Comments | tarion_anarore: *&^%$#@!!!!!!!!!!!

tarion_anarore

*&^%$#@!!!!!!!!!!!

Dec 07, 2007 19:43

Today was the last day of class. Thank god.

It also means that I have a HUGE International Business project due Sunday (via email). Two of my group members have not sent me their sections. *explodes* Another of my group members told me, when I asked him about his resources, "Oh, I just brainstormed." Excuse me? You what?!?! This is a 30 page ( Read more... )

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isil_elensar December 8 2007, 09:25:55 UTC

I could have done the whole thing by myself and it would have been less stress!

There's always next time for that... or get new group members.

Tomorrow, once I finish the International Business project, I am getting drunk. Or maybe before I finish it, depending on how infuriated I am.

I vote for before. I seriously need to get drunk myself, and soon. It's been a while. And I forgot to buy the DiSorrano Amaretto today!! *le sigh*

tarion_anarore December 8 2007, 17:41:29 UTC

Actually, I couldn't get new group members, sadly. They were assigned, and I was stuck.

dawn_felagund December 9 2007, 06:27:30 UTC

Ack! All of this reminds me of why I despise group projects and refused to work in groups unless it was absolutely required and non-negotiable. Because unless I was working with Bobby (who could be denied certain privileges for not pulling his weight >:^)))) then I always always ALWAYS ended up doing at least 90% of the work. In eleventh grade, we had to design a magazine about a decade; my group had the 1910s. I spent three hours on one f*cking drawing not to mention all the rest of the artwork, adverts, a couple of articles... and my group members hand in a classified ad a piece and want to share in my grade. Or when I took Risk and Resilience in uni and we had to put together a presentation, and my "group" refused to make plans to work on it ... so I did it myself. And laughed my ass off, a week before the project was due, when they expected their names to be on the project when I did 100% of the work and I broke the bad news to them. Oooops. Well, y'all should have thought of that when I asked to schedule a meeting about the ( ... )

tarion_anarore December 9 2007, 07:34:50 UTC

Yes, this was unfortunately a required group project - one of three actually. It's one thing to assign a group project, but when ***55%*** of my grade is contingent on other people's effort???? I think that is incredibly unfair.

I cannot even begin to say how infuriated and stressed I have been concerning this project and the class/professor in general. I don't think a day has gone by in the past six weeks that I haven't ranted at my roommate about it.

Ohhh Finrod!!!! *holds up glass and sways slightly* Come 'ere prettieee......

*raises glass of Dr Pepper & coconut rum* For Dawn Felagund! And Christmas! And no projects! And snow! And rum!

;)

The worst bit is, IF I get a high A on this project and the final, I might pull an A in the class...The tiny flicker of hope is almost worse...

dawn_felagund December 9 2007, 14:10:15 UTC

Do you do evaluations of professors at the end of the term (I hope)? I'd definitely make this part of the evaluation. I hate to whine, "It's not fair!" but ... well, it's not fair. 55% of your grade should not depend on the efforts of others.

Have you addressed the issue to the professor? Maybe do that as well, like, "Hey, we're at T-0 and the people I have to work with either haven't turned in work or have turned in work so shoddy that I've basically had to re-do it." Then, if you get a poor grade, the professor can't say that s/he wasn't aware of the situation. You may have more of a leg to stand on in getting more credit for the work you've done. If you don't get much of a reply, go to the department chair. Seriously. You will be judged on your college transcript for the rest of your life, so you have every right to get a grade that accurately reflects your performance in the class, not the performance of other people.

I'm slightly more awake, slightly more logical, and slightly less rantish today ... but I would not let this ( ... )

tarion_anarore December 9 2007, 17:49:33 UTC

We do evaluations, but I forgot to put that. Damn! I did fill up the entire comments section though, which I never do. And I'm going to turn in another peer evaluation form with lots of annoyed comments.

Lol, you're welcome. I have a feeling I'll be highly peeved again by tonight, so if you feel like getting rid of Finrod again for awhile...;)

BTW, Mae says (to Finrod), "Do you ever drink anything that does not contain alcohol?"