Group Project Reflection

I'm a strong believer in the saying "If you want something done right, do it yourself". This is one of the reasons why I don't like working in groups. Sometimes I feel like the work isn't being done correctly but I don't say anything because I don't want others to feel bad. The other reason is that I'm a shy and socially awkward person. I don't know what to do or what to say in front of people I don't know that well. For these reasons, I was dreading having to work in a group since the beginning of the semester. I tried to look on the bright side: we created a group chat and if something happened that I couldn't make it to class I had people I could ask and that could help me not fall behind on class assignments. However, this was not the case at all. On various instances, I asked questions about the class on the group chat and no one answered. I thought it was because my questions had not-so-important answers but I lost my copy of the assignments we had to do online and when I asked my fellow group members for a picture of theirs no one answered. Without this, I wasn't able to do the next assignments. Fortunately, after looking everywhere, I found it in the trash, since I had left it on the kitchen counter and my mother had thrown it away. I was able to find it just in time for the next assignment, the one you're reading right now. I'm not a vengeful person, though. I tried to answer my classmates' questions and help them whenever I could. It was just a bit shocking to me the fact that I'm a shy person and I still help others whenever I can and I would expect people who aren't shy to help others as well.  Although it was nice to meet people from other faculties and see how differently they live their lives, I would have preferred to work alone. I know this post may be perceived as bitter, I'm just being honest as I feel like there's no point in saying I had a nice experience when I didn't. I just wish some situations were handled differently than they were. I have no personal vendetta against any of The Wanderers' members and do wish them the best of luck on their journies. I hope this post will help others be more mindful and help their future classmates when they are in need.