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Group assignments piss me off. I have a feeling that teachers make group assignments because they think it will prepare us for a real world job where you need to work with coworkers on million-dollar projects. Let me give you a clue, teachers…the people in those real world jobs? They were deemed competent by managers. They won the pick during a grueling interview process and their livelihood depends on keeping their job. They’re not complete fools who got into the job because the company lets everybody in.
I know what you’re thinking. Those responsible people in the workplace already WENT through school and group projects, maybe that’s how they learned to be so professional. Wrong. Dead wrong. Slap yourself for thinking that. I guarantee you those people hated group projects because it made them look bad. Why? They give a shit. They already gave a shit before the group project. It’s a life decision to give a shit, and some people just don’t…and never will.
Going through a group project is a horrible experience. I’d rather be lost in the woods and be forced to eat tree bark and insects for the duration of the project.
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