Teams

Hello everyone.

You know, in school we're forced to work in teams of at least five people. I've never liked to work in teams, it's so complicated to keep up with all your partners. However, we have to do it because the teacher says so.
I would work with the same team in all our subjects during the semester. Whenever the teacher said: work in teams, the five of us got together and did what we had to do. But, unfortunately, I always was the one who did everything; I would do the research, put the information together, divide the tasks and make sure that all my partners were working correctly. I like to get good grades, and that's why. Somehow I became the leader of the team. But, eventually, I got tired of doing almost everything, I needed a break but my partners were so lazy and I always had to tell them what to do, they weren't proactive at all. And that's when I thought I needed a new team. So, the other day, when a teacher asked us to work in teams, I decided to join a new one. Since I made my decision based on my academic interests, I thought my partners wouldn't get angry at me. But they did. If I had known they would make such a big deal out of it, I wouldn't have made that decision. However, I think I'm completely free to make my own decisions, and no one should make me feel bad about them.

The second sentence in the second paragraph could also have been written in the present tense;

Whenever the teacher says: work in teams, the five of us get together and do what we have to do. Either way, you must keep the tense consistent.

In any group, there evolves a natural leader. That is normal, but it sounds like your previous teamates were taking advantage of you. Now they will have to do their own work. Not only will it be better for them, they will probably appreciate you even more after this.