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[orenda]

Another day down, another teeny, tiny parargraph done on my lab report. Each and every sentence involved a gruelling effort...from Sean. They are his words, not mine. I certainly did not set out to have him do my homework for me, and he would never, ever agree to it either. But the end result is pretty much the same, since I needed hand holding,

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[thebaroness_]

Just curious: is the instructor for this course kindly and mainly concerned that the students are plugged in and learning something? Or is he/she more of a by-the-book douche? If a douche, I would "reconstruct" the lost data to the best of my memory and just slap the thing together, because with douches, there's no telling what kind of grade you're going to get no matter what you do. And as for the academic integrity bit, it's not like you're making shit up to save yourself from work. Hell, your first paragraph above shows you've examined the problem from every conceivable angle and that you in no way spared yourself effort!

If your instructor seems nice and reasonable, then I might skip the reconstructing data part and just explain that the data was lost, and ask whether he/she could supply some data for analysis. Again, judging from your first paragraph, I believe you'd be able to discuss any type of data/result because you've already thought so deeply about it!

Anyway, sorry for the unsolicited advice, and I realize it's all so much easier said than done: I tended to procrastinate on homework to the bitter end and then some! *sympathy*

[orenda]

My instructor is extremely nice, and I probably should have done exactly what you've suggested. It feels a little weird at this point, though, since the paper is already five days overdue. Also, my part was supposed to be the introduction and written part of the results. The methods, figures, and discussion have already been done by the others, with virtually no communication between us...yep.

No need to apologise for the advice; I appreciate you taking the time!

[thebaroness_]

Group work is just the worst. Ugh.

[bromache]

Hear, hear.