Projects, assignments and teamwork

Finally after quite a hiatus due to work and by work I mean assignments, projects and classes I’m back. But now since classes are over and everything else is almost done there’s finally time for me to scribble something in this ol’blog of mine.

In university, teamwork is a very important aspect in achieving ones goal or objective. Task such as group work or group based assignments are one of the fundamental teachings of university life. That is to say it was their intention but now for a lot of students its more of a curse than a blessing. In a team based assignment or project everyone is given a specific task to do and with it there will be less work and more time to do other stuff. It makes plenty of sense and in the real world teamwork is the basis of any organization. But what if some of you teammates are practically useless? Then all I can say is that you’re pretty much fucked.

You’re much so when your teamates has no initiative at all and always uses excuses upon excuses to delay the job making your life and other miserable in the end. And when you can’t wait any longer you do the work yourself and he/she begs you to put their name on the report as well.

I think many of us has experience this kinds of incidences one way or another and although its easy to say that we can just cancel the lazy names out but sometimes it does not work that way. Why? Cause the lecturer will say that its a ‘project’ and if your group member or partner isn’t doing much it only means that you have bad management and leadership skills and you won’t get a good mark for a lack of teamwork.

I hate that when it happens…don’t you?