lilmutegirl
Well-known member
I have always felt like an outsider in groups, even if I am fine one-on-one with each member of the group.
What made me start this thread is because I'm in an online class where we have to work in a group. The first assignment was due this past Sunday. I posted something on Thursday, since I knew I wouldn't be available to do much Saturday or Sunday. I figured I'd get my points by posting and responding to whomever responded to me Thursday and Friday.
Nobody else had any activity as of Saturday afternoon when I left my house. I was gone all day Saturday (at work, and doing laundry at my boyfriend's since my dryer is broken). When I checked yesterday, I saw that they had done all the work on Sunday, so I wouldn't be able to participate anyway, which made me feel like a failure and left out. Also, another guy admitted to deleting my original post (I was the first person to post something, and I suspect he wanted to look like the person to start the whole thing). I am livid. I don't want to sound like a whiner, but I feel the need to explain to the instructor my lack of participation and to complain that somebody was able to delete my post. I'm worried about how I'll come across, though, and am now worried about how the rest of our group discussions will go, if these are things to come.
What made me start this thread is because I'm in an online class where we have to work in a group. The first assignment was due this past Sunday. I posted something on Thursday, since I knew I wouldn't be available to do much Saturday or Sunday. I figured I'd get my points by posting and responding to whomever responded to me Thursday and Friday.
Nobody else had any activity as of Saturday afternoon when I left my house. I was gone all day Saturday (at work, and doing laundry at my boyfriend's since my dryer is broken). When I checked yesterday, I saw that they had done all the work on Sunday, so I wouldn't be able to participate anyway, which made me feel like a failure and left out. Also, another guy admitted to deleting my original post (I was the first person to post something, and I suspect he wanted to look like the person to start the whole thing). I am livid. I don't want to sound like a whiner, but I feel the need to explain to the instructor my lack of participation and to complain that somebody was able to delete my post. I'm worried about how I'll come across, though, and am now worried about how the rest of our group discussions will go, if these are things to come.