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Originally Posted by hankster
Neutrino - maybe they just didnt know how to respond. Could they be worried that your anxiety will affect their grade? If so, maybe thats why they dont want to put in writing that oh its okay - but consider that i am speaking from a litigious U.S.A. perspective.
I hate group projects so i sympathize - i had a group in business grad school that i hated, and the instructor loved the biggest blowhard in our group. I was like, yeah neither of you would make it in the real world - the problem with being an older student.
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Yeah, maybe you're right. However, my level of performance won't affect their grade and I think they know that. It's not a group project kind of thing. Case studies and seminars, that's what it's about. And the 10-15 minute long presentation but that's not being done as a group project. But, like I said, maybe you're right when saying that they might not know how to respond.
It's difficult being a student and having to deal with these problems. Sometimes I really wonder how I'll get through it (but
I will, somehow).
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Originally Posted by hankster
So anyway i would just wait and see about the other students, and in the meanwhile check with your disability advisor? I dont think the prof can say, i dont care, do it anyway.
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Not sure what you mean. Are you referring to my professor telling me I need to go through with the presentation anyway? It really sucks but I think he's right. I'm stuck in this vicious circle of avoidance and I need to get out of it somehow. I'm terrified but he's still right. He was very nice though and offered to let me practice my presentation in front of him a few times before it's time for the "real" presentation and then he said we can gradually expose me to more people. So after having presented in front of him a couple of times we could bring a couple of other people for me to present to and then perhaps it will be easier to speak in front of the whole class. At least that's what he said we should try.