Partner Project Hell
Sep. 21st, 2015 08:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
grimrose_eilwynnSo I was supposed to do a presentation on African American blues music for my African American culture class. I had a partner, a girl who came in blasting loud headphones every day and who sometimes never even showed up to class.
We traded numbers. I texted her about a week before the project was due and asked when she wanted to meet up. We agreed to meet after class on Thursday. I brought all my materials to school with me that day, but the girl never came. I didn't get a text from her -- nothing.
So I just did the project myself, and told the teacher I was doing such.
Two days before the project was due, she texted me and asked if I wanted to meet up, making the excuse that she'd "been out of town." She'd done some research of her own and wanted to combine her research with mine, supposedly.
Not wanting her to piggy back off of me, I said that since we'd each done a project, we should each present on blues music this coming Thursday. I emailed the teacher and she agreed -- I do the first presentation on Thursday, my ex partner does the second.
My ex partner seemed really annoyed. But honestly, what had she expected me to do? Let her skate by on one of our most important presentations of the year? If you've done the research, present it yourself.
We traded numbers. I texted her about a week before the project was due and asked when she wanted to meet up. We agreed to meet after class on Thursday. I brought all my materials to school with me that day, but the girl never came. I didn't get a text from her -- nothing.
So I just did the project myself, and told the teacher I was doing such.
Two days before the project was due, she texted me and asked if I wanted to meet up, making the excuse that she'd "been out of town." She'd done some research of her own and wanted to combine her research with mine, supposedly.
Not wanting her to piggy back off of me, I said that since we'd each done a project, we should each present on blues music this coming Thursday. I emailed the teacher and she agreed -- I do the first presentation on Thursday, my ex partner does the second.
My ex partner seemed really annoyed. But honestly, what had she expected me to do? Let her skate by on one of our most important presentations of the year? If you've done the research, present it yourself.
