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I had to spend so much time working on my lab report that I didn't have time to launder my clothes. So in addition to hearing my wrath, they will also get to smell my wrath.
I'm actually pretty keyed up for conflict tomorrow, which is kind of sad. Still, no one has given my such a golden opportunity to be a vengeful asshole since Chris Pumpelly.
Posted at: 21:04
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As an addendum to my last post, I thought I'd include the e-mail exchange I had with one of my group mates this evening.
We normally e-mail around our individual sections by Sunday night. I had not done this because after reading the quality of the work so far, I sort of quailed in the face of all the work I'd have to do. So while I was editing their crap tonight, I got the following e-mail.
hey,
so i still need your section of the lab report!! get it to me as soon as possibe(sic)! thanks
Ashley
And my response:
Ashley,
Yeah, I'm working on it. I am also editing the rest of the report because it is completely unacceptable. I am really very upset right now because I feel as though I've had to completely re-write at least one section in addition to writing my own each week so far, which is why I've put this off so long.
I wonder whether you all are counting on the fact that I will do your work for you, or if you really think this is A-quality work? You could not have spent more than ten minutes on this.
Brian
I thought about signing it "Love, Brian" but I was afraid that would be overly churlish.
Posted at: 20:53
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For my chemistry lab, I am required to write absurdly long, formal reports about the experiments done each week. Until recently I would write these reports by myself, which took me approximately three hours to do. The past few weeks, however, I have been required to work on these reports with the rest of my group, and we turn in one report for the four of us. I would estimate that I am now spending approximately five hours on these reports, which are of comparable length, because I have to spend considerable time editing the garbage that my group mates churn out.
I haven't quite decided whether they are just lazy and have come to expect that I will totally rewrite their inadequate bullshit, or if they are just stupid and think that this is acceptable work. It is not acceptable work.
The problem is that we all get the same grade for the work. Without my intervention, I'm positive that we would be getting F's on these reports. Since I choose to intervene, we get A's.
We are supposed to write our initials next to the section that we contributed to the report. This situation has actually been the main source of my desire to use the word "churlish." As in, "I really want to challenge my worthless group mates by initialling everything that I actually wrote/revised, highlighting how little they contributed, but I don't want to seem overly churlish." Basically, I'm stuck with these jerks for three more labs, and I don't want things to be really hostile. At least, that had been my concern until this evening. I've decided that I really don't give a shit what they think about me, because I couldn't possibly think any less of them. I've e-mailed my TA about the situation, and I have before and after copies of the past few reports to back up my claims.
Lab tomorrow should be interesting.
Posted at: 20:36
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