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18 Pictures That Prove Group Projects Are Pure Hell
This made me nearly bite a pencil in half in enraged memory.
@ THE REST OF MY ANCIENT HISTORY CLASS; Y’ALL ARE WELCOME FOR THAT FUCKIN A THE REST OF YOU DID NO GODDAMN WORK FOR
Oh man, so I know everyone hates group projects with ample good reason, but lemme just tell you something that happened to me in my final year of uni. My dad got real sick and was in and out of hospital numerous times, one time with a suspected heart attack. Which meant my mum ended up caring for my dad, and I wound up caring for my disabled brother, on top of working a part time job and going to university full time.
My grades slid dramatically. I was having to appeal nearly all my results with my professors, and was mercifully granted extensions by all but one of them. (Which, if you’re out there Ronald: stub your toe and step on lego for the rest of eternity.) And then our Revolutionary Cultures prof. assigned a group project, and paired us at random with our classmates. And I knew, I knew I was just going to be a dead weight so I went to my new buddy and told them we should go to the profs office and ask for her to be switched to someone else who wasn’t just going to drag them down. And my new best buddy for the rest of the semester looked at me, looked at our assigned project, and very gently started to cry as she told me “I was just about to say the same thing to you,” and then tearfully told me her mum was dying, and the only reason she hadn’t dropped out to take care of her was because her mum wanted to see her graduate. She’d been given six months and we graduated in five. Provided we finished this class. And we were both out of appeals and leniency time.
It’s probably one of my most vivid memories from the whole college experience, just sitting on the floor of the Renaissance Lit corridor hugging someone who until a moment ago had been a relative stranger known only in passing, and trying to tell them it would be okay, we’d get the paper done. And we did. We scraped a C- together between the two of us and we managed to coast over the passing mark for the class and were allowed to graduate with abysmal but passing marks.
And I still think about her all the time. Especially when I wind up in group projects for work, and it feels like no one else is shouldering any of the burden, I make a note to reach out and say “hey, you don’t seem to be engaging with this much, are you okay?”
And a lot of the time it shocks people. They’re not expecting earnest concern for their lack of interest, and you find out things like their kid is sick, their dog just died, they’ve got health issues going on, or sometimes they just don’t know where to begin with the project and didn’t want to tell you that because they were frightened of being judged or perceived as lazy when they’re just overwhelmed.
And I honestly wish things like this were taught in team building exercises, cause that’s what group projects in school are. They’re supposed to be teaching you how to work well with others and achieve a common goal, while at the same time totally skipping over the fundamentals of human interaction and how to engage socially with others, and it’s fucking bullshit.
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This is why classes need library instruction
Student: I can’t find any scholarly articles on this subject!
Me: Okay, what’s the subject?
Student: Creating a culture of sharing in west-coast technological companies.
Me: Alright, and what/where have you tried searching?
Student: I searched “creating a culture of sharing in west-coast technological companies” on the library website!
Me:
I’m still mad about this because it happens frequently. Students at all levels of education need library and research instruction–they should get it before graduating high school, they should be getting it in several different classes in college, and there should be something in grad school–seriously, there are people in my master’s program who don’t know anything besides Google.
And don’t say “they should have learned in [previous level of university education].” Do you think every person continues education within a few years of their first degree? THEY DON’T. Even if they did get a then-good introduction to research, you think nothing changed between 2008 and 2018? How about the doctoral student I met today whose last degree–and last experience with academic libraries–was in 1996? How about the guy in my master’s cohort who got his bachelor’s degree in 1987?
Because look. See that very specific topic the student wanted? There may or may not be actual scholarly articles about it. But here are a few things you can do:
First, zoom out. Start broad. Pick a few phrases or keywords, like “tech companies” and “culture.” See what comes up.
Actually, back up. First, does your library’s website search include articles, or do you have to go into a database? My library’s website searches some of our 200+ databases, but not all. And you’ll need to find (in advance search or adjustable limiters that pop up after your initial search) how to limit your search to scholarly and/or peer-reviewed articles.
What other keywords are related or relevant? For the search above, you could use a combination of “silicon valley,” “company/ies” or “organization/s,” “sharing,” “collaborative,” “workplace culture,” “social culture,” “organizational culture,” and those are just the ones I can come up with off the top of my head.
Did you find something that looks promising? Great! What kind of subjects/keywords are attached (usually to the abstract, sometimes in the description section of the online listing)? Those can give you more ideas of what to search. Does it cite any articles? Look at those! Some databases (ilu ProQuest) will also show you a selection of related/similar articles.
