Despite the innocent title, I’m really pretty ticked off.
First, I hurt myself at work. I sprained both my arms working on that “Cell 1″ machine they want me to run so badly. Restricted computer usage, limited to 1 lbs of lifting, and no twisting, pinching, or tight gripping motions. Possible carpal-tunnel, due to tingling and numbness in my hands when I first wake up and radiating pain up my arms. Of course, work selectively ignores those limitations. I was hurting so badly I was crying last night, so I’m skipping tonight so I can rest and maybe heal.
And then there’s college…
What is it with me and group work? Of the 7 classes I’ve had that have required group work this year, I’ve been screwed over in 5 of them. Wow. It’s only March too. (What an average.)
Oh yes, first there was an idiot in C++ Programming II that insisted on doing the entire group project himself. Leaving me with precisely nothing to do. The other group member was already a professional programmer and was able to leap into the last item left. Oh yes, I only got 20 points out of 100 for that one. And I’m supposed to be grateful that he did all the work for me.
Then, in another class, two of our groupmates dropped the class and the professor neglected to tell us. One of them was supposed to hand all the work in for the group. Since this was an online class, we just posted our work to the private college message board. Deadline hours away and nothing has been submitted. When we finally realized they weren’t there anymore, we managed to squeeze it in just before the deadline.
I retook C++ Programming I this semester, since I failed the last time because I was working 3rd shift. Oh yes, this is the class of whiners and idiots I wrote about. I’m in a group of those idiots. I ask for my part of the assignment because I really only have the weekend to get things done. They tell me pseudocode. Well great, what am I writing in pseudocode? No information. So I decide to wait for more information and get ready for work. I come home from work and discover: I’m no longer doing pseudocode. No information regarding what I was supposed to be doing and everyone ignores my pleas for information.
Finally, I get angry and bring out my inner griefer. I flame, I spam… and finally I get a response. Blah blah blah… I brought it on myself because I didn’t download GoogleTalk so I could chat with them and they gave me plenty of time to contribute. Oh, but don’t worry, they have enough to hand the project in. =)
So, I e-mail the teacher… who probably only shows up once a week. He tells me to do the part they assigned me and e-mail it to him so I can get at least some credit. Great. Five hours and counting before the midnight deadline and I still have no clue what I’m supposed to write in pseudocode.
I’m at a 77% right now, so I’m really tempted to not bother. But I don’t want to risk an incomplete either.
Either way, he’s getting a bad evaluation and I’m in the process of writing a formal complaint with the school.
Ain’t life grand?