Or they decide that their idea is "the best one ever" when it's a pile of shit. And they have the majority, so your opinion amounts to shit.
Only choice you have is to make the best out of the fucking circumstances. :getlost:
Or they decide that their idea is "the best one ever" when it's a pile of shit. And they have the majority, so your opinion amounts to shit.
Only choice you have is to make the best out of the fucking circumstances. :getlost:
I hate it when they do that. I had this group project involving cooking food and doing a report. I FUCKING TOLD THEM not to do this and that because it wasn't in the directions we were given. but did they listen? NOOO. Why should anyone listen to the Asian kid, who in spite everything, actually bothered to read the directions?
I don't mean to seem arrogant, but I had way more cooking experience than all of them combined. They didn't even know how to measure things properly so I was pretty much facepalming the whole time. I'm in high school and people still think like they're still in elementary school. None of the ideas are ever realistic and whenever I try to point out something, it's always "You're such an elitist. Who needs instructions, we can just wing it and it'll work out." :getlost:
Oh yes… :( It's my college success mid-term and we're supposed to come up with a poster that ties into the theme of success as well as an oral presentation.
My idea involved a feast table with each plate containing each of the ideas supporting the theme, with the title being "Appetite for Success"
Their idea? "Hurr, hurr, let's do beer pong."
How the fuck do I tie this to success again?
This is a disaster, so much for Dean's List :(
Here Kitsune. Try this if they're actually serious about beer pong.
http://www.rentedspaces.com/2009/11/06/beer-pong-rental-success/
Make the theme college frat house rental, and thematic it up from there.
Or just do all the work yoursel f even though its a workload that needs five people to do, and when you turn it in, they won't complain, because its done without any effort on their part… and have a secret note saying "with no help from these guys".
It's not that simple, I'm afraid.
The poster itself has to have to do with 'Student Success' but the theme is important, and our report has to tie the theme and the actual topic together.
I know this won't do anything for your grade, but I think that is a brilliant idea. I never knew you were so creative Kitsune. Whatever happens just be sure to say what lazy bastards the rest of 'em were being.
I hate group projects where I have to draw. It takes more time than just two class periods to finish something big, especially when I'm a perfectionist. orz Although, I find it hilarious, because when the teacher says something about group projects dealing with art, the entire class always stares at me. It's creepy and funny at the same time. lol.
But highschool is full of idiots. Some good, some bad, some that don't even know the word 'equilibrium.' shrug Ah well.
looks at poll
NOOOOO!!! The editing has made me betray Wotter!
Sorry about being sick and being in a group project. I'm in two right now myself: one where none of us know what we look like (we made our team by email) and another where my partner is overly energetic and excited about the project. The two extremes, between laziness and workaholic, and I'm somewhere inbetween.
Fucking group projects.
I have yet to get sick, but it WILL happen. I see it coming. And it will happen during my Thanksgiving road trip. Predicting it RIGHT NOW.
Aww KI, Sorry to hear you're not well. I'm pretty under the weather myself at the moment, hacking up a lung. I get bronchitis at least once a year, often more, and I figure it's that time again. Such a PITA! It must be the change of seasons. Too bad it falls around your birthday for you.
And of course I sympathize on the group project thing, as well. Even though I'm an "educator" myself, and was taught the rationale for using group projects, I still hate them. Good luck on it, anyway.
I think everyone hates group projects, except for the people who never do anything and piggyback rides for a good grade. Those are the douches. I just got over a cough and stuffy nose, nothing too serious.
Drink that OJ and open a window to keep fresh air in your room. Unless it's cold.
Wait, what? People hate group projects?
Provided that you work with your friends, group projects are a blast.
They provide a way to have fun in class AND do work at the same time.
Two people are exponentially more creative and productive than 1 person. It also gives you more confidence during oral presentations, and procrastinating becomes harder because you know others are counting on your work.
They're just a faster and more enjoyable way to complete work, IMO
Whenever I'm in a group, it's either with a bunch of idiots who don't do any work or my friends, who I usually socialize with despite my half-assed attempts to get them to pull together and focus. we get nothing accomplished in the process. and then I have to stay up past 3 a.m. trying to get it done the day before it's due. Although as far as speaking in front of a class, I prefer to let them do it. I suck at giving presentations in front of others.
Hmm..maybe my group of friends are just different. We usually finish the work fast and then socialize the rest of the period. @piratemarimo:
Although as far as speaking in front of a class, I prefer to let them do it. I suck at giving presentations in front of others.
Well, there you go, that's a benefit to group stuff right there.
