so i pretty much got screwed over by my lab partner...

In my comp sci college course, we got assigned lab partners. I had a good thing going with being partners with one of my friends (we were getting all A's and B's on the labs), but for whatever reason, the professor ignored our requests to continue being partners, and I got stuck with some jock who knows nothing about computer science.

That was about 3 weeks ago. flash forward to now, and we only ever get C's or D's on our labs. My lab partner starts giving me crap when I asked him if he did his portion of the lab we were working on (or I was working on, since he was gone that day due to a family emergency). So we make plans to meet that weekend to finish the lab off. That weekend, he tells me that he hadnt worked on his parts of it at all and had dropped the class, which pretty much means that He left me with a 2 person's worth of work lab assignment thats about 20% done. I asked the professor for an extension and a new lab partner. He extended it about a day, but gave me no new partner. So now, the assignment is due tomorrow, and I got about 1/10th of a lab done because I cant figure out the rest.

what, OT, should I do?

In my comp sci college course, we got assigned lab partners. I had a good thing going with being partners with one of my friends (we were getting all A's and B's on the labs), but for whatever reason, the professor ignored our requests to continue being partners, and I got stuck with some jock who knows nothing about computer science.

That was about 3 weeks ago. flash forward to now, and we only ever get C's or D's on our labs. My lab partner starts giving me crap when I asked him if he did his portion of the lab we were working on (or I was working on, since he was gone that day due to a family emergency). So we make plans to meet that weekend to finish the lab off. That weekend, he tells me that he hadnt worked on his parts of it at all and had dropped the class, which pretty much means that He left me with a 2 person's worth of work lab assignment thats about 20% done. I asked the professor for an extension and a new lab partner. He extended it about a day, but gave me no new partner. So now, the assignment is due tomorrow, and I got about 1/10th of a lab done because I cant figure out the rest.

what, OT, should I do?

Neo-ganon

Stop posting on OT and work on your assignment. Yes, it sucks what happened to you, but right now you have to put all your time and effort in making this right.

I believe in you TC !

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In my comp sci college course, we got assigned lab partners. I had a good thing going with being partners with one of my friends (we were getting all A's and B's on the labs), but for whatever reason, the professor ignored our requests to continue being partners, and I got stuck with some jock who knows nothing about computer science.

That was about 3 weeks ago. flash forward to now, and we only ever get C's or D's on our labs. My lab partner starts giving me crap when I asked him if he did his portion of the lab we were working on (or I was working on, since he was gone that day due to a family emergency). So we make plans to meet that weekend to finish the lab off. That weekend, he tells me that he hadnt worked on his parts of it at all and had dropped the class, which pretty much means that He left me with a 2 person's worth of work lab assignment thats about 20% done. I asked the professor for an extension and a new lab partner. He extended it about a day, but gave me no new partner. So now, the assignment is due tomorrow, and I got about 1/10th of a lab done because I cant figure out the rest.

what, OT, should I do?

Sagem28

Stop posting on OT and work on your assignment. Yes, it sucks what happened to you, but right now you have to put all your time and effort in making this right.

I believe in you TC !

cant now. I have no idea how to finish it. Like my mind just blanks out when i see the code.

I think you know what to do

hot damn, you DID get screwed...sounds like you need to equip the bumrush garment grid and get crackin.

It's obvious what you should do. You should present an argument to your instructor showing him why you shouldn't be graded as a group and how your grades would have been reflected differently if you had a more capable partner. And guess what? You can do that because you have a different set of grades from your other group you were once working with. In fact it's such a great argument that it even shows he shouldn't be grading you as groups to begin with because he has no way of knowing which person in the original group was actually doing the real quality work.UniverseIX

[QUOTE="UniverseIX"]It's obvious what you should do. You should present an argument to your instructor showing him why you shouldn't be graded as a group and how your grades would have been reflected differently if you had a more capable partner. And guess what? You can do that because you have a different set of grades from your other group you were once working with. In fact it's such a great argument that it even shows he shouldn't be grading you as groups to begin with because he has no way of knowing which person in the original group was actually doing the real quality work.rawsavon

I dont like any class or assignment that depends on others for the grade. You should be graded on your efforts, not the work of others.

