My teacher assigned groups for our science project. We are supposed to do research online to find information for our report. One of the kids in my group is playing computer games instead of looking for information online. When the teacher comes over to check on us he quickly minimizes the game and acts like he is reading and taking notes so she thinks everything is ok. I am upset that we are doing all the work and worried that we will get a bad grade. What should I do?
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September 14th, 2008 at 5:05 pm
Don’t tell on him but ask him to stop and that he will get a bad grade or get in trouble.
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September 14th, 2008 at 7:03 pm
i think a good name for the baby is Zoey Rachel
ps:vwroosevelt has a good idea for the person in science
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September 15th, 2008 at 6:20 am
I agree with vwroosevelt. you should not tell on him but ask him to please stop playing, start doing a little work.
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September 15th, 2008 at 6:42 am
I would not tell on him but if its a letter grade tell him to stop playing games and get busy or he/she will get a bad grade.Then he will have to explain to the teacher why he got a bad grade while he/she was supposeably taking notes.
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September 15th, 2008 at 6:47 am
The group should tell him stop it or leave becaues we are not going to do all of the work for you.
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September 15th, 2008 at 6:57 am
I would tell him to stop playing games and start working if you want a good grade.
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September 15th, 2008 at 7:01 am
I’m afraid that if it’s a “group grade”, than you will have to tell the teacher. I would hate to see you get a lower grade because someone else wasn’t a team player.
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September 15th, 2008 at 10:11 am
Tell the teacher to look for a game at the bar at the bottom. That way if he is hiding the game, she’ll see what he’s doing.
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September 15th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
I woud tell the kid to stop are il tell the teacher
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September 15th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
Id say stop our your out of the gruop. if he doesnt listen id tell the teacher and ask him/her if he could leave.
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September 15th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
You shoud ask him to stop playing games and tray to help you with your project if he is still playing you can tell the teacher.
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September 15th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
I think that she should tell the teacher.
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September 15th, 2008 at 3:12 pm
Tell the kid to stop.
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September 15th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
I would tell that kid to start doing your work and help us get a good grade. If you don’t do that I will have to talk to the teacher about what your doing.
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September 15th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
Go up to the teacher after class without making a big scene.
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September 15th, 2008 at 6:10 pm
I think the best answer for this situation is to go with a friend that is in your group after school and discuss the problem with your teacher
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September 15th, 2008 at 7:20 pm
I would tell the kid to start working because we are doing all the work. If after that the kid still does not work then I would tell him that I am going to tell the teacher because he/she is not doing their fair share of work and I all ready told them not to play on the computer.
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September 15th, 2008 at 7:40 pm
That is a relatable topic for me. It has happend to me. First I tried to make the best of it and go along with it. If it is constant then I would tell them that , You need to finish this work with us because I am not going to make my grade suffer my grade from you. You shouldn’t be making my grade worse. If they then still keep making your group do all the work then confront the teacher about the problem and ask if you can redo the project and start it by yourself. That is why I like to work on my own.
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September 16th, 2008 at 10:10 am
I think I will tell a teacher.
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September 16th, 2008 at 11:43 am
I would tell the teacher and ask her to make him do it by herself.
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September 16th, 2008 at 11:45 am
I think I would ask someone in my group if they felt the same way so I wasn’t over reacting. Then I would ask that kid to go tell the teacher with me.
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September 16th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
Just ask the teacher if the kid can be moved so he has to work by himself.
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September 16th, 2008 at 4:50 pm
I think you should tell the kid to knock it off! That it’s not cool. IF he does not stop then tell the teacher in private
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September 17th, 2008 at 6:52 am
I think I would talk to the kid about what they were doing and then if they didn’t listen I would talk to the teacher about it.
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September 17th, 2008 at 7:11 am
I would tell him to stop messing around and tell the teacher if he contenued.
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September 17th, 2008 at 8:14 am
you should tell him to stop it,if he dosent stop say that you are going to tell.if he keeps on doing it ,after class tell the teacher in privete
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September 17th, 2008 at 8:18 am
you should tell him to stop and if he doesnt stop, go up to the teacher and tell him or her that the person sitting next to you wont stop goofing off, and the teacher will handle it.
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September 17th, 2008 at 8:25 am
I think the best salutiion is that this person should tell the person who is playing the games that if you want to get a good grade on the project then to stop and if they dont listen then i would of told the teacher and they are more than likeley to get in trouble.
