For the few readers that I do have active on this blog, I can assume that everyone is in the same school, or at least the same education system. In accordance with that, I am confident that everyone has, at least once, participated in group assignments and projects, creating things ranging from PowerPoint slides to scientific reports. Note that this article will be not as formal as the previous one.
Here, I would like to discuss the nature of the process of group projects in as much detail as I can, since there has been a few undesirable and honestly hypocritic incidents that brought me to my attention over the past few weeks. One of these "incidents" which I would like to emphasise involves those around me, whose names are not relevant to this discussion and rant, but you do know who you are. Rest assured that the groups I have been involved with is of good comradery and competency. Love you all bois! :D
Usually, a group projects starts out by the delegation of work by the Team Leader, who must also set a deadline for the individuals' task. This will be followed by everyone taking some time of their usual routine to complete the parts given to them at hand, expectedly. Of course, all their work will be then combined together by everyone into the completed project, with some minor adjustments and corrections here and there if necessary. This is the overview of the entire process, which is quite obviously blatant and straight to the point. Though this statement is true at its core, there are many instances where this failed to be executed, with various reasons supporting their failure.
With that, I would like to start my "story". For this, I'll introduce a main character, who will be named Jason for easy comprehension. (I did say that this article is informal and story-like) Jason was assigned several assignments by her teacher to complete in a limited time frame. He went on to choose a group of members who he deemed competent and useful in his work and started dividing tasks to the individuals involved. It is at this stage where the problems start to surface. When he wanted to discuss the tasks with the team, none of the other team members cooperated and ignored his delegations. With the deadline closing in, he was forced to do the entire thing herself, which brought him great stress and anxiety. Even after his completion, he demanded recognition and feedback from the team, in case there are any mistakes within the report. Unfortunately, his lenient approach brought her no where. At last, he could only make final corrections himself and submit the said assignment. with the other uninvolved teammates' name there too.
I would like to point out that obviously a lot of us has gone through this before, and also solemnly accepted it. Though this may be true, I am aggressively opposing this incident to be accepted as normalcy. Why? Let me put some questions out there for some afterthought of you readers after. I want all who read this to think about this. Do you think it is fair for "Jason" to complete the entire thing himself, only for the rest of the group who weren't involved to be credited also by her individual work? Let this sink in for a while and put some attention to this.
When questioned on why he didn't report this incident or even talked to his team about this, he stated his worries on the potential crumble of the friendship with the team's individuals, adding that he could sacrifice her time for the continuation of their friendship. In my personal opinion on this matter, I would say that this train of thought is unreasonable and unspeakably flawed. In my eyes, the continuation of the friendship has nothing to do with the individual responsibility during the processing of the project. To me, I think that proper and stern consequences and confrontation must be done immediately with much haste to ensure things go well. If friendship could not be sustained when one confrontation happens, I would like to highlight the insignificance of that friendship, and the worthlessness of her actions to keep it running. (I know I'm using extremely harsh language, but I do deem this fitting)
Readers, what do you think about this entire incident and its normalcy? What could be done to resolve this? And what would you do if this happens to you? Think about this.
Also, as I stated beforehand, this involves my circle of friends, and that you know who you are. If you feel that you are the one being criticised and judged, and that you do know who this "Jason" is, I hope you rethink on your hypocritic and unjust actions towards this person. If you wish to attack this person after being called out, I could confidently say that you are now officially barred from both mine and "Jason's" friend group. This is a stern call by me on behalf of "Jason". Be wary on your actions.
Stand Up Against Hypocrisy
~Cheerful :D
hi my leader haha