[QUOTE="rawsavon"][QUOTE="UniverseIX"]It's obvious what you should do. You should present an argument to your instructor showing him why you shouldn't be graded as a group and how your grades would have been reflected differently if you had a more capable partner. And guess what? You can do that because you have a different set of grades from your other group you were once working with. In fact it's such a great argument that it even shows he shouldn't be grading you as groups to begin with because he has no way of knowing which person in the original group was actually doing the real quality work.UniverseIX

I dont like any class or assignment that depends on others for the grade. You should be graded on your efforts, not the work of others.

sonicare

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I dont like any class or assignment that depends on others for the grade. You should be graded on your efforts, not the work of others.

silentexistence

[QUOTE="UniverseIX"]

[QUOTE="rawsavon"] And I would laugh in his face (have done, would do again as a teacher)... Then I would explain that he is learning a life lesson (one he should have already learned): That many times in life you win/succeed/pass/etc as a group...especially in the workforce. Most bosses don't care if one person did great if the project failed.rawsavon

HS groups were a popularity thing College is normally about working with people not in your clique. When at a job (if not the boss) you normally don't get to choose who you work with.wolfbm

In my comp sci college course, we got assigned lab partners. I had a good thing going with being partners with one of my friends (we were getting all A's and B's on the labs), but for whatever reason, the professor ignored our requests to continue being partners, and I got stuck with some jock who knows nothing about computer science.

That was about 3 weeks ago. flash forward to now, and we only ever get C's or D's on our labs. My lab partner starts giving me crap when I asked him if he did his portion of the lab we were working on (or I was working on, since he was gone that day due to a family emergency). So we make plans to meet that weekend to finish the lab off. That weekend, he tells me that he hadnt worked on his parts of it at all and had dropped the class, which pretty much means that He left me with a 2 person's worth of work lab assignment thats about 20% done. I asked the professor for an extension and a new lab partner. He extended it about a day, but gave me no new partner. So now, the assignment is due tomorrow, and I got about 1/10th of a lab done because I cant figure out the rest.

what, OT, should I do?

Neo-ganon

Instead of wasting time on OT go do your homework.Sandulf29

[QUOTE="rawsavon"]1. Life is not fair, never was/never will be 2. School teaches things beyond the actual 'lessons' (socialization) -as such, this 'lesson' will prepare you for life in the real world/in the workplace -so you need to adapt and succeed or fail I always laughed when students complained about things 'not being fair'Jandurin

also, a life lesson (see bad boss)

[QUOTE="wolfbm"]HS groups were a popularity thing College is normally about working with people not in your clique. When at a job (if not the boss) you normally don't get to choose who you work with.Jandurin

[QUOTE="silentexistence"][QUOTE="sonicare"]

I dont like any class or assignment that depends on others for the grade. You should be graded on your efforts, not the work of others.

rawsavon

And at college you are "motivated" to make your life better by your education which you actively made the decision to pay money for. The supposed purpose of college is to make you MORE money...thats your motivation! I have 3 degrees so...yes college was my job for a while.wolfbm

While my time at college I was a 3.8 gpa student was focused on my study and knew what the purpose was for my time there. So,yeah, for me that is how it works. Just curious, have you ever heard the saying while working on your degree ,"college career"? I wonder why it's called that?wolfbm

[QUOTE="wolfbm"]While my time at college I was a 3.8 gpa student was focused on my study and knew what the purpose was for my time there. So,yeah, for me that is how it works. Just curious, have you ever heard the saying while working on your degree ,"college career"? I wonder why it's called that?Jandurin

[QUOTE="Jandurin"][QUOTE="wolfbm"]While my time at college I was a 3.8 gpa student was focused on my study and knew what the purpose was for my time there. So,yeah, for me that is how it works. Just curious, have you ever heard the saying while working on your degree ,"college career"? I wonder why it's called that?wolfbm

[QUOTE="Jandurin"][QUOTE="wolfbm"]While my time at college I was a 3.8 gpa student was focused on my study and knew what the purpose was for my time there. So,yeah, for me that is how it works. Just curious, have you ever heard the saying while working on your degree ,"college career"? I wonder why it's called that?wolfbm

My mistake, honestly as I posted before there were 3 groups, those who wanted to do their best,those who just wanted to get by, and those who didn't care. To fully answer your question yes about 80% were as serious as I was, maybe more so than I seeing we had a few 4.0's. Literally there were crowds of people in the library constantly as well as the monitored computer labs. We had quite a few returning adults and their level of dedication surpassed mine as well as the others. Yes, we had the partiers and good time students but honestly I can say the majority of us were there for our education. wolfbm