Bro I love this

Damn that's a lot

Lowk was gonna make this a life update but screw that-
So my school does this thing called PBL, Project Based Learning, and you're put in a group of around 4 people you meet every Friday. The goal is to solve a real problem using what you're learning in class. I could keep rambling about it cuz there’s more to it, but that’s all you need to know. I always talk about loving it so what happened? Well it’s simple.

Literally it’s terrible. It’s not even just how they treat me, it’s how they treat each other and the project. They either don’t care or care way too much, and we’ve switched problems more times than I can count. There’s barely any teamwork since we’re all given our own independent tasks, which sounds nice until you realize we don’t have any say because the group leader doesn’t want to hear anyone out. He’s selfish and thinks he’s untouchable just because he’s apparently smart. Whenever I try speaking he just goes “Shut up Enrique” like bro I didn’t even say a letter and I’m already getting shut down

There’s also the dude I mentioned in this post
Life Update 7: Weaponizing:

really creepy dude at school that people keep shipping me with who also keeps making people believe I'm a girl just cuz I use the stall

So what makes him creepy? A lot. He makes very detailed nsfw remarks about me and my friends he hasn’t even met and acts super immature. He lies, takes credit for other people’s work, and constantly brags about money. I can’t think of a single conversation where he hasn’t said something like “I do this expensive thing” or “I made this expensive thing” or “I destroyed this expensive thing” like bro not everything is about money. He also acts really racist, like genuinely bad.
He also breaks my stuff, like my old computer, my pencils, and a bunch of bags I’ve brought for cards. He keeps slamming decks on the table and it’s pissing everyone off. He also "jokes" and puts my belongings near his area or in his butt. (believe it or not its not funny at all) And he’s weirdly possessive of me. He invited me to his birthday and that’s when he started making me uncomfortable, so I said I had to help my sister move. I’ve told him before my sister is a nurse and always exhausted, underpaid, constantly working. Instead of being understanding he goes “So? That’s her problem not yours” which is crazy because I literally said I offered to help.
Then he made comments about kidnapping me, and it was weirdly detailed. He always tries to get me to sit or work with him even when I don’t want to. He’ll literally drag my chair toward him, and somehow tells people I’m the one going to him. Luckily people already know how he is so they were like “he says the same about you.”
He also spreads rumors like calling me a tomboy and saying I watch nsfw content, and just makes me look weird in general. (not saying tomboys are weird btw-) So why did I hang out with him? I gave him the benefit of the doubt at first. We talked early on and I didn’t get why people disliked him, but yeah, now I do.
(Srry for the rant about him, he just makes me really uncomfortable and I wanted to paint a picture)
So yeah, he’s in my group too, great! We’ll call the leader Kaden and the creep Jack. The third member is Caleb, and I thought he had the most braincells out of them, but lately he’s been acting just like them. He’s still more normal than the others, but yeah he has his moments.
So what about me? I’m just the new guy to this whole PBL system, and they treat me like shit. I feel like dead weight because whenever I try to work they don’t let me, but if I don’t work they get mad. I’m honestly thinking about just doing nothing at this point.
Last time they all argued against me, even this random girl from another group joined in for some reason, and I just put my head down and started quietly crying. Like actually shaking, eyes watering, everything. And they go “It’s not sleepy time Enrique” bro you can literally see me crying, maybe not the time.
Now I’m not saying I’m perfect. I could definitely work on listening better and figuring out what to do without asking. I usually ask what I should work on and instead of giving me something they just say “be yourself” but they clearly don’t like that so what am I supposed to actually do.
I guess I could also work on communication, but honestly the group is already so scattered in general. I feel like if I don’t try to pull things together, even though that’s not my role and should be Caleb’s, then we’re all just going to fail. And I’m pretty sure this actually gets graded.
They’re also really dismissive. I have bad hearing in my right ear so I need things repeated sometimes, and instead of helping they just groan and give up. If I ask someone else they don’t even try. I’ve told them this and they just don’t care.
Another thing is in small groups, if I’m not directly spoken to my brain kinda tunes out. I’ve told them that too. I’ve told them I’m new to this whole system. None of it matters to them.

I try, I really do! Even outside of Fridays I ask about ideas and concerns. I bring up issues like trolls messing with our forms. They just ignore it.
And whenever I ask what the problem actually is, because we keep switching, they just tell me what we’re trying to do instead of the actual problem, the main person being Jack of course CUZ OF COURSE-
“Hey what’s the problem again?”
“The problem is we’re trying to ___”
“…ok but what’s the problem”
“I just told you-”
“That’s what we’re trying to do, not the problem.”
And then he gets annoyed and brushes me off.
Sure I could try to figure out the problem from that but he doesn't make it clear at all.
I could keep going but yeah. I doubt anyone read all this just to tell me if I’m the asshole or if they are.

@Innocent_Light
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If you have an issue with someone, or feel disrespected in any way, take it to mods or directly to the person in a non-argumentative fashion rather than deliberately creating a dramatic topic over something so minor.
It’s unnecessary, and ineffective.

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this was worth every fucking penny

This is real trust I was right there
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