<p>For me, it depends.
I feel more comfortable making presentations when I'm in a group.
I really hate it when my grade is determined by someone else's performance. In my Chemistry class, half of the class failed the last unit test, so, our Chemistry teacher decided for us to have a team dependent test, where we have two days to teach a failing student in the class the material, and the grade the student they teach gets on the quiz is their grade.
I have a classmate who doesn't care about the class and ignores me whenever I try to teach him, so I'm fairly sure I'm screwed.</p>
<p>Yeah I also am not very fond of group work because of the grade. I can rely on myself to get a good grade, but not on other people. And if I get a bad grade I have no one to blame but myself. I just have always preferred to work alone, even on presentations. I’m actually very good at public speaking, so I like to do it by myself.</p>
<p>Haaaate it. I preferred to work alone while in hs. That way, everything is done properly. :D</p>
<p>I like to collaborate, and I think it’s a really important skill in real life as well. Nobody lives in a vacuum.
And if the other group members aren’t any good/won’t try, the work is essentially exactly the same as doing a project alone. And if they get a good grade they didn’t deserve, whatever. It might be the only one they ever get.</p>
<p>I find it kind of sad that your teacher is making you do his job.</p>
<p>It’s not your responsibility to make sure that kid who doesn’t care isn’t failing.</p>
<p>I like group work. It promotes group problem solving and breaks up the monotonous hell that is high school. Of course this is assuming the people you are working with care. In my classes we usually get to choose who we work with so it ends up being fine.</p>
<p>I dislike being in “forced groups” where you don’t have a choice of a partner, because teachers always pair me with the kid(s) that don’t try, so that means I do 100% of the work to get them an A.</p>
<p>I never come on the high school thread but the group work dilemma has been interesting to me for many years. My main advice is try to learn many strategies to deal with it now because most likely you will have plenty of group work in college. If you get in an awful forced group, I would go to the teacher immediately. I would say something like I am not good at getting others to do their part. Can you help me with some advice on that? I would also clearly document each person’s part along with a completion date. I feel like it would be different every time depending on the assignment and the people. Good luck to everyone!</p>
<p>The consensus from research so far is group work helps those who are not so well prepared, but the ones who are clearly ahead tend to be hurt by the group average weighing them down. Of course if the under performers catch on they’ll likely just let the standout do the work for them. So in a group of 6, likely 4-5 will benefit from the 1-2 doing the work. In the end, there’s a good chance no one learns much of anything and the 1-2 putting in the work will be quite frustrated.</p>
<p>This is why group work should not take place, unless at a law firm or putting on a play or something that requires multiple people collaborating, so not only is everyone needed but can be held accountable. Teaming up for multiple choice tests or a 5 minute speech or crap that can be easily done alone, I can’t stand that. It’s never once ended with me appreciating the group “effort.”</p>
<p>I HATE group work!! Well, unless I have most of my friends in that class, like my biology class. Then I love group work! But that’s the only class I like it in. But that’s not the traditional group work, that’s you get your independent grade but you can have a friend help you or share answers or something if you want, whatever you want. But I HATE traditional group work! And it really sucks that your teacher is making you teach that student. Tell the teacher that he doesn’t care about it and there’s nothing you can do!</p>
<p>It’s okay if it’s a small group and a lot of the work is individual, but last semester I was in 2 situations and the same time with the same partner where it was horrible. First, was in film, my partner (also my ex-crush/sort of friend) wrote our script and demanded we used it. I was fine, it wasn’t that good, but okay. Then since it was his script he was automatically the director. Neither of us could find people who wanted to be in it because it was about kissing so I rewrote it, but he rewrote it again and we used his version. Mind you, he can’t spell or use grammar so it took me a LONG time to correct it. We finally decided on a shooting day-my birthday. When we got to the shoot, he let me know, that day that’d we’d only have 20-30 minutes to shoot. We ended up having a crappy film that my teacher was SO nice as to give me a B and him a C. </p>
<p>At the same time us two were working on a History project together that my grade depended on. He was taking a trip to CA the week before and was getting back the night before it was due. He didn’t bring his notes or his book with him <em>face palm.</em> So me and our third partner were stuck doing a crappy powerpoint. I got an 80 on the project and a C in the class. Second quarter we had the same type of project, I got special permission to work alone. Alone, I got a 95 on the project.</p>
<p>So no, group work is not my favorite thing especially not with the guy mentioned above.</p>
<p>I hate group work. I always get stuck doing everything and if we have to present something, it’s a disaster.
