Pit your children against each other, it will teach them valuable lessons for group projects at university

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@sortius oh they already do that themselves

“STOP IT! YOURE BREATHING TOO LOUD!”

@jpm all the bloody time!

@sortius My group project at uni was such a disaster...

One member quit in the first week. Another dumped some unusable code on us a few weeks before the deadline, then cut off communication. Two of the others were in a relationship when things started, but not by the end.

We scraped through because I basically faked an entire database, which was enough to fool the judges.

Distinction.

@troberts oh god, that sounds like my ex's final project. I had to go to meetings with her, sat in the corner, playing with my Palm Pilot, keeping my very strong opinions to myself. I think they all ended up turning in individual work

@sortius I actually think it's good that they force teamwork on people in uni. Because (at least in my experience) the real world demands you work in a team.

As messed up as my experience was, it was immensely valuable as a learning experience.

@troberts my uni work never included "group projects".

The closest we got was the regular "group project" for philosophy: pissing off before the tutorial and drinking at the Tanner Bar/smoking weed.

Maybe that's why I don't play well with others 😆