so, I wrote my Professor an e-mail about the oral presentation I was dreading:
Professor Batchelder,
I think I should warn you beforehand that our presentation is not going to be nearly 20 minutes long, and is not going to be that great. The topic of nanotechnology is far too large for one person to compile and record, and I only have seven Powerpoint slides. Robyn has not helped me out at all, and has continued to flake out on me several times regarding this project. Ben, Lia, and Jordan have not been to class in over a month, and have not responded to my e-mails or even awknowledged this project. I find it incredibly unfair that I've been forced to do all the work on the project, while everyone else has groups where they can divide the work up amongst 4 or 5 other people.
I already have a problem with public speaking, but on top of that I have an inferior report and am dreading tomorrow, and the thought of humiliating myself in front of 25 other students is nauseating. I believe that your choice in group selection was inappropriate, and whether you meant to or not, you bunched all the "slacker" students into one group. I miss class more than I should, but I still turn my assignments in on time and maintain a steady "A" in your class. When push comes to shove if something needs to be done I'll do it, and that's what I'm trying to do for this presentation. However, trying to take on a work load this big has proved disasterous. I am dreading this presentation, and the grade I will recieve, but above all I am dreading the fact that I am going to look like a complete idiot in front of the other students in the class.
I am extremely dissapointed with my group members, and by this term as a whole. I'm not by any means blaming it on you, but I thought I would give you a heads-up regarding tomorrow's events, and tell you about the situation before it is too late. Thanks for taking the time to read this, and please write me back concerning any thoughts you have about this situation, I'll be checking my e-mail several times tonight.
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So today, she pulled me out of class and flat out admitted to me that she put all the slacker students together, because she thought it would "motivate" us all. Um, OK lady. Now where did you get your Ph.D from? I'm so goddamn insulted I could spit fire.
Long story short, she apologized, I got an automatic "A", and didn't have to present. So I guess things worked out for the best, but I'm still irritated that I had to do all that work because she chose to try some stupid mindfuck and dump all the "losers" into one pile. bravo, Professor B.
I'm going go drink myself retarded at the shitty dive bar up the street. Have a nice night, dudes.
Professor Batchelder,
I think I should warn you beforehand that our presentation is not going to be nearly 20 minutes long, and is not going to be that great. The topic of nanotechnology is far too large for one person to compile and record, and I only have seven Powerpoint slides. Robyn has not helped me out at all, and has continued to flake out on me several times regarding this project. Ben, Lia, and Jordan have not been to class in over a month, and have not responded to my e-mails or even awknowledged this project. I find it incredibly unfair that I've been forced to do all the work on the project, while everyone else has groups where they can divide the work up amongst 4 or 5 other people.
I already have a problem with public speaking, but on top of that I have an inferior report and am dreading tomorrow, and the thought of humiliating myself in front of 25 other students is nauseating. I believe that your choice in group selection was inappropriate, and whether you meant to or not, you bunched all the "slacker" students into one group. I miss class more than I should, but I still turn my assignments in on time and maintain a steady "A" in your class. When push comes to shove if something needs to be done I'll do it, and that's what I'm trying to do for this presentation. However, trying to take on a work load this big has proved disasterous. I am dreading this presentation, and the grade I will recieve, but above all I am dreading the fact that I am going to look like a complete idiot in front of the other students in the class.
I am extremely dissapointed with my group members, and by this term as a whole. I'm not by any means blaming it on you, but I thought I would give you a heads-up regarding tomorrow's events, and tell you about the situation before it is too late. Thanks for taking the time to read this, and please write me back concerning any thoughts you have about this situation, I'll be checking my e-mail several times tonight.
So today, she pulled me out of class and flat out admitted to me that she put all the slacker students together, because she thought it would "motivate" us all. Um, OK lady. Now where did you get your Ph.D from? I'm so goddamn insulted I could spit fire.
Long story short, she apologized, I got an automatic "A", and didn't have to present. So I guess things worked out for the best, but I'm still irritated that I had to do all that work because she chose to try some stupid mindfuck and dump all the "losers" into one pile. bravo, Professor B.
I'm going go drink myself retarded at the shitty dive bar up the street. Have a nice night, dudes.
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i am wiser now. "insurance" is the way to go when dealing with flakes. i had a flaky boss a few years ago, and as "incentive" i made a copy of all the company's financial records - the real ones, not the ones the tax attorneys cooked up. the boss came through for me when i needed him to, but if he'd tried to dick me i had my trump card.