My partner is not doing anything for our project. What should I do?

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Me and my partner have a project for class. Let's call her C. C and I are good friends so we decided to work together on the project. I found out I was going to be busy this week last Friday. She was not home all weekend and still isn't to work on the project. She went to her cousin's house. I thought it was just for the weekend and coming back today, so I was okay with that, but tonight I found out she was staying another night and might not be back until tomorrow. I'm going to be busy this week because I need to work on another project with another kid and I want to hang out with someone sometime this week. I also need to go to my uncle's house for his anniversary on Wednesday. I also want to go to a nearby city just to hang out this week. I love going there and I want to go there sometime this week. I also have a doctor's appointment and somewhere else to go to on Wednesday. This is our break from school, but I'm so busy this week. Anyways, I have a lot to do this week. She doesn't even call to say that she won't be home. I had to call her to find out. She acts like she cares about this project, but she really doesn't. She says she's panicking about it, but I know she doesn't care about the project. I'm just tired of being flexible with my own schedule and I know she'll be mad when I can't work on the project this week. So, anyways, what should I do? She's not doing anything for the project and is expecting me to be flexible with my schedule. What should I do? Thanks.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

You need to sit her down and tell her that if she doesn't really get motivated to start working on the project, that you'll go to your teacher. But you will also have to set aside the things that you WANT to do (like hanging out with people or going to the city) for another time, when you HAVE more time. Set a date to work on the project with her, and get the details sorted out so that there is a definite plan. To make this work, you can't just mentally criticize C. You have to tell people what you want, so that they KNOW what you want. Good luck!

Ryan · Answer

I've dealt with many friends who were like this on many projects. (I usually just ended up doing the whole thing by myself because I was use to my friends mooching off of me.) 

Don't get mad that she didn't tell you she was staying another night, maybe something came up. But it sounds like you're going to have to sacrifice one of your "free" days of hanging out to get this project done. Just tell your friend straight up "Hey I've got to do this and this on ____________" Blah blah blah. Just ask her if she can get together on a certain day of the week. And then follow up the day before just to make sure.

If she keeps blowing it off till the last minute, just go ahead and do your project by yourself, if your that worried about your grade and just chalk it up as a bad mistake picking your friend as a partner.

? · Answer

Screw her over but putting you name on the project and not hers
Or if you present, don't tell her what to say just make he babble like a moron

Lacey J · Answer

do the project....before that class inform the teacher of what happened....and they wont get credit for it...

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