Although its a skill you really must learn.
I love group projects… unless you got paired up with morons.
Wait, what? People hate group projects?
Provided that you work with your friends, group projects are a blast.
None of my friends are in college with me, let alone in my classes. If I had a friend with me, then yeah, it'd be a shit load of fun. Unless my friend was known to procrastinate, which I have plenty of friends like that.
Hmm..maybe my group of friends are just different. We usually finish the work fast and then socialize the rest of the period.
Well, there you go, that's a benefit to group stuff right there.
Although its a skill you really must learn.
When I do group projects I'm usually paired with total strangers. There has been 1 group project I enjoyed and that was building a model of a ideal playground and working out its budget. Now that was fun and creative.
Wotter, eh? Close, but no cigar.
Why do I suddenly have the image of Ganon as a pig?
Why do I suddenly have the image of Ganon as a pig?
Cause you're insane.
Speaking of insane, has anyone had a dream that your teacher/professor gave an assignemnt? Ever woke up from that dream and spent an hour or two thinking that assignment was real? And then slowly thought to yourself whether that assignment was a dream or not?
Yeah, I had that this morning.
But… Bacondorf... :ninja:
I've dreamt about a friend dying and after waking up, I called his parents in an attempt to comfort them, and also asked what time the funeral was.
Most awkward phone call ever.
Group projects were always a pain in the ass for me, but strangely, all the ones I've had had everyone pulling some sort of weight in the project.
@Insider: Heh heh heh…
And I've had tons of 'Was it a dream?' scenarios. The double ones 'dream within a dream' ones are a real bitch.
I've totally had that same dream!! Insider's not Kitsune's. Man, that is seriously awkward though.
But… Bacondorf... :ninja:
But I hate bacon…
I've dreamt about a friend dying and after waking up, I called his parents in an attempt to comfort them, and also asked what time the funeral was.
Most awkward phone call ever.
Yikes.
I remember dreaming I was in a game of Final Fantasy, and my sister woke me up, only for me to say, "Not now, I'm buying black magic…".
@Cuddles:
@Insider: Heh heh heh…
And I've had tons of 'Was it a dream?' scenarios. The double ones 'dream within a dream' ones are a real bitch.
Ugh, if you knew me in real life, you'd know that any time before 5pm, I'm in and out of sleep, unless something really important is happening. I remember waking up from the fear that my niece fell off a balcony, only to wake up and see that my entire family is sitting in the family room, where I'm sleeping like a drunken slug.
That has nothing to do with the situation at hand, Insider!
BACONDORF.
Has anyone ever had a dream that looped? Weirdest shit ever.
That has nothing to do with the situation at hand, Insider!
BACONDORF.
I prefer CUBANDORF. Take Ganon, cover him up with cheese, add some mustard, put him between two large slices of cuban bread, and put him in a sandwhich press.
MMMMM. God I'm hungry.
Has anyone ever had a dream that looped? Weirdest shit ever.
YES! Oh God, I had nightmares as a kid where I'd be put in a scary situation, and depending on what I did, I'd get a horrible situation. My dreams are always so fucking stupid and meaningless, yet my nightmares are so complex and cruel.
Has anyone ever had a dream that looped? Weirdest shit ever.
I haven't. But I've had the continuation of a dream that was 10 years old, only to have the third part of the dream a year later. That was some weird stuff too.
Oh, I never watched pokemon…
I dunno…
OVEN-ROASTED CHICKENDORF SANDWICH sounds Godly.
As for dreams, i tend to have dreams of waking up.
As in, I have to be awakened for something, only to fall back asleep before I fully wake up, and get tricked into thinking I have woken up, when I am in fact, still asleep.
I've dreamt about a friend dying and after waking up, I called his parents in an attempt to comfort them, and also asked what time the funeral was.
Wow, now that's really really awkward.
I once dreamed that I was late for school. I woke up and HOLY SHIT I did oversleep almost one hour! I jumped out of bed, rushed to my car. Halfway to school it occurred to me. My final exams had been about one week prior. I was done with school.
That was one of the most "powerful" and convincing dreams I ever had, apparently.
Speaking of dreams. Do you guys actually feel pain when you get hurt in your dreams? I do. The feeling lingers on for a few minutes even after I wake up. Brr, that one time when I got burned alive must have been the worst one, really freaked me out.
I used to work in retail, and I hated having customers come in right as we were closing.
I constantly had dreams that customers would keep coming and keep coming, long after we were officially closed. No one in the dream was smart enough to lock the doors, so we were powerless.
