cereja Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 (edited) I hate group work. There are 4 possible scenarios:1) I get stuck with slackers - so I do all the work2) I get stuck with people willing to work but do a crappy job - so I do all the work3) I get stuck with other perfectionists just like me and we argue all the way through because we have different ideas on how to get it done - so I do all the work4) I get stuck with regular IB people who do a good job but they forget stuff and ask me to do it - so I do all the work.So I would much rather save the stress and time and just do everything by myself. Edited August 11, 2008 by cereja Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adriandg89 Posted August 25, 2008 Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 I also have a love/hate view of group work. Although it is far less complex to find a common time for high school students than university students, each IB student is in very involved in very different classes and clubs, making it a little challenging for us to come up with a common time to meet up. However, I find it very helpful to get feedback from other people while I work. Another negative aspect about group work is that the pace is slower (as slow as the slowest person in the group), so a group project will often require twice as much time commitment than regular assignments (although a helpful tip for this downside is to agree with everyone to have done some work prior to the meeting, so as to lessen the amount of work that has to be done together and focus on bringing the parts together and reviewing them) Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneyfaery Posted August 25, 2008 Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 (edited) Depends on whom I'm working with. With certain people (usually friends), everyone works diligently and everything moves along nicely. Then there are also times when there's a slacker in the group and I end up 99% stepping up to do the work. (No thanks to working with them again after that) Edited August 25, 2008 by moneyfaery Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
djshah Posted September 2, 2008 Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 I would have to say nay because I always end up dping the work. No one can actually take initiative and decide what to do. And when I end up assigning people to do work either they dont do it properly or dont do it at all. This is for most of the people. There are few people who are useful. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Lc~ Posted September 2, 2008 Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 NAY! everyone I work with are a bunch of leeches! I hate doing group work! it was the most part in IB I disliked, and guess what? all my negative comments while working camp was because of having to work in groups! I am my own Island I say! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xerox Posted September 3, 2008 Report Share Posted September 3, 2008 No to group work for me, just not my thing. Some people in the group might excell and some people will suck so it just doesn't give a fair accement on anything, and the lazy people won't learn anything either. It works to work in groups if the project is big or so, but there should be clear instructions and stuff for everyone on what to do and so on. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cami Posted September 3, 2008 Report Share Posted September 3, 2008 Well, I have a few people in my class that i really like doing groupwork with, but the rest kinda "draggs me down" and doesn't works at my speed...Groupwork -> Mostly NAY! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
meganeloise Posted September 5, 2008 Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 Am I the only one here that LOVES groupwork?I usually take charge and yes, I do end up doing all the work but I don't mind, I like work and I like people handing me scissors and glitter. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
djshah Posted September 7, 2008 Report Share Posted September 7, 2008 I like people handing me scissors and glitter.LOL!! Yes i like that too. Coz thats how i get good grades. But I am not too happy that the hard work i put in helps them get higher grades. But then again if they would contribute we would end up getting a lower grade. But if I am with some people it works out well. But very few people like that. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeBlake Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 I currently really hate group work becauseIn my Biology SL lab experiments there are mostly slackers who eithera ) don't workb ) copy your workc ) rush through everythingd ) mess up(Note: my teacher and I are worried about the upcoming Group 4 project, since half the people in Biology SL are still below IGCSE level)In my History HL there are people whoa ) don't understand/don't want to understand the assignmentb ) don't workc ) rush through everythingd ) mess upIn Maths SL there is a mix of people whoa ) actually help you understandb ) show you easier ways of grasping topics (which are not revealed by the teacher)c ) don't workd ) rush through everythinge ) mess upIn French B SL there are only 2 others in my group whoa ) can't help since they aren't perfect in French themselvesb ) teach you their mistakesc ) won't botherd ) stress you oute ) mess upIn English A1 there are people whoa ) absolutely confuse youb ) won't help you because they are trying to compete with youc ) teach you their mistakesd ) can't help since they aren't perfect in English literature themselvese ) rush through everythingf ) bore you with their ramblingg ) mess upIn Economics HL there are people whoa ) don't know anythingb ) rush through everythingc ) don't botherd ) lead the group into the completely wrong directione ) confuse youf ) go off topicg ) mess upMy class ***** so group work is pointless. I did however work very efficiently in a group before IB when I worked with different people who actually cared about the work and I found that in a motivated group there is the sense of positive competition (everyone naturally puts in a lot of effort so to not let the group down). If you find such people; stick to them. If you have something similar to my current class - don't bothersame things happening to me..G4, i'm always the one breaking the ice, i emailed the people, no reply...so when experiment comes, i do the who design and they go "omg i feel bad though"guess what? you should be, and i doubt you do because if you did feel bad, you would be working instead of talking....venting is donein IB, i like group discussions, but not group IAs...like for geo field study, i just wanna collect the data alone, not with a whole bunch of people.. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solarstorm Posted September 14, 2008 Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 There should be Group Lab report writing and in case of other IAs like Field case study, it should be alone. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg112358 Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 Before IB, I hated group projects. I pulled all the weight, or I got an F. Now though, group projects are my favorite. IB kids actually help. There are no arguments and we usually find a way to make it fun. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solaris Posted September 23, 2008 Report Share Posted September 23, 2008 I would say yay. Sharing the pain is the best way to decrease it. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerioN. Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 It depends for me.If I'm say, the "smartest" and most "hard-working" person in the group, and there's a slacker, I hate it. I have to do extra work.But, if I'm just average of I'm the slacker, I love it. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicdashit Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 Yay for me and like some of you guys mentioned, i hated group work before i got into the full ib program cause i was mainly stuck with the slackers and incooperable people. But now that i'm in ib, i find that most of my classmates are very capable of working together and contributing the ideas Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sraja90 Posted September 29, 2008 Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 i dont like group work because i really do not want to have to carry the weight of others, especially if they do not want to work. Now if they are good and hard workers and wil put the same effort into the work as me, then i dont mind. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
humingyay Posted September 29, 2008 Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 Have to say "nay" cause I usually have different opinions than the one's I'm put in a group with. Plus, I like to share the load rather than doing the most bymyself and then giving the credit to the entire group. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cereja Posted September 29, 2008 Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 We were just assigned a group project in TOK and there's 4 people in my group. 3 of us are extremely hard workers, usually the ones that do everything in the group. Somehow we still can't get things done well.... we can't focus enough - maybe it's because we're good friends, maybe because group projects are despised by all of us Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Referos Posted September 29, 2008 Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 Nay, I tend to do all the work alone, since I get crappy grades when I let other people collaborate. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IB Prodigy Posted September 30, 2008 Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 I love group work when we get to choose our own groups... that way, I can work with people who I know will pull their own weight in the group AND who are my friends.It's more of a toss up when the teacher chooses groups... I've had teachers group the brighter students together, which works fine even if the people I'm working with aren't particularly close friends of mine. But I've also had teachers who match brighter students up with students who are... shall we say, "not quite as bright"... which is always horrible since I end up doing most of the work. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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