Diary of a Gen Z Student: What I really learned from group projects... is how to work alone

They're called group assignments but they're always done by just one person

Jane Cowan: "The group leader will be established early on. And if everyone else in the group can tell that you’re actually hoping to secure employment after graduation, you will become the leader." Picture: Moya Nolan

A very common experience when you first go into college is feeling that everyone is more intelligent than you. It’s not true, but it can certainly feel that way.

You thought everyone was coming into university with Leaving Cert standards in maths or English or whatever. Somehow, though, people will act like they’ve been drafting their dissertation since their communion. You’ll resent your parents for not giving you a copy of Aristotle’s Poetics at birth.