Missing group members

Sim Kid · 03-01-2011, 02:39 PM

I have but one thing to say about my group in Greenhouse Management class so far.

WHERE ON EARTH ARE YOU?

The first deadline is a week from today, and then we have to have a proposal due by friday of next week. So far, I have received absolutely nothing at all. I have sent numerous emails out to my group members asking when we can meet and so far, have not received a single response. I've been looking for them in class and so far have not been finding them. It's REALLY hard to get something done if everyone's cutting class and only showing up to take tests and nobody knows how to check their eMail. I've found one of them online on the class website and when I tried to send a chat invitation I got a message saying they weren't available. And I doubt I'd be able to get a complete repeat of that stupid project in High School where my entire group sat on their asses and ignored every attempt to call or mail them and get something organized so mom and I had to do the project ourselves. (Of course there was too much work for only one person. -_-

Before you guys ask, no, I can't be put in a different group - I asked if I could since my group hasn't made a single effort to contact me and have somehow ignored every single one of my messages I've sent to them. That's why I'm so freaking frustrated.

***CaptHayfever*** · 03-01-2011, 07:32 PM

Here's a few steps that may help:

1) Look them up in the school directory. Not Facebook or the class website or Blackboard or any of that krem, but the actual directory. If they have a phone listed with the school, it will be there & you can call them directly. Depending on the school, it also might give their residences, so you can go track them down in person.

2) Do what you can on the project to the best of your ability. If you just throw in the towel, you won't get any mercy from the professor anyway.

3) If there is some kind of group evaluation, be sure to describe in detail the lengths you went to trying to get those slackers to respond. If there isn't any kind of group evaluation, then write up your own detailed documentation of their collective failure at life & include it with the project. Do not put the names of anyone who did not work on the project itself.

4) If the professor still holds you responsible for your groupmates' complete absence in your project grade, go over his head.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

Sim Kid · 03-03-2011, 01:34 PM

I finally managed to get one group member talking. If only two of us are doing a project meant for five, we will definitely be going to describe what we're doing to get those slackers off their asses.

That's actually exactly what happened when I had this situation at High School. :/ When we were asked to present, I said "Teacher? Since I'm the only one who worked on the project, I'll present myself."

03-01-2011, 02:39 PM	#1
Sim Kid Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The state of Denial Gender: Posts: 8,884 Thanks: 80 Thanked 198 Times in 122 Posts	Missing group members I have but one thing to say about my group in Greenhouse Management class so far. WHERE ON EARTH ARE YOU? The first deadline is a week from today, and then we have to have a proposal due by friday of next week. So far, I have received absolutely nothing at all. I have sent numerous emails out to my group members asking when we can meet and so far, have not received a single response. I've been looking for them in class and so far have not been finding them. It's REALLY hard to get something done if everyone's cutting class and only showing up to take tests and nobody knows how to check their eMail. I've found one of them online on the class website and when I tried to send a chat invitation I got a message saying they weren't available. And I doubt I'd be able to get a complete repeat of that stupid project in High School where my entire group sat on their asses and ignored every attempt to call or mail them and get something organized so mom and I had to do the project ourselves. (Of course there was too much work for only one person. -_- Before you guys ask, no, I can't be put in a different group - I asked if I could since my group hasn't made a single effort to contact me and have somehow ignored every single one of my messages I've sent to them. That's why I'm so freaking frustrated.

03-01-2011, 07:32 PM	#2
*CaptHayfever* Smash SuperMod Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: (n) - the place where I am Gender: Posts: 27,661 Thanks: 1,991 Thanked 2,486 Times in 1,513 Posts	Here's a few steps that may help: 1) Look them up in the school directory. Not Facebook or the class website or Blackboard or any of that krem, but the actual directory. If they have a phone listed with the school, it will be there & you can call them directly. Depending on the school, it also might give their residences, so you can go track them down in person. 2) Do what you can on the project to the best of your ability. If you just throw in the towel, you won't get any mercy from the professor anyway. 3) If there is some kind of group evaluation, be sure to describe in detail the lengths you went to trying to get those slackers to respond. If there isn't any kind of group evaluation, then write up your own detailed documentation of their collective failure at life & include it with the project. Do not put the names of anyone who did not work on the project itself. 4) If the professor still holds you responsible for your groupmates' complete absence in your project grade, go over his head. And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

03-03-2011, 01:34 PM	#3
Sim Kid Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The state of Denial Gender: Posts: 8,884 Thanks: 80 Thanked 198 Times in 122 Posts	I finally managed to get one group member talking. If only two of us are doing a project meant for five, we will definitely be going to describe what we're doing to get those slackers off their asses. That's actually exactly what happened when I had this situation at High School. :/ When we were asked to present, I said "Teacher? Since I'm the only one who worked on the project, I'll present myself."