Thursday, October 19th, 2006

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12:16p	Group work sucks!!!! I HATE group work. Everyone is inept. Everyone in my group is a total idiot. Person 1:me. Person 2: Nick, who seems alright. Person 3: There's always one idiot in every group, and this is him. In addition, he's foreign. I am not a xenophobe, but it's his first semester, and he doesn't understand how group work and grad school works here, and no one can understand him when he speaks (not great for a presentation), and his Engrish is outstanding, and while that's amusing in websites and stuff, it's not cool on my presentation. (Granted I could never pursue grad school in a foreign language, and I give him credit for trying, but this really isn't fair...) Normally, in group projects, people get together, figure out where they want to go with the plan and figure out what concepts they need, and which slides they'll have. Then they figure out who will do which sections. Each person does the pertinent research and creates their own slides and talking points, and then everyone gets together to make sure that all necessary points have been conveyed and that the presentation flows smoothly. This time, #3 had the whole project done horribly by Monday before we even had a chance to discuss it. The Engrish is horrible. We edited it, added what needed to be added, and subtracted a few things. He's been largely unreachable by phone and by email, and it wouldn't matter anyways because we can't understand his emails or his phone calls anyways. Now we wants us to present only the slides we made, which would mean he wants to do the whole presentation. He's trying to control everything, and he sucks! He doesn't want any of the changes, and I'm so frustrated I could scream!!!!! Current Mood: pissed off (5 thoughts | share your thoughts)
2:14p	today Intake plans ( Read more... ) I'm so tired, and my voice sounds like crap. I so don't feel like presenting on all this crap, and everything is totally annoying. Wish me super mega tons of luck, girls! I can't wait until Friday!!! I can't believe I have midterms on Monday. I am going to be so happy when this is over.. I'm going to be even happier when I graduate. After this, no more degrees!!!! Current Mood: annoyed (share your thoughts)
8:16p	If you want something done right You've got to do it yourself. I'm beyond pissed. We were so far behind where we should be yesterday that I took the day off from work to pick up the slack. I took today off as a sick day, but I spent the majority of the day working on the project. I had to present on HALF of the slides. I edited them and everything. To make matters worse, I had emailed these jerks almost two weeks ago to get this together, and I heard nothing back. I came up with all the recommendations and everything. The other group went first: they schooled us. Absolutely. 100%. One of my partners, the procrastinator, says we'll wing it, and everything would go fine. We had met before class. I wanted to go over the presentation. They both said "no, we'll wing it." I said...how will we know if we have enough time?" They refused to go over it. Our presentation sucked. We were over time, of course. The foreigner spent almost 7 of our 15 minutes on five slides, two of which were intro slides...like the title of our presentation being one, and the table of contents being the other. I did what I could. It was probably the best presentation I've ever given. Nick, the procastinator sucked. He's one of these guys who always thinks he can get by on charm, cheeky comments, and the ability to talk a good game, but ...nothing beats preparation. I answered virtually all the questions. I left class early because I was sick, as previously stated. The professor took me aside and he told me that he wished my vision and ideas had prevailed. He told me that my part was the only good part. He told me that the entire rest of the presentation fell apart. I told him we had logistical issues and problems; he said it showed. I told him I did the best I could..like half the presentation and all the work...his response...a sigh and a disappointed "I know." I'm screwed. I don't know what to do. I'm stuck presenting with these people again, and I don't know how I'm going to get them to do work. This sucks. My grade is screwed. I'm so disappointed. Current Mood: upset (4 thoughts | share your thoughts)

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