group assignments

I agree with you that instructors who assign group work or projects expect that everyone has either done their part of the work or has contributed like everyone else, but that sometimes is just not the case. And even though I'd like to rat them out, I don't because then I feel really bad about someone not getting a good grade, and I think it also reflects badly on me as well, what does it say about my character. The other reason I don't rat is because that particular day or week might have been a really bad one, I don't know it! Sometimes this happens to me, I might be experiencing or having a really bad week and am just not up to doing the work that week. I try to do what everyone else in my group did, but sometimes it's just not to their standards and I will apologize for not giving it my all.