‘The least you could do is repay me’: Student is left to do the heavy lifting for a school project, decides to trick his group mate into getting him a 10/10 on their next project and ends up on top

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Lana DeGaetano • "Show me to me please."
Sep 14, 2024 9:00 AM EDT

I'm sure you remember group projects. If you were the overachiever (or simply got your work done), you were fearful that you'd be partnered up with a fella who couldn't care less about their grade. Especially if you had a booksmart reputation, you made sure to prepare yourself for the possibility of being milked by every student who thinks they can get away with passing your work as their own. 

If you were part of the other group, the ones who decided from the jump that they would not be adding anything of substance to the project at hand, I'm sure you actually looked forward to non-independent projects. Hey, if there's some sort of agreement you can come to in your group, no judgment there. The two buddies in this story ended up having a wholesome, beneficial exchange of academic power.

The original poster (OP) of this story was partnered up with one of their buddies for a geography group project. His friend was not a fan of geography and expected OP to do all of the work, almost threatening him with a bad grade if he decided to work on the project with him. After the project was completed, their teacher pulled OP aside and questioned if he had done all of the work himself. Fellas have each other's backs, and OP covered for the friend (yet had a petty motivation). What's the saying? "You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours"?

Scroll to read the entire story to get an unusual dose of wholesome revenge.

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    I tricked my slacking friend into getting me a 10/10 for a school project
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    I tricked my slacking friend into getting me a 10/10 for a school project
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    High school friend and I were just reminiscing about this, and since my train is delayed, I thought I'd share. Back in school, him and I were assigned to work on a geography project about plate tectonics. Friend HATED geography, and had a sour relationship with the
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    teacher; I, on the other hand, was quite good at the subject and even liked it. I suppose that's why Friend chose me as his project partner. After a few days, I noticed he hadn't done any work on the project whatsoever. When I confronted him, he basically said, "Look, I have no intention of
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    doing anything for this project, please just get me a good grade, I would only hold your grade back otherwise anyway." Of course I was annoyed, and I informed him this plan wouldn't work. I have always been quite good at writing (at least in our native language) and I had a very distinctive
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    writing style even as a teen. So, if I did everything myself, the teacher would notice. Friend did not take this warning seriously, and basically brushed me off to go do the entire project myself. This is where the revenge started. I looked ahead in the school agenda and noticed that
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    we had a big economics project coming up, at least three times bigger and more important than the geography one. I DESPISED economics and sucked so hard at it, not least because it involved very little writing. Friend, however, excelled at it; always the entrepreneurial type,
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    economics was his best subject by far. We were part of an 8- person friend group (though Friend was my best friend). So, I informed the other 6 of my plans and convinced them to form pairs so that Friend would basically be stuck with me.
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    The day we got the economics assignment, Friend seemed a little annoyed to have someone as incapable at economics as me as his partner. A few hours later, it was time for geography class. I had turned in "our" project the weekend before. As I predicted, the teacher called me out of the
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    classroom to discuss the project. Friend seemed terrified. Turns out we'd gotten an 8.5/10; not bad for one person doing a two- person job. The teacher voiced his suspicions that I had done all the work, because he recognised my writing style. He gave me the opportunity to rat Friend out and
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    leave him with a 1/10. I looked my teacher dead in the eyes and said, "You've got it all wrong, sir! Friend was a huge help throughout the entire thing. We just agreed that I would put everything on paper to keep the writing consistent. You know I can be a bit of a control freak
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    when it comes to language, haha!" The teacher then called Friend over and asked him if what I said was true. Friend seemed both surprised and remorseful, but he backed up my story and so we both got the high grade. After class, Friend literally hugged me and thanked me
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    profusely for being such an awesome friend. I wasn't mad anymore, but I wasn't about to let him get away with it either. So I said to him, "Easy there, bro. You royally screwed me over with this. The least you could do to repay me is to make sure we both get AT LEAST an 8.5/10 on that
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    economics project. Because just in case you hadn't picked up on it yet, I have zero intention of doing anything for that assignment. I'll leave it in your capable hands; I would only hold you back anyway." Friend looked at me for a second and then started laughing. He apologised for his behaviour and
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    did the entire economics project - which was sooooo much more work - while I just sat at home living my best teen life. And he delivered: he got us a perfect 10/10, which actually elevated my score to a passing grade.
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    There's not really a villain in this story if you ask me, but some lessons were learned either way. We had a great friendship and I'm glad we have situations like these to laugh about now.
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    GeekRunner1 · 1d ago . Honestly, this is how it works in the workplace; relying on each others' strengths to shore up each others' weaknesses. Glad your friend realized and had a good laugh about it, while still delivering.
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    ElephantNamedColumbo 22h ago Yours is one of the best happy, wholesome "petty revenge" stories I have ever read! Good on you both! 58 Reply .. GreenDutchman OP. 22h ago I was hoping it would bring some good vibes to this sub, and I'm happy to see it did ☺ 25 Reply
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    talexbatreddit • 21h ago Nice! I did something similar in one of my lab courses. There were three of us in the group, and the labs were equally split between hardware (C's specialty) and software (my specialty).
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    What did D bring to the table? A complete set of last year's reports, so we knew what they wanted to see in the write-ups. It worked great -- we all got good marks in that course.
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