I'm currently retraining and studying for a healthcare degree, I'm in my first year (so around 2 months in). I already have a degree and master's (first class and distinction - only mentioning to provide context of my academic background).
I'm currently in a group with 4 other students, they are all 18/19 and straight out of sixth form (again just saying to provide context). It's been a bit of a nightmare (2 of them just don't turn up for meetings despite texting and emailing them).
However, I'm having a difficult time with one of them who is taking the project in a bit of a wrong direction. She is trying to pigeonhole her analysis into basic points covered in a-levels (e.g. the kind of buzz words you mention to get marks in a-level exams like saying something is 'reductionist'). She will say things like she is happy to do all the analysis as she is 'very confident' with it as she did it at a-levels. I've been reading her section and I feel like it isn't really relevant (e.g. she's critiquing a vague part of a theory we're using, rather than critiquing its ability to be applied to the topic in question - if that makes sense). I have tried to gently mention these things to her, but she does this thing where she will interrupt me and start talking over me by trying to say what I'm saying, like I said
'I think we need to include some analysis of the topic and-'
'Include analysis of the topic, yes we need to include that'
I can't get a word in edgeways.
AIBU to keep trying or should I let her do her best? I know I'm a mature student so I'm not expecting my group to approach the work in the same way I would, and it's still a new subject to me so I'm still new to it all too, although it does have some similarities to my previous degree.