"Since you've decided you can kick members out of the group, maybe I'll decide to fail you for this exam." This was the dilemma I was placed in last year for my final exam in my Honors English Class. The idea of failing such a large project shook me immensely - I had never before been in jeopardy of doing so poorly in a class. However, I was the only one to blame for being put in this situation. Although my grade was on the line, I was not the ____ (victim) in this situation.
For the final project in my Honors Freshmen English class, we were assigned to create a presentation and an essay on the topic "How is music affected by appearance and popularity", an idea discussed in the book Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm …show more content…
The groups were decided at random, and I was placed luckily with two very close friends, Josefeth and Reyna, and Kevin, a student who did not have the best reputation for completing his assignments. I felt from the beginning that I might end up doing more work than Kevin, but I decided to trust that he would not let the group down when so many points were at stake. We began delegating responsibilities amongst ourselves and made progress as they days went by. Nearing the deadline, we checked on each others progress a few days prior to the due date. Reyna, Josefeth, and I had each completed our segments of the assignment, and Kevin had assured us that he, too, had completed his portion. On the Tuesday of presentation week, we began compiling our final presentation. We decided to piece together the final product on my school account. Both Josefeth and Reyna had sent me their work, and the only part of the assignment missing was Kevin's, who had not shown up to class. When we asked Kevin for his part of the presentation, he gave numerous excuses for not having completed any of his assigned work. Because we were all going to suffer as a result of his decision to not do any work, I took it upon myself to complete his entire section of
For the final project in my Honors Freshmen English class, we were assigned to create a presentation and an essay on the topic "How is music affected by appearance and popularity", an idea discussed in the book Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm …show more content…
The groups were decided at random, and I was placed luckily with two very close friends, Josefeth and Reyna, and Kevin, a student who did not have the best reputation for completing his assignments. I felt from the beginning that I might end up doing more work than Kevin, but I decided to trust that he would not let the group down when so many points were at stake. We began delegating responsibilities amongst ourselves and made progress as they days went by. Nearing the deadline, we checked on each others progress a few days prior to the due date. Reyna, Josefeth, and I had each completed our segments of the assignment, and Kevin had assured us that he, too, had completed his portion. On the Tuesday of presentation week, we began compiling our final presentation. We decided to piece together the final product on my school account. Both Josefeth and Reyna had sent me their work, and the only part of the assignment missing was Kevin's, who had not shown up to class. When we asked Kevin for his part of the presentation, he gave numerous excuses for not having completed any of his assigned work. Because we were all going to suffer as a result of his decision to not do any work, I took it upon myself to complete his entire section of