Freeloaders in group assignment (1 Viewer)

[beefnoodle]

How do you deal with them? I have 2 international students in my group and they are doing absolute jack. Last semester I had this guy, didnt attend class, turned up in 2nd last week and ask "how was the assignment?"
I hate freeloaders

 

[SeCKSiiMiNh]

be a man and say what you need to to their face

 

[Phoenix Fury]

and if that doesn't work threaten them with butt secks.

 

[SeCKSiiMiNh]

and if that doesn't work threaten them with butt secks.

ahhhh my specialty

 

[Phoenix Fury]

Butt D) srsly, talk to your tutor perhaps?

 

[rokkuguhyo]

Who chooses the people who go in each group?

 

[Absolutezero]

Some courses let the groups mark each member on their work. If you get the chance to do this, don't be nice. If you've done all the work, let that be reflected in the marks you give everyone else.

You should generally try and solve problems with the group first though. Try discussing it with them. Make sure you get contact information for everyone early, just in case they go AWOL.

Finally, talk to your tutor, or the head of the department. If you can give a sample of the work you've done, and what they've done it may help to convince them.

 

[beefnoodle]

Who chooses the people who go in each group?

I chose 3, the other 2 sat near us.
Note to all serious students: please stay away from international students, they will freeload!!!!!!!!!!!!! :burn:

 

[ambermorn]

I had a massive freeloader last semester. Did nothing, told us she was dropping the subject the day before the presentation, then turned up and expected to present with us. I was so livid.

But yeah, what Absolutezero said +1.

 

[h3da]

I chose 3, the other 2 sat near us.
Note to all serious students: please stay away from international students, they will freeload!!!!!!!!!!!!! :burn:

actually international students are known to study harder because they have to pay upfront full fee and wants permanent residency asap...

 

[Absolutezero]

actually international students are known to study harder because they have to pay upfront full fee and wants permanent residency

Not always. A lot of the time, they don't do the work, because they know the university will keep them because they're paying so much.

I find that it's mainly a problem in essay type group assignments. Mostly its just a language barrier, which is understandable. However, you do get the ones with no idea on the references system, and who hand in copy pastes of articles and wikipedia as their contribution.

 

[jaysexy]

smack some sense into the fools

 

[Bananaberry]

When I went to uni, almost all of my group work had peer assessment sheets, where you marked your fellow group members on their effort in the assignment and the tutor takes it into account when distributing the marks.

Otherwise, let the tutor know

 

[supercalamari]

I chose 3, the other 2 sat near us.
Note to all serious students: please stay away from international students, they will freeload!!!!!!!!!!!!! :burn:

I hope this doesn't happen to me when I start uni

 

[iRuler]

I hope this doesn't happen to me when I start uni

You might get lucky

but its a fact of life.

I remember a group assignment back in year 8, we had 5 people, only 2 did the work, i had to do the most

Got 100% tho

 

[supercalamari]

You might get lucky

but its a fact of life.

I remember a group assignment back in year 8, we had 5 people, only 2 did the work, i had to do the most

Got 100% tho

I did a uni course in year 9, our school has a link to UNCLE which allows us to do uni courses whilst at school.

The major assessment was group work. Luckily because it was all people from my school we were all motivated and did really well.

But the idea of slack people in group work annoys me

 

[17028354]

my first group assignment was great.

for the accounting one i think ill just do it all myself.
probably take less time actually doing it then to collate it from all 5 people

 

[I Study Hard]

How do you plan to do it all yourself?

Isn't the point of group work so that you can learn to cooperate etc?
That said, I have done most of the work so far for my accounting assignment, I feel kinda bossy trying to get people to do stuff =(