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September 17th, 2008 at 10:01 am
I think you should tell on him or her or tell them to work!
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September 17th, 2008 at 10:10 am
I think you sould tell the techer if you do not tell the techer if not he still do it.
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September 17th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
I think that you should talk to him and say that you should stop or we will all get bad grades and it will be your fault and if you don’t I will tell the teacher.
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September 17th, 2008 at 5:25 pm
I think that the student should tell the teacher after school in private so the teacher will watch him and talk to him.
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September 17th, 2008 at 7:18 pm
I would not tell the teacher first, I would tell him/her to stop playing games and start working if you want a good grade. If he keeps playing around then I would tell the teacher.
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September 18th, 2008 at 4:50 pm
I agree with my son.
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September 18th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
I believe that you should go up to this student, & ASK him do you know what your suppose to be doing at this point of time. If he says ”NO”! I would tell him that sense your in my group, & we want to get an A+, you should be working. Now if he doesn’t listen to you, then i would go up to the teacher ,and say that he knows what he’s suppose to be doing, BUT is not doing it. Then you would take off from there.
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September 18th, 2008 at 5:03 pm
I have a friend & we play around a -lot, BUT when we get in class he starts to play around again. Then all the sudden the teacher turns around & says I’m in trouble, so I tell the teacher it was him, so he gets in trouble.Like a day later, he starts making trouble again, but I don’t want him to get in trouble again, WHAT SHOULD I DO? OH, & I make some trouble to, not only him.
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September 18th, 2008 at 8:00 pm
I would tell my friend that the most important issue is our group work. I would tell my friend to play on his computer games on the weekend not during school time. A good grade = group work.
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September 19th, 2008 at 6:39 am
I wouldn’t tell the teacher but I would tell him to stop.
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September 19th, 2008 at 9:19 am
I would persuade him to find a learning game about the project and if he doesn’t then ill tell the teacher on him.
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September 19th, 2008 at 9:50 am
I think you should tell him that, the next time he plays you wil tell the teacher. And if he doesn’t listen telll the teacher anyways.
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September 19th, 2008 at 9:55 am
I will warn him/her for the next time, and if that doesn’t work i will just show the teacher the bar at the bottom and it will show the game he/she is playing.
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September 19th, 2008 at 9:57 am
I think i would tell him to work or I would tell the teacher
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September 19th, 2008 at 10:14 am
Tell the techer that the kid is playing the game.
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September 19th, 2008 at 11:40 am
i would threatan to tell the teacher if he or she didn’t do his work and never be in his or her group again
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September 19th, 2008 at 11:49 am
I would tell the person to stop what he is doing. If the kid did not stop I would then tell the teacher he is not following directions and the teacher would make him or her get out of the group.
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September 19th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
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I would not give her the answer but suggest that she talk to her prof about what happened the night before with her sister. Hopefully the teacher would understand and maybe allow her to turn in her homework the next day. If my friend gets mad at me I will tell her to try to understand that I want to help her but not that way. I would also tell her that I value her friendship. If my friend chooses not to talk to me anymore that’s her choice. Each of us makes choices about how to respond to bad situations.
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September 21st, 2008 at 2:16 pm
I think you should talk to him about what’s hes doing and why its wrong. If he doesn’t listen tell the teacher.
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September 22nd, 2008 at 6:45 am
I would tell him that he shouldn’t do that because he is bringing down all of our grades, and if he kept on playing I would tell the teacher.
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September 22nd, 2008 at 6:58 am
I would ask him if he needed help finding information because he is playing games instead of doing work. If he didn’t need help then I would tell the child that I did’t like being in a group with him because he was not following directions. If he still kept playing the game I would talk to the teacher about it later in private.
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September 22nd, 2008 at 7:04 am
What i would do is tell the kid to stop and not tell the teacher. If I have keep telling him multipule times I would definitly tell the teacher and tell her to talk to the kid that is not doing any work at all hopefully he will stop.
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September 22nd, 2008 at 7:18 am
What I would do is ask him nicely to stop, and if he doesn’t I would ask the teacher to tell him to work on the project so it does not effect the rest of the groups grades.
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September 22nd, 2008 at 7:24 am
I say that if that happend to me I would say if you dont stop playing games on the computer I will tell the teacher and you will get in trouble.
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