Some group projects have went well, though. I guess it just depends on who you work with.</p>
<p>I like group work when I get to chose who I’m working with. If I’m working with other smart, motivated people, we always come up with something great and our grade accurately reflects each person’s work. However, when it’s randomly assigned, I tend to be placed with people who realized I’m a hard working person and if they don’t do their part, or if they half do it, I’ll still do my part and it’ll be ok. Too many times have I done group projects by myself… too many times have I had group presentations where I was the only one who knew anything about the subject at hand. A lot of times these group projects will bump my grades down (we’ll receive a B, instead of the A I would have gotten if I had just done the whole thing by myself). It’s not that I don’t like working with others, I just don’t like being the only one to do any work.</p>
<p>I love group work. It’s kinda a catch 22 though. I hate working alone but if I have partners I get distracted.</p>
<p>Depends on my partner(s). </p>
<p>I don’t really like choosing your partners, because it’s pretty hard to reject your friends. Actually, I’ve never been able to refuse a friend as a partner… but most of my friends aren’t very dedicated to schoolwork… But I don’t like it when the teacher chooses your partners, either, since teachers like to “even out groups” which is just a way of justifying putting one/a few dedicated person(s) and multiple not-so dedicated people in a group.</p>
<p>Hate it with a burning passion.
Unless I’m with at least one of my best friends. In which case, I suddenly love it. 
Group work for me really is unproductive, though-especially if the teacher chooses our groups. I get bored waiting for everyone else to catch up, especially if they’re the type that don’t try whatsoever and are just glad they’ll get an easy A, so I try to work ahead and then I get in trouble. :(</p>
<p>I don’t MIND group work, but I hate when there are those people that barely do anything and you have to put up with them. -__- I think I prefer working by myself, although if I work with my friends I’m okay with it because my friends are hardworking.</p>
<p>Not really the group work person, as I have a tendency to attempt to control every single aspect of a project. </p>
<p>Group work doesn’t work for me because: 1) I always do the majority of the work or 2) I don’t trust anyone enough to do their share. </p>
<p>What a shame :(</p>
<p>Group work is fine, I’ll get along with everyone.</p>
<p>Unlike you all lucky bastards, I am a natural stutter. It is just emotionally and mentally painful.
You try to avoid anything that involves speaking out loud in class, speeches, presentations, reading… </p>
<p>Again another reason why I suck/bad at Enligsh/Apush, we do debates every week or inclass discussions where you are forced to speak, but I accept and love myself as it is and tired of trying to live up for the sake of “how my grades’ will look” under fear based mentality.
No one’s perfect, by that, I absolutely mean that.</p>
<p>Now I just wonder if there’s anyone else in here who share the same interest as me in philosophical/metaphysical topics. Because I can answer many of life’s questions.
Forget how cheesy it sounds.</p>
<p>QuantumObserver: I have a stutter also! It’s so embarrassing sometimes, and I get really annoyed when I can’t voice my thoughts without stuttering. Sometimes I’ll try to talk and can’t speak without messing up, so I just stop xD.</p>
<p>I like group work when everybody cares about trying! I hate doing the work for everyone else.</p>
<p>Hi I’m sorta in the same situation as you. My teacher grouped me and this ghetto person together to do a presentation but she is ALWAYS ditching. She only comes when she gets caught. I keep telling her that you have to help me I can’t do it alone but she just shrugs and goes back to her texting. I told my teacher I can’t work with her b/c she isn’t doing anything, can he assign me to a different group? But he said that he put me in that group for a reason so that I can help her. I don’t think that’s fair because we have to write a 30 page formal report and I can’t do it alone. What should I do?</p>
<p>Have a nice day</p>