If you’re researching a very specific topic, you may not find any/many articles specifically about your subject. You may, for example, have to make do with some articles about west-coast tech companies’ work cultures, and different articles about creating sharing/collaborative environments.
That said, this student did the right thing: they tried what they knew to do, and then reached out for help.
They tried what they knew to do, and then reached out for help.
I get goddamn professors pulling this shit, there is not one single level in the academy where research literacy isn’t lacking.
Attempting to get my students to fucking come to class
By the way, while I am angrily college-posting:
(this isn't angry, just a thing you should know)
I've heard something like twelve professors say "the only students who do the extra credit are the ones who don't need it."
Now, there's probably some observer effects there, but there's also a lot of truth to that statement.
Every single professor I've had since I started going to school again has had a big section in their syllabus that says "the last week of school is too late to save your grade! Don't come asking me for extra credit when you find out you're failing the week of the final!"
Friends. Buds. Fellow college students:
Do the fucking extra credit.
Do it as soon as it's available, turn it in as early as possible. Do the extra credit and turn it in early because even in online classes the professors notice the names of people who turn in extra assignments and are going to be a bit more forgiving when those folks screw up a citation or ask for an extension later in the term.
If you're in a large class, or if you're in a class that is very impersonal, you do not have many opportunities to show your professor that you are taking their class seriously.
Extra credit assignments are that opportunity!
There are probably a hundred people in your class, but probably only twenty of them are turning in the extra credit. That makes you stand out! That makes you memorable! In a good way!
And here's the thing: even if you do a shitty job of it and only pull off half the assignment 20% of the extra credit points is still more free points than you had before! There is literally no penalty for failing an extra credit assignment, and even if you get 50% on the assignment that's still a bonus to your grade!
Anyway. It is approximately midterm season. NOW is the time to talk to your professor if you are failing. NOW is the time to ask if there are extra credit assignments available. Everyone who realizes they're getting a D is going to email the professor a week into December. Show that you care by being the one student to reach out in early November.
And good luck on your midterms, buds.
For the record: not all extra credit is worth it.
If something is a lot of work for not a lot of benefit, focus on the actual coursework instead.
But, for instance, my Anatomy professor offered extra credit in the form of two selfies, one of which required making jello with some fruit suspended in it as a model of connective tissue and the other involved using a sock and two toilet paper rolls to make a model of a synovial joint. If you turned in both selfies it raised your exam grade by a full letter grade.
That is some extra credit that is *extremely worth it.*
Every week my social psychology class has one discussion post with two replies (10 points), a quiz (20 points), and a written assignment (30 points) for a total of 60 points each week. We just had our midterm, which was worth 100 points.
The week after the midterm, the professor gave us access to an extra credit assignment - watch a documentary and write 1000 words about it - worth 50 points. We have a month to complete the assignment.
What that means is that if you failed the midterm - hell, if you completely missed the midterm - you have a month to write an essay to save your grade. You could miss almost an entire week of coursework with no penalty. The extra credit is worth about a third of a letter grade in the entire class. You could fail the extra credit assignment and it would still make up for a missed writing assignment.
These extra credit assignments are *very, very worth it.* The anatomy class assignment is relatively low points, but it is also low effort. The psych class extra credit is your saving throw if you bombed the midterm. At this point in the term it actually could revive a failing grade. It is specifically structured to help students who did much worse on the midterm than they expected, or students who know that they test poorly. That kind of extra credit assignment is a gift. If it's available, you should take it.
However, last fall my other Psych professor offered an extra credit assignment that was worth about 1% of the grade; it was a full research paper requiring 5 academic sources and a 2000 word final paper. That is very much *not* worth it. At that point you're better off expending your energy on studying for the next test or spending your time writing out an actual class assignment that is worth 5% of the grade.
The standards for how professors at colleges and universities run their classes are kind of all over the place. A lot of students who aren't super familiar with self-directed education might not understand how important it is to familiarize themselves with the professor's grading policies and syllabus. A lot of students think that extra credit is always going to be a lot of extra work with only a very small payoff.
Over winter term, my Media Studies professor offered extra credit that simply required you to email her and tell her which assignment you wanted the extra credit applied to.
MORE THAN HALF OF THE CLASS DIDN'T DO THAT EXTRA CREDIT ASSIGNMENT. WHICH WAS JUST EMAILING THE PROFESSOR. TO SAY WHICH ASSIGNMENT YOU WOULD LIKE YOUR GRADE TO BE INCREASED BY 10%.
I am begging you to read your syllabi, buds. I am shouting from the rooftops that you need to read your assignment sheets. I am cajoling you into emailing your professors and TAs.
