We all have done countless Performance Task or PT's during our school years. Researches, reports, presentation, videos, versatile projects and a lot of paper works. Luckily on these hard times, we are not meant to be alone. Props to the teachers that are good enough to let us form a group. It's like in a Role-Playing Game where you search for a party in order to go on a quest and defeat a major boss for you to proceed to the next level. In forming a team, it's either randomly by counting, by student number or if the teacher is merciful enough, you get to select your own men and build your desired team. Your greatest capital to be in a good group is your image in the school during this drafting period.
There are only three possible teams you could fall to. The Olympians which consists of charismatic and relevant students, a powerhouse. The Doom group which are formed by all the rejected, the outcasts and hey, if we got the best team and the worst team introduced, what's next? Well, here comes the group that is not best nor worst. Queue the drum roll. I call it "Let’s get this over with, shall we?" team. It is like the group where the demons, angel and mortals meet. Let's cut to the chase. Allow me to introduce each of the men that make up this "Sarcastically the greatest group". Here we go:
The messiah
With the small “M” messiah. This member is obviously the core of the group. From the word itself, messiah means savior. The drop of water in the drought. The messiah could either be the leader, the assistant, or anyone that has a high sense of responsibility among the members of the group. In some occasion, the Olympians are the ones that get disbanded because they exhibit an unfair picture and so the teachers distribute them to each of the other groups and the messiah is likely that one member who came from the Olympians. They carry most of the burden and would exert great effort for the group to be free of its tasks. They are ironically selfish and selfless because they don't really care about the group whether the members don't help and have nothing to learn about the project, the messiah just want to pass the subject, but in a way, they are already saving the rest of the members from the stress of doing the project. Good Game Well Played for the members, I say.
Butler
The butler is the loyal assistant and companion of the messiah; they are very supportive and would go great lengths just to help the messiah. Even if they are not on par with the messiah in terms of abilities and skills, they try their best to offer what they have, their heart and soul and sweat for the group. They are like a lap dog of the messiah and would not hesitate to do what the messiah commands.
T.B.B
T.B.B stands for "The Billionaire Baby", they are a “must” in a group. It is solely because even if they admit that they don't have the abilities and skills to offer, they can be trusted in terms of financial crises and anything in regards with money. Even vehicles for trips, printing press, unlimited stock of bond papers, and surely the food flow is very stable if you got this member. They are great especially when the messiah and the other members don't really want to lend money for printing and stuff.
The Plebeian
Plebes for short, are commoners, normal peeps with nothing extraordinary to show off. They feel worthless and so, they don't lend effort or any help because they have self-insecurities and they feel that they are just a burden in the team and in consequence, they become more troublesome because of this attitude. Some of them don't even have initiative. Even if plebes lend their help, the expected outcome would likely be disastrous because if you expect great things from them for the PT, you better not get your hopes very high because they actually don't have any idea what on earth they are doing. The passion is missing. But hey, they can still be useful if the messiah is good enough to teach them the ways not to be a waste. They can be minions, although their work is not on the edge, if the leader utilizes them properly then they can also become a handy part of the group.
The Creep
They are those members who have their own world, like "weirdo", geeks and nerds, they refuse to share their ideas because they think that it might get rejected or too deep for the other members to understand. They are similar to the plebes; the only difference is that Creeps are actually knowledgeable. They do have a wide knowledge of certain things that the other members don't, they also have fast typing skills and have various secret abilities that can be used for the PT if they would allow themselves to showcase it. Also, creeps are the "Scientists" of the group, oddly innovative.
Ms/Mr. Know It All
Yeah, from that title. You can already know what I mean. They are like the opposite of the Creep. Unlike creeps who has high knowledge about certain stuff but refuses to share it because of the fear of rejection, Ms/Mr. Know It All is the other way around. They always blabber about random ideas and stuff about the things they know which are already known by the majority, it's like stating the obvious which is kind of annoying. They also love to use jargon, words that are so deep you can see Adelle rolling in it, like those words that need Merriam-Webster Dictionary to understand. They do help the team in times and are not thoroughly useless. Probably their strength is their light personality and friendliness, it’s just that they get annoying in times.
The Hollow Man
They are the members who you don't really know if they are part of your group, they rarely or never show up in meetings and their name sometimes weren't in the list of your members in the first place. They just appear out of nowhere and became a member suddenly. They are commonly flirtatious kind of people, those who have other priorities other than academics. Focuses on the appearances and social life. Not all Hollow members are bad though. Some are just busy about their personal stuff. The wrong thing about some of them is that it feels like they don't really care about the PT at all, they care more about their own wellness and personal things. It is unfair because all of us have our own stuff to care about too but we still give our precious time for the PT. One of their traits is to complain a lot as to “why is this, why is that?” but didn't actually gave some ideas and help on the PT. Maybe this one is hurting but, it's not generalization. There are Hollow members who are just busy but still want to help and those Hollow members who are literally hollow. Ooh, scary...
Those members are inspired by true people that I have encountered during my high school years, and honestly, I already experienced being each of the members that I have listed. I have also been in the Olympians, Doom Group and the Sarcasm group, yes.
This article got so long but I hope you enjoyed reading this. If you are currently having a Group PT, well, good luck then! It doesn't matter what group are you in, as long as you know what you have to do and what is your responsibility, everything will play out just fine for you so hang on there and just go with the flow with your group mates. FIGHTINGG!!
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