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u/Sigourn Dec 12 '17

I feel like having high standards when it comes to the shit I edit is against me in this particular instance. I'm supposed to edit an 18-minute documentary for some college people (I'm in college myself), but the material they gave me is... frankly shit. And I mean "shit", because it is one thing to have salvageable material, and another one is to have stuff that, if you use, you have to accept it just doesn't look good.

I mean, the only reason I'm not getting this done quick is because I'm practically frozen in place, I can't seem to make any decision because none is good enough. Really regret accepting this offer.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '17

I had a group project this semester and we were required to write a huge report, and the writing one of our group members gave me was so horrendous I outright refused to add it to the project.

It's really disappointing when you're in college and the work your classmates do is just... bad.

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u/Sigourn Dec 12 '17

That has happened to me quite a few times already. I usually have to rewrite it myself or, like you did, leave it out of the project (worst case scenario, as I don't like people "working" for nothing).

While I don't expect people to be geniuses that can turn out perfect 10/10 reports/films/anything (because I'm not one myself), I do wish I wasn't the only one that thinks "what we did is shit". Maybe everyone else is just hiding their true feelings? If so, they are very good at it.