I once had a dream where me and "big bro" were being chased by this giant fucking Chinese dragon… while we were jet skiiing on lava in a maze with no walls (a maze shaped swimming pool filled with lava?).
Bro was steering and I was in the back seat in a tiny cage that was way too small (meant for chickens if I'm not mistaken). Then we randomly switched places and then there was this narrow concrete walkway and this creepy little gnome holding a lantern beckoned to us and we followed him through this wooden door that led to my parents' bedroom. and then the dream started over. WHUT.
whoa freaky dreams here. and gah the thread moves too fast, i actually wanted to add on to the conversation about groups, too. :getlost:
has anyone ever 'controlled' their dreams before? when i was young, i started thinking "why have i never had the customary/traditional dream about a tower and a dragon and princess before? hmmm okay, i shall dream about that tonight." and i did. i think it was really short, maybe a few minutes, but i remember the image moving across my mind. kind of silly, to think of it.
One of my weirdest dreams as a kid was that I dreamed an army of arm chairs would come marching through my house and stomp on me. No, I'm not kidding.
Weirdest fact was that I swear to God, I could hear the stomps. As I got older, I noticed that when I put my hand against my ear (which I used to sleep like that), I could hear my heart beat. My heart beat was the sound of the arm chairs stomping. I had a heart murmer as a kid, so my heart beat was pretty loud and fast.
whoa freaky dreams here. and gah the thread moves too fast, i actually wanted to add on to the conversation about groups, too. :getlost:
You can still talk about it.
I control my dreams all the time. Or I've done that thing where you watch yourself in a dream like you're standing on the sidelines. and I can think thoughts independently of my other self who thinks just like me, but we do it at the same time. Or I'd watch my other self do something and be like "Oh come on! I would never do that!"
I also feel pain in my dreams. Yay, Volcanoes raining hell fire down on us while we're in the library! I'm burning! Not fun.
@Insider: that dream sounds really scary. well in the dream itself it's bad enough but still manageable, but to hear it in your heartbeat… :wassat:
I control my dreams all the time. Or I've done that thing where you watch yourself in a dream like you're standing on the sidelines. and I can think thoughts independently of my other self who thinks just like me, but we do it at the same time. Or I'd watch my other self do something and be like "Oh come on! I would never do that!"
I also feel pain in my dreams. Yay, Volcanoes raining hell fire down on us while we're in the library! I'm burning! Not fun.
wow. i've heard of vivid dreams, and i have those can't-distinguish-from-reality types as well, but i've never felt physical pain before.
once i dreamt that my mum had turned evil and was after me and wanted to kill/torture me. she said that she wanted to give me a root canal (which in my dream was a very very bad thing) and instantly i felt this chilling fear throughout my whole body. and the whole dream was filled with fear, a sense of betrayal, and running away from my mum. when i woke up it took ages for me to believe that she wasn't trying to kill me and that a root canal wasn't a bad thing.
Man, dreams can really fuck with your head. Luckily for me, I can usually tell myself to wake up whenever I want to. I've noticed that there are times when I'm having a really bad nightmare and I think desperately "Wake up! Wake up!" and it happens.
Other times, I sense when I'm on the verge of waking up and I'm thinking "No dammit, this dream is reaching a climax! Don't wake up!" I hate how most of my dreams are like that. Usually something interrupts it so I don't get to see how it would have ended. I will never forgive my dad for ruining the epic conclusion to a car chase scene. :<
I've only had two intances in which I have control of my dream:
a) As already said, realizing that something in the dream is so bizarrely ridiculous, I say to myself "that's idiotic, this is obviously a dream". After I say that to myself, I tend to wake up.
b) REVERSE CONTROL, specifically in nightmares. I have moments in nightmares where I'll look at something wrong, then pray to myself that that something doesn't get worse, and then it does. For example, I noticed a portion of a balcony banister was small enough for my niece to fit through. I kept praying that my niece wouldn't run there, and then she did and fell off the balcony. My nightmares hate me.
@Insider: that dream sounds really scary. well in the dream itself it's bad enough but still manageable, but to hear it in your heartbeat… :wassat:
That dream haunted me for a while, even out of sleep. I'd have times when I'd cover my ears, which would of course make me hear my heartbeat. It often made me assume that the 'marching chairs' were still there, waiting for me, or something. There was a time I actually associated it with death since I thought I would hear that noise when I stop hearing (hence die…I was not a normal child).
