Working With Others In School

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Fellow members of jobs and students in school, has there ever been a thought on the small amount of work that has gotten done in your group, because your group members did not contribute at all ? Students do not need to depend on others with a grade that impacts them so heavily, when it would be a lot easier to just do it alone. Working with others can cause a decrease in a student's grade, due to the lack of work the others did. Fellow students of Park View, we often get projects where we get the option to work together, and choosing to work alone is the smarter option.

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