We've all been forced to work with other people for a school project. If you're lucky, you are at least somewhat friendly with the other members of your group or you get get to choose who you work with, but sometimes you're not so fortunate. Based on my experiences, here's how most group projects go...
1. You get handed a sheet titled "Class Group Project Assignment."
2. You quickly scan over the assignment sheet to see how many other youths you're forced to work with.
3. Then realize the groups are assigned.
4. The teacher tells you not only do you have to work in groups, but your group is going to present to the class.
5. Not to mention that all work for this project is to be done outside of class.
6. And you'll be graded as a GROUP, meaning you're going to pay for all the work your classmates fail to do.
8. You harass them over social media into meeting as a group to start working on the project but no one responds despite Facebook saying the chat has been "Viewed by Everyone."
9. One group member wants to wait to start it because "it's not like it's due tomorrow."
10. You try to keep a straight face while weeks go by just trying to get everyone to agree on a time and place to meet because the deadline is now only a week away.
11. Most of you meet a few days before it's due and start working on the project except for that one slacker who won't do anything accept show up for the presentation.
12. One person in your group is just absolutely clueless as to what the project is even about.
13. Another group member actually offers to help with part of the project!
14. But never actually does what they say they will do.
15. Suddenly it's the night before the project is due and you are basically forced to either whip your classmates into shape...
16. Or just do the whole project yourself because these people just aren't worth the struggle.
17. Presentation Day arrives and your group gets up to present and your classmates act like they did most of the work.
18. You finish the presentation, sit back down in your seat, and you shed an invisible tear of bliss as you realize this project is DONE.
19. The project is finally over and the people you once had to call "partner" tries talking to you like they helped you with the project (which they probably didn't).
20. You can finally go back to your normal life in class and repress that horrible project.
21. ...At least until the next group project is assigned.