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My primary piece of advice for college students is to have an armchair and blankets because they somehow turn student accommodation into a place where real people live. My second piece of advice is go for a silly little walk at least once a day, it can be just to the shops or your lectures, but do a silly little walk for your silly mental health. My third piece of advice is establish a bathroom cleaning rota or it'll never get done.
My fourth piece of advice is that "for personal reasons" is a spectacular phrase that should be leveraged as much as possible, and if it applies, "for religious reasons" is even better
If I may add my piece of advice: read your emails, answer your emails, get your emails out of your inbox STAT
This is excellent advice also evil as it requires me to open my email
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So I was watching this video from How To ADHD (The Best Back to School ADHD Things to Buy!), and I heard her call the little notepad to put your thoughts while you’re trying to concentrate a ‘parking lot’. I thought this was cute and I made a lil parking lot template! Feel free to use!
(I made it in canva, here is the link: https://www.canva.com/design/DAFJGIQUzlg/nxwRl84Svn0wS1Ei1gdpww/view?utm_content=DAFJGIQUzlg&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton)
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I love using “good catch”
I also say “thanks for the update” or “thanks for the head’s up!”
“I really appreciate the head’s up!” also a classic
If I haven’t gotten back to someone in a swift enough period (i.e. one work day max) I say “thank you for your patience. after some consideration, I have decided…”
don’t apologize for piddly things!
thank you > sorry
I need to remember
thank you > sorry
Thank you for waiting for me > sorry for being late
Thank you for helping me/for your time/for listening to me > sorry for bothering you
Thanking someone when they do you a favour > apologizing for your existence
This is especially hard when you haven’t been taught that people need to respect your limits, but with a bit of practice you can absolutely get there!
50 WORDS TO USE INSTEAD OF “SAID”
Do you ever find yourself over-using the word “said” in your writing? Try using these words/phrases instead:
stated
commented
declared
spoke
responded
voiced
noted
uttered
iterated
explained
remarked
acknowledged
mentioned
announced
shouted
expressed
articulated
exclaimed
proclaimed
whispered
babbled
observed
deadpanned
joked
hinted
informed
coaxed
offered
cried
affirmed
vocalized
laughed
ordered
suggested
admitted
verbalized
indicated
confirmed
apologized
muttered
proposed
chatted
lied
rambled
talked
pointed out
blurted out
chimed in
brought up
wondered aloud
(NOTE: Keep in mind that all of these words have slightly different meanings and are associated with different emotions/scenarios.)
Also remember that “said” is invisible on the page, and that you aren’t ever overusing “said”, even if you’re scared you are.
You could write a novel using nothing but “said” to indicate that people are speaking and nobody will ever notice, complain, or think you’re a lazy writer.
Writing Tips
Punctuating Dialogue
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➸ “This is a sentence.”
➸ “This is a sentence with a dialogue tag at the end,” she said.
➸ “This,” he said, “is a sentence split by a dialogue tag.”
➸ “This is a sentence,” she said. “This is a new sentence. New sentences are capitalized.”
➸ “This is a sentence followed by an action.” He stood. “They are separate sentences because he did not speak by standing.”
➸ She said, “Use a comma to introduce dialogue. The quote is capitalized when the dialogue tag is at the beginning.”
➸ “Use a comma when a dialogue tag follows a quote,” he said.
“Unless there is a question mark?” she asked.
“Or an exclamation point!” he answered. “The dialogue tag still remains uncapitalized because it’s not truly the end of the sentence.”
➸ “Periods and commas should be inside closing quotations.”
➸ “Hey!” she shouted, “Sometimes exclamation points are inside quotations.”
However, if it’s not dialogue exclamation points can also be “outside”!
➸ “Does this apply to question marks too?” he asked.
If it’s not dialogue, can question marks be “outside”? (Yes, they can.)
➸ “This applies to dashes too. Inside quotations dashes typically express—“
“Interruption” — but there are situations dashes may be outside.
➸ “You’ll notice that exclamation marks, question marks, and dashes do not have a comma after them. Ellipses don’t have a comma after them either…” she said.
➸ “My teacher said, ‘Use single quotation marks when quoting within dialogue.’”
➸ “Use paragraph breaks to indicate a new speaker,” he said.
“The readers will know it’s someone else speaking.”
➸ “If it’s the same speaker but different paragraph, keep the closing quotation off.
“This shows it’s the same character continuing to speak.”
I knew about half of this when I started writing. It’s amazing the stuff they don’t teach you in school that you have to work out on your own. And look, all beautifully laid out for you.
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