Jengerbread88
New member
I'm so freakin' irritated. Let me split it up:
Advertising Design- For our first project as a group, one of our members never showed up to a single meeting, missed every class period during that time period, and contributed nothing.
We still put her name on the project.
For our second project as a group, this same member did one small assignment, but that was it, and barely participated.
We still put her name on the project.
Flash forward and we're now in our advertising campaign that is OUR FINAL! We have limited amounts of time to work on it. We have scheduled our meetings around HER schedule. She claims she has trouble making it to meetings because she lives 45 minutes away. So do I. She also says she doesn't have gas money. She has a job (lives at home, has admitted to having no expenses but gas, and her job pays more than my disability does). I'm disabled. I have trouble affording gas. I still make a point to be there. Not only is she mad that she has to come to our group meeting that we worked AROUND HER SCHEDULE, she didn't bother showing up to class when we made our initial pitch to our professor. Seriously?!
Business Communications
I am the copy editor, which means not only do I write my own portion, but I also piece everyone's parts together to make sure it sounds cohesive. The day before our rough draft was due, my members still hadn't gotten it to me, despite several times I had reminded them via email, text, phone call, and in person communications. One person's contribution was emailed to me 10 minutes before class... meaning I only had that long to edit his portion into our project, and print, to give to the professor. I let it slide, and told them PLEASE get me the next portion sooner.
Our project is due next week. Neither of the other members have written their portions, nor have they contributed anything to the powerpoint. I suggested we meet between classes today, and they both refused. I then suggested we meet after class, and they said no. Seriously?!
Trends and Concepts In The Fashion Industry
Since the project was assigned 5 weeks ago, my partner has missed 3 classes. I missed one, but only because my professor specifically sent me home due to my high grade in the class, and the fact I wasn't feeling well, and she had let my first class out early and didn't want me waiting around 4 hours for the next class. Not only has she missed many classes, but she also has consistently refused to get me her assigned portions of the assignments. It's gotten to the point that I go ahead and do the things I assigned to her before they're due, so when she doesn't show up to class, I still have something to turn in. Our binder is due next week. Her only contribution? Confirming she liked the colour story, picking up ONE fabric swatch from a store, and offering up 2 celebrity inspirations and one link to the census website. Not a specific census information set, mind you.... a link to the entire website, for me to look up the information. She is supposed to do our final project presentation board. It's due in 2 weeks. She hasn't bought it yet. I've given her the supplies I have, and she's done nothing with them. I'm getting really close to doing my own, just in case, but I can't carry the entire project on my own. The one time I missed, I not only gave the professor a printed copy of my assignment in advance, but I also gave her a copy, as well, and emailed her the link.
Finally, today, I reached my breaking point, and I am talking to the professor about my Trends and Concepts project, but really, it's getting ridiculous. There's no reason you can't do your work, even if you won't be there. There's also no reason you have to wait until the very last second to turn something in when other peoples' grades rely on it. I understand some things, but.... THIS bad?! Ridiculous. Every. single. class. With the exception of the one class we don't have group projects in.
Advertising Design- For our first project as a group, one of our members never showed up to a single meeting, missed every class period during that time period, and contributed nothing.
We still put her name on the project.
For our second project as a group, this same member did one small assignment, but that was it, and barely participated.
We still put her name on the project.
Flash forward and we're now in our advertising campaign that is OUR FINAL! We have limited amounts of time to work on it. We have scheduled our meetings around HER schedule. She claims she has trouble making it to meetings because she lives 45 minutes away. So do I. She also says she doesn't have gas money. She has a job (lives at home, has admitted to having no expenses but gas, and her job pays more than my disability does). I'm disabled. I have trouble affording gas. I still make a point to be there. Not only is she mad that she has to come to our group meeting that we worked AROUND HER SCHEDULE, she didn't bother showing up to class when we made our initial pitch to our professor. Seriously?!
Business Communications
I am the copy editor, which means not only do I write my own portion, but I also piece everyone's parts together to make sure it sounds cohesive. The day before our rough draft was due, my members still hadn't gotten it to me, despite several times I had reminded them via email, text, phone call, and in person communications. One person's contribution was emailed to me 10 minutes before class... meaning I only had that long to edit his portion into our project, and print, to give to the professor. I let it slide, and told them PLEASE get me the next portion sooner.
Our project is due next week. Neither of the other members have written their portions, nor have they contributed anything to the powerpoint. I suggested we meet between classes today, and they both refused. I then suggested we meet after class, and they said no. Seriously?!
Trends and Concepts In The Fashion Industry
Since the project was assigned 5 weeks ago, my partner has missed 3 classes. I missed one, but only because my professor specifically sent me home due to my high grade in the class, and the fact I wasn't feeling well, and she had let my first class out early and didn't want me waiting around 4 hours for the next class. Not only has she missed many classes, but she also has consistently refused to get me her assigned portions of the assignments. It's gotten to the point that I go ahead and do the things I assigned to her before they're due, so when she doesn't show up to class, I still have something to turn in. Our binder is due next week. Her only contribution? Confirming she liked the colour story, picking up ONE fabric swatch from a store, and offering up 2 celebrity inspirations and one link to the census website. Not a specific census information set, mind you.... a link to the entire website, for me to look up the information. She is supposed to do our final project presentation board. It's due in 2 weeks. She hasn't bought it yet. I've given her the supplies I have, and she's done nothing with them. I'm getting really close to doing my own, just in case, but I can't carry the entire project on my own. The one time I missed, I not only gave the professor a printed copy of my assignment in advance, but I also gave her a copy, as well, and emailed her the link.
Finally, today, I reached my breaking point, and I am talking to the professor about my Trends and Concepts project, but really, it's getting ridiculous. There's no reason you can't do your work, even if you won't be there. There's also no reason you have to wait until the very last second to turn something in when other peoples' grades rely on it. I understand some things, but.... THIS bad?! Ridiculous. Every. single. class. With the exception of the one class we don't have group projects in.
