I alone am responsible for my success and failures. I have accepted this for quite some time. However, there are times when we have to work in groups. One of the ways I assure that i am successful is I gather all the contributions, make sure it is all in order, clean anything up if necessary and then turn it in. This way I always know it was turned in on time and all the formatting and such are absolutely correct.

I am working in a group right now. The week started Tuesday and we have assignment due tomorrow at 9am. I emailed the group on Wednessday just checking in and trying to organize who would do what. No one responded. On Thursday I stated which part I would be doing and needed to know what other were doing. On Friday I again mentioned what i would be doing and that I would also go ahead and be the one to turn it in. I made it very clear that I needed all input by Monday at 8pm. I did receive one reply. She told me what she would be doing and the deadline was perfectly acceptable. However got nothing from the rest of the group. Sent another email Saturday again explaining when the material needed to be to me and to let the rest of the group know what parts were still not covered. I agreed to take an extra part because we have 5 parts but only 4 members. I still received no other replies but the one. Contacted instructor to verify these students had not dropped the class and to explain what was happening. She got back to me. This morning, she emailed the other group memebrs who had not replied earlier. About an hour later one member replied to me. I responded to her letting her know when I needed her stuff. She then sent me a reply 15 minutes ago telling me that she cannot meet the 8pm deadline.

So here I sit. I told her she needs to get it to me because other members of the group have already agreed and she has had plenty of time to do this. So do I wait for it and hope she gets it to me? I did tell her that i understand she has class till 9 but to get it to me by 10. Or do I just do her part and the other part that we do not have covered? It's not like I don't have anything else to do.

I hate working in groups. I may not be the best when it comes to time management but when it comes to stuff like this, I am aware that their grade hinges on my participation. It's one question for goodness sake. I have done 2 questions and all told it is right about 3 pages.

UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!

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