Anybody else despise working in groups? 1/2 of my course modules are group orientated. I'm first year at uni and you get put into random groups, I've been put with the laziest people ever who never turn up to meetings and do minimal work, meaning i've had to do some of their work so we don't get a horrendous mark. I have to organize every meeting which I don't mind if people turn up.
I would like to know who came up with the idea that group work is a good idea for first years, most people just think 'you only need 40% to pass first year, I don't need to do any work for that'. Yet some people actually want to get better than 40% (it impacts on my placement year). I e-mailed my tutor to say but got no reply. I would never usually e-mail a tutor to grass on someone but it's got beyond a joke.
Then there is the issue of Chinese people who can't even speak English properly, has some boffin decided to have mixed race groups to cause the most confusion possible? Why don't they just put the British with the British and Chinese with Chinese. Then we can communicate effectively and it won't cause language barriers. You would expect them to be able to speak properly and fluent seeing as they are studying in an English university yet they really can't. Some girl I'm with in a group took 3 minutes of attempting to read 3 brief bullet points off a slide. Simple words like manager and hygiene she didn't know, nor could anybody understand her. I can't believe they don't have some sort of English test before they are allowed to be enrolled? They are not all as bad but a hell of a lot are.
Anybody else have the same problems?
I would like to know who came up with the idea that group work is a good idea for first years, most people just think 'you only need 40% to pass first year, I don't need to do any work for that'. Yet some people actually want to get better than 40% (it impacts on my placement year). I e-mailed my tutor to say but got no reply. I would never usually e-mail a tutor to grass on someone but it's got beyond a joke.
Then there is the issue of Chinese people who can't even speak English properly, has some boffin decided to have mixed race groups to cause the most confusion possible? Why don't they just put the British with the British and Chinese with Chinese. Then we can communicate effectively and it won't cause language barriers. You would expect them to be able to speak properly and fluent seeing as they are studying in an English university yet they really can't. Some girl I'm with in a group took 3 minutes of attempting to read 3 brief bullet points off a slide. Simple words like manager and hygiene she didn't know, nor could anybody understand her. I can't believe they don't have some sort of English test before they are allowed to be enrolled? They are not all as bad but a hell of a lot are.
Anybody else have the same problems?
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