Error: I'm afraid this is the first I've heard of a "writeback" flavoured Blosxom. Try dropping the "/+writeback" bit from the end of the URL.
More than my fair share
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.
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