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When you try to contact your project partner:
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When you just want some clarification on the assignment:
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When your partners make some pretty big assumptions:
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When even famous historical group projects don't go as planned:
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When they really are trying, but not very hard:
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When group projects are supposed to teach you about "cooperation":
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When they lose respect for you when you don't write their half of the assignment:
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When you don't get to choose your partners:
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When they don't do any work, try to switch groups, then get mad when you take their name off the project:
10.
When they don't do the work and then drop out of the class completely:
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When they might drop the class and they might not, and they're not going to let some silly deadline speed up their decision:
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When they send you their part of the project, which you can't even use:
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When you turn to threats just to get them to send you their part of the assignment:
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When they try to pretend they contributed an equal amount to the final product:
15.
When they're all too happy to let you do the bulk of the effort:
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When nobody will answer your texts:
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When the only one you can rely on is yourself:
18.
When you're just completely fed up with groups, projects, and people in general:
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And when you just have to accept that there's just nothing you can do: