A Science Project Gone Horribly Wrong

As par curriculum, all eighth graders in my school are expected to produce an astronomy project, basically outlining what would happen if an asteroid of abnormal size were to impact the earth. We have to create a timeline of past asteroid impacts, and extinctions that occurred around the same time, and things like that. However, we are expected all parts of project, but without:

• our parents knowing. There was no notice sent home for parents to notify them, nor was there an e-mail. Our teacher trusted that we would tell our parents. I ask you, how many teenage boys would actually tell their parents that they have a year-long project?
• any guidance from our teacher. The only time my teacher intervened on anyone was to scream to stop playing around with the SmartBoard in the classroom. Sure, the teacher guided us through the steps, but he/she/dog has not reviewed anyone's project to give corrections.
• And for God's sake, how can you just dump a project on six teenage boys and expect them to just magically do it?

Whew! Would you like some cheese with that wine?

So, I've been trying to do my part. Unfortunately, the part I wanted to do was dominated by the person who is in charge of our group. I have been stuck doing the section of the project that attempts to show asteroid impacts as the possible causation of extinctions, the most obvious being the dinosaurs. And I've tried, honestly, really tried to be enthusiastic about the fact that I'm stuck with the hardest part of the project, but for some reason it never came out. Here are some reasons why:

• I have been to two meetings. The first ended up at a basketball court, and there were only two people there. We got no work done.
• The second meeting consisted of four out of the six of us. First we played poker. Then we played "Take Turns Jumping on Ami and Making Slightly Suggestive Noises."

I think I have a right to be upset here, but please, what can I do?