Is it weird to hate working
on group project? I don't know I don't hate it...I just don't like it. There
are several reasons actually but all differ because it depends on people who
I'm working with. There are many types of people who we meet when we are
working on group projects. I have classified them from the past personal
experiences
The
Perfectionist
The perfectionist is usually great to
have because they always give their absolute best but if we messed something up
or didn’t fill their expectations we will probably face one of the two possible
things: they got angry at us and ask us to redo it or see their unpleasant
faces that screams “THIS IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH”. Well to be honest, I am sometimes
the perfectionist one but I usually didn’t get angry but give that look and re do their work by my
self. But even I, a perfectionist, know people who are even more perfectionist
than me.
The
Commander
Like the name, this person likes to
command the other group members. If we have to devide our tasks, that person
will be the one who do it. It is kind of annoying in some times but it is also
good in some points because having that kind of person means that we have some
one to lead us. Some time I play the role as the commander when dealing with
the lazy partner or with someone who don’t give a damn about the project.
The Copy-paste
Ahh the copy-paste is the most typical
and I have to say that I really hate them. First of all, this really showed you
that you are lazy and unaware of the word plagiarism. I think every body had
met this kind of people over the years of working in groups. I must admit that
I’m the kind of person who can’t say anything to these kind of people. I mean
what am I supposed to say? Give a lecture about plagiarism? Well I don’t know
how to handle them actually so I usually just accept it and redo it myself
(this applies to project that is done by only me and that person and it is not
really hard for me to do it alone…see I told you I’m a perfectionist). Or if I
am working in a big group, I will probably ask the other about how to say the
problem to that person.
The
give-me-the-easy-part
Yep. Hate them. But just admit it
people, there is always this part of you. I think we all have this part of
person in ourselves but the question is whether we choose to show it or not.
The last-minute
Procrastination. That is all to say for
this point.
The lazy one
The lazy one include the
give-me-the-easy-part, the last-minute and the copy-paste
The panic one
The panic one is the combination
between the perfectionist and the commander when dealing with the last-minute
group member. The difference is that the panic one is always demanding and
impatient with other group members.
The I-don’t-care-at-all
This kind of person is either don’t
care about the project in general or about the part to work on. I think this is
a normal type of group member but sometime annoying because they don’t always
give the best for the project.
The know-it-all
I don’t know why but it is OK for me if
they really know what they are saying in group meetings. But if they think they
know it even though they are wrong and they still think that they are the right
ones, now that is annoying. The thing that I hate about this kind of people is
the fact that they think that they are always right in a discussion.
Excuses excuses
Okay before I start, I know that it
might be true if your grandma died or you are stuck in a traffic jam etc but
for some reason I think I just have a sense when people give a lie. I just have
it, don’t you? Well sometimes it is obviously a lie BUT you can’t say anything
if her grandma died the third time
or something right?
Okay there you have it. My list of
people that I work with in group projects. I must say that I have been
classified in all of these (depending on the occasion) so I don’t think it is
fair for them if they are considered the bad guy here. And I think everybody
have been classified to each of the group so I just want to say…please be nice
to other people because you are sometime as bad as they are. Okay bye now I
have to do my assignment.
Sincerely,
The I-don’t-care-at-all