What has five words, 22 letters, and is every college student's worst nightmare? The phrase, "You'll be working in groups." No matter your major, you know that this is a curse placed upon the entire class by an awful professor who has no compassion or concern for your mental well-being and simply wants you to be miserable. OK, maybe that is slightly dramatic, but you know I'm not far off base. "This will help you in the future," they'll say. "You won't always be able to work with people you like in the real world," they'll tell you. That may be true, prof', but once I hit the real world I'm sure my colleagues and I won't have three to four classes in addition to yours, clubs and organizations that we are involved with on campus, and minimum wage jobs that we work in addition to all of this. Can you tell I'm bitter? Group projects are no walk in the park, so here is a look at situations we have all faced when these burdens are placed upon us.
1. When you have friends in the class: "I'll be assigning your groups randomly."
2. When you don't know anyone in the class: "You can choose your own groups."
3. When the hot kid is in your group:
4. When you have your first group meeting, exchanging numbers and small talk:
5. When no one takes charge:
6. When you try to plan around your schedules for times to meet:
7. When there's that one member that does all of the work:
8. When there's that one member that does absolutely nothing:
9. When YOU end up doing all the work:
10. When there's the one member who thinks they know everything:
11. When there's the one member who's dumb as sh*t:
12. When you all actually agree on something:
13. When it's time to present:
14. WHEN IT'S FINALLY OVER:
