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There is something more important that the students learned by organizing themselves this way: that they are not each other's enemies. I am sure a few student

There is something more important that the students learned by organizing themselves this way: that they are not each other's enemies. I am sure a few students received high marks that they did not deserve as a result, but I suspect that would