    edited November 2007
    I don't think it's unreasonable.
    For one thing, you shouldn't be given time in class. You don't get time in class to work on regular assignments, so you can't expect time to work on group assignments.
    Supposedly these projects simulate the real world, where you have useless people leeching on your work and taking the credit too.
  • Kevin M.Kevin M.
    edited November 2007
    Group projects can be a blessing in disguise. Sure its annoying to go out of your way to get together with the group, but it's a good way to build relationships with other students in your class and faculty. About the leeching thing...I find that students are somewhat directionless in their interactions during group projects. If one person takes the lead and delegates tasks effectively so that everyone knows what they are supposed to and when they are supposed to do it by, it'll get alotted into their homework time and they will get it done. That's just how groups work. You can't assume that everyone is going to do an equal and proportional amount of work because everyone has different strengths and weaknesses so the leader has to determine who does what. And like Ether said, you actually do end up learning or improving social interaction skills which comes in handy in day to day life
  • baby e
    edited November 2007
    Group projects are completely pointless. They dont serve any purpose. With most jobs in the "real world", you wont be working in a huge group.

    I am in one right now. 10 people are in my group....10! Jesus almighty, and half of them dont even do their work. So here I am, picking up the slack for everyone else who just sat there and dwiddled their thumbs and didnt do what they were supposed to do. Ridiculous.
  • randomuser
    edited November 2007
    i think its different in the real world too, if youre in a job at least you know eachothers schedules and dont have much of an excuse when everyone else says x date conflicts with their schedule

    my main problem is the assumption that everyone has a fair amount of time to congregate out of class time

    i generally schedule my classes all back to back, and then im off campus to make use of the time ive made for myself for the rest of the day

    i have blood sugar issues too, after 7 hours eating school lunch foods my desire to stay on campus even longer diminishes

    also for some reason im always paired with people in east of burnaby and i live downtown...it never works out
  • baby e
    edited November 2007
    ^ I was paired in the Spring semester last year with a guy who lived in Surrey. And we had to meet at his house cuz he had the program on his computer that we needed. Oh, what a great commute.

    :/

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