Group work is an inevitable situation in the classroom. It ranges from all subjects including English 12, AP Psychology, and even debate. When a teacher announces that they will be working with their peers and that a grade relies on someone other than just an individual, there are mixed feelings.

“I hate doing group work honestly. My reaction is to groan because group work is usually not good,” said senior Brittanee Ross.

Ross dislikes group projects due to some negative past experiences that resulted in her grade being affected badly because of her group not doing their work, while she still upheld her share.

“When working on group projects in Spanish our music video project group didn’t get much done. So when we went we looked ridiculous and really dumb,” said Ross.

Other students have had better luck when working with their peers.

“This year I’ve had good experiences so far. I recently finished a group project in AP Psychology and it went well. I had people in my group who did their part,” said senior Christy Deshong.

In similar situations the grade of an individual has been affected due to others work ethic.

“Past experiences vary from getting the work done and getting a good grade, to someone taking all the work for themselves, to someone making errors on the project or assignment,” said junior Kerim Gales.

In a debate project assigned his sophomore year, Gales received an unsatisfactory grade.

“We didn’t make a quality project and we ended up making a poor grade because of a lack of creativity and quality of work,” said Gales.

Often times work is distributed unequally when divided between students.

“I am normally saddled with all the work,” said senior Seth Parson.

If students were given the choice many would choose to work by themselves.

“I would work individually,” said Ross “or with people I know do their work.”