Group projects are meant to teach collaboration, but sometimes they just highlight who’s doing all the work.

When one student realized her partners were all talk and no action, she decided it was time to jump ship before the whole project sank.

Read on for the full story.

AITA for leaving a group a week before the project is due

I (19F) was assigned to a group project with Orange (18F) and Grape (18M).

This is a really complex project that I didn’t want to do from the beginning. (You either do a final exam or the project — I’d rather do the final exam.)

Begrudgingly, the student joined the group, but nothing went as planned.

But my professor pushed me into a group, so I decided that I’d just do the project with them.

Here’s the thing — they don’t do anything.

She tried many times to contact them, but they refused to put in any real effort.

It was assigned in February, and the due date is March 31st.

I try to contact them via email, and they give me really vague answers.

I managed to get Orange’s phone number, which I thought would solve the issue, but it didn’t.

Trying to get answers from them was like pulling teeth.

I text and never get an answer back.

When I do, it’s always something along the lines of “I don’t know,” meaning that I basically would have to do everything.

It is now one week before the assignment is due, nothing was done, and I’m not doing it all by myself, as I didn’t even want to do the project from the beginning.

So she decides to get out while she still can.

I texted Orange that I’d be leaving the group, stated my reasons, apologized, and asked her to transmit it to Grape.

I also sent some research that I tried to do, as that might end up helping them.

I have another project to do with this group that is due in May. I volunteered to do more work than them on that project as an apology.

AITA?

She tried to be a team player, but it’s hard to play when no one else shows up.

What did Reddit have to say?

The story isn’t quite adding up for this Redditor.

No one should be forced to work with partners who don’t care about the assignment.

This user wonders why she waited until the last minute to drop out of the group.

The student should be prepared to furnish evidence their partners weren’t doing their fair share of the work.

She didn’t mind pulling her weight, but she refused to carry the whole team.

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