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We were assigned a group project in class. I had missed class two days this week because of illness and saw that on Monday, we were assigned a group presentation on Friday. The “Friday” date in the announcement post wasn’t specified, and we had done a presentation earlier in the year that was due the same week it was assigned, so I naturally assumed that it was due the Friday after it was assigned, four days later.
I make a group PowerPoint and tell my group mates to each claim a slide (I would choose a topic after everyone else did). One claims hers almost immediately (the other two have yet to respond), and I create a general outline for the PowerPoint and how it should flow. I plan to work on it later.
Friday morning rolls around. I have procrastinated a little, and when I log on to do my slide, I see the PowerPoint isn’t yet done. In fact it’s been practically untouched. In the span of a hour, I do the entire PowerPoint (it’s only a 7 minute presentation) and email the rest of the group (a little miffed) that the PowerPoint was done and they should add anything they want/look over it for the presentation today. At this point I have convinced myself that I would be doing the entire presentation as well and I should prepare for this eventuality.
“Oh thanks!” One says, “but we’re doing this next week! That’s why I haven’t done my slides yet, lol.”
Uh oh. Whoops.
I apologize for taking over and let her know she has the prerogative to delete and change whatever she wants. I have class in twenty minutes. We’ll see just how bad I messed up, lol.
TL;DR: I did an entire group project on my own because I got the due date wrong, and trampled on the toes of my group mates by not including them in the creative process. I didn’t mean to exclude them and I don’t want them to think I’m looking down on them for not participating even if they meant to. I just feel kind of bad lmao
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