God knows how I managed to pull of Research Methods!! I think I seem to have a Group Curse! Everytime I randomly end up with people I'm not too familiar with I tend to end up with the worst kind!!! Heavens knows that over the years, I've seen my fair share of incompetence and idiocy... but this time I think procrastination, sheer insolence in terms of shirking and a blatant disregard for another individual's grades takes the cake! I mean, I do know that at times some of them in the group did actually try but what really confuses me of the pair would be, how in the freaking world did they manage to stay afloat in this course for so long?? Apart from the apalling language, they had no independent intelligence nor were they even remotely resourceful in locating the required sources to equip them with background information on the topic we had all agreed to tackle. I'll admit, I'm not perfect. I am very much a procrastinator and shamefully, I have not changed one bit despite the numerous occasions in which I have vowed to do so. Shame on me.
BUT, the difference with me and these girls would be the fact that, though I do my work last minute, my work has to be of substance. I place a lot of emphasis on doing the best I can and though at times (when I'm really frazzled) it may fall short, I know my strengths and my weaknesses and know how to play around them. I do not at any instance, allow my actions or my choices to affect the grades of my groupmates or affect the quality of work that is to be submitted. Which I quite bitterly have to add is really the contrary in this instance.
One of my groupmates, being the most senior, I would have expected to pave the way and sort of lead us through. My how was I mistaken. She became the biggest obstacle throughout the entire assignment and we had to work AROUND her and not even with her. Though the other two did try their level best, I felt that I was constantly having to rectify and re-work what they had done which took more time than me actually writing the thing on my own!
Life will never be fair but the least I can hope for is that, through this experience I know not to rely on people too much. Atleast I have the consolation that I am very much capable of carrying out a group assignment on my own accord. Yayy me!
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