yes it is. it's funny because they're retards. and it sucks to be stuck in a group with them.
"who is the president of the USA"
"Dick Cheney"
"How many degrees is it now?"
(Checks watch)
When people say 'nah group work is managable with international students as long as you give them stuff they're good at' it's bullshit. they don't realise the core things that you need to know to even write up a single section of an assignment.
This reminds me of a guy's group. He gave an international asian guy the easiest section of the assignment. The smallest too. He wanted him to write a 'background' on accupuncture. Hell, it's easy enough - look up a few sources, a few journals, what it is, who does it etc. So, he left it until the last week and then sent him a page with a faded picture of someone getting accupuncture: a 'background'