When I asked my mother one time, she told me it was my heart beat.
b) REVERSE CONTROL, specifically in nightmares. I have moments in nightmares where I'll look at something wrong, then pray to myself that that something doesn't get worse, and then it does. For example, I noticed a portion of a balcony banister was small enough for my niece to fit through. I kept praying that my niece wouldn't run there, and then she did and fell off the balcony. My nightmares hate me.
the universe must hate you or something, because that sounds horrid. can you guys predict what's going to happen in your dreams? i had a dream in comic strip form once. i thought, oh okay this is going to happen next and i literally saw that frame in my mind ahead of time. then when the dream actually moved to that scene, i knew i had seen it before, but the thing is, i still got the shock of my life, even though i knew that it was going to happen.
i remember the day when i discovered i had a heartbeat. i was pretty old, like nine? i put my hand over my chest and sometimes i would hear pounding (i.e. heartbeat) and i got scared and wondered if i was dying. i told my parents one day and my whole family laughed at me. and my dad said that if i didn't have that beat i would be dead. i eventually got it.
I love dreams where you're on speaking terms with One Piece characters or Sonic characters or Final Fantasy characters. It's awesome.
I get weirded out by dreams where the characters "change" as the dream progresses. Like, I had a dream about going to rescue Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles, but when I got there, they were the Powerpuff Girls.
the universe must hate you or something, because that sounds horrid. can you guys predict what's going to happen in your dreams? i had a dream in comic strip form once. i thought, oh okay this is going to happen next and i literally saw that frame in my mind ahead of time. then when the dream actually moved to that scene, i knew i had seen it before, but the thing is, i still got the shock of my life, even though i knew that it was going to happen.
I have no real explanation as to why I have this. I don't get nightmares that frequently. They're generally about school, like missing the day of the test or not being able to find where my class is. Lately, I've been having some pretty crummy stuff.
Majority of my dreams don't make any sense and generally don't have any reason behind them other than: stuff happening. I've dreamt about talking to people I know and just having random conversations.
I've had dreams where good things happen, but even those are clouded by the bizarre.
i remember the day when i discovered i had a heartbeat. i was pretty old, like nine? i put my hand over my chest and sometimes i would hear pounding (i.e. heartbeat) and i got scared and wondered if i was dying. i told my parents one day and my whole family laughed at me. and my dad said that if i didn't have that beat i would be dead. i eventually got it.
Being a kid wasn't as care free as it should be sometimes. :sad:
I'm not sure if I've ever known where a dream was going.
I love talking to characters too. I have that same thing happen where the characters change with no warning. I've even had that happen to my own self. The absolute worst thing ever was when Sakura and Kakashi were running around and then turned into me and my "big bro." My conversation with Mihawk will never be forgotten despite its shortness.
i had a dream when I was working that zombies invaded the retail store I work at.
I remember my dream ended when I came out of the bathroom and all the zombies were in the checkout lane.
I love dreams where you're on speaking terms with One Piece characters or Sonic characters or Final Fantasy characters. It's awesome.
believe it or not, i've never had these dreams. i wish i did, cause there are so many fictional characters i want to talk to and i have so many things to talk to them about.
OH. but there was one time when i met Neil Patrick Harris in Disneyland! i know, i was like what. he was one of the workers i think, he was dressed up in this suit for people to go hug him and stuff. so i went up to him and hugged him. i remember thinking "man his chest is broad… and so nice." /shot.
but i remember noticing that his shirt was light purple, which in my immature dream-mind signified gay-ness, so even in my dream i was aware of that, which made me kind of sad cause he looked even better in person than on TV.
ok so I definitely haven't lurked this thread enough but…. my god, those are the most desperate pokemon they've come out with yet. In the first few games I had a hard time choosing because I wanted ALL OF THEM, then maybe there was one ugly/stupid one I didn't care about, then there was one good one of the bunch that I would take, and the last few games I'm just like "ummm no I'm good. I don't need a starter pokemon kay thanks ehehehehe....."
Use pig Ganon.
I command you.
My dreams all tend to become effed up. Once, I had like, four dreams one night and I could actually remember them all. They were all about me getting ready to go to school, and then I woke up within the dream. So, everytime I woke up right after the dream, I got pissed off because irl, it was really like, 3am or 4am or whatever and I just wanted to stop repeating the same dream (plot wise) over and over and just go to freakin' school already.
i've never had the fake-exams or fake-school dreams. i'm so glad because i wouldn't be able to stand those. waking up thinking there was an exam that day that i hadn't studied for would kill me.
I hate when I wake up to go to the bathroom and right when I'm about to get back in my bed the alarm goes off.
Ahahaha THIS.
That's a giant FUCK YOU in the morning :(