Group Projects (at school or other) what's your opinion on them?

group projects are important for many reasons but the primary one is exploration of self through joint effort, being a bossy twat is simple girls particularly excel at it as do bullies, however group work on shared goals requires more than just bossing each other about, it requires that you learn your individual strengths and weaknesses whilst learning to identify such things in others to achieve the best overall result

now back when i went to school, we had "streamed learning groups" based on achievements you were put into class groups and so everyone in the class tended to be on the same page academically speaking, this alleviated some of the problems of one person's brilliance obliterating everyone else and effectively going it alone... we did have group think stuff that included different ability ranges but those tended to be social projects rather than learning ones ( like tutor groups organising some event or other)

this kind of meritocratic thing seems to have become anathema to most schools and so group projects are often of little to no benefit to the majority, fixing this should be of primary concern but it fly's in the face of equality of outcomes...

however there are still things you can learn on an individual basis, one of which is how to manage or lead those of lesser ability, how to cajole the best out of difficult or struggling individuals regardless of your personal capabilities, i mean theres no reason to make someone feel worthless just becasue there dumber than a stump, so even in the current social climate you can glean valuable life lessons from crass stupidity... of course if your the brainy one your going to always end up running the show which is of very limited benefit to you or the others.....

but hey thats why cultural Marxism being force fed to students is such a problem, society as a whole loses more than it gains from "equal outcomes"

Those annoying frustrating group projects you get in high school and college? They prepare you for the same thing when you get a job.