All that said, I understand that this is a normal experience in college. So normal, in fact, that my Biology professor’s regularly been posting memes on the announcements page of our course site about the disaster that are group projects. I have to admit, I think those memes are funny, but I only laugh at them because I’d otherwise cry since I’m that student that does 95% of the work for everyone else. On top of that, while this group project is worth quite a few points, it’s not something that would kill my grade if I just didn’t do it. 

But, spiting myself to spite the group is not an option. Nor is throwing all of my peers under the bus, since I’m gonna be stuck with this class till December. 

In other words, I’m gonna just swallow my pride and do my best to work with these people. It’s ultimately good for me, after all, to learn how to politely work with exceptionally difficult people. It’s frustrating, sure. But, that’s just life. In the end, those who don’t pull their weight now will eventually get their comeuppance, which is not my job to dish out. 

My job is to just do my best at everything I do. And everything else will fall into place. 

So far, that’s worked out quite well for me. 

Now, do I feel like a good, competent student yet? No. But, if I just do my best at everything I do in college, then I’ll appear like a good, competent student to everyone else, including to my professors and whoever admitted me to CU Denver with a Merit Scholarship. 

Still, some students (like the ones I’m currently working with in Biology) like to take advantage of the “studious students” like me, which pisses me the hell off. Yet, as I mentioned, it’s not my job to give those students what they deserve. I’ve much more important things to do in life than start petty drama over a group project in community college: like master calculus (and keep my B in the class).