Group Projects…

It just keeps getting harder and harder to keep working. I get that we need to communicate but there is nothing worse then one sided communication. How am I supposed to know that you’re mad if I only ever hear it second hand? Where is the communication there? Ugh. Frustration is the name of the game this week. So close to the end and yet we just nag each other into oblivion. Now without warning people want to change an entire set because I followed the concept art too well. “It’s so empty.” That’s how it was drawn! Maybe someone should have not approved it if it was “SO EMPTY.” It doesn’t make any sense. But no, it’s all my fault because I didn’t communicate enough. No one seemed to care when I showed it to them in class, but if it’s not pushed into a notification on a screen, no one can remember a thing. UGH!

I hate working in groups. And it is only reinforcing that notion as the cliques begin to cement in true form. We have the “Leaders” and the “Followers”. Anyone who is a leader gets a say, anyone who is follower gets anything they say shot down by the leaders as “No, that’s X Y Z and we don’t think that works here” Not voted on, not looked into, just “No” from a select few. It happens every time and when you get shot down once, others get the courage to jump in on it too then everyone shoots down every idea. It becomes a lopsided thing that isn’t a group project anymore. Watching those groups from the showing the other night had me wishing we had half of the comradery they did, or at least presented. It’s rough seeing your team ask all these questions about teamwork and such but not heed any of it despite being most of the issues. This one is a rant, but it needed to get out before the pressure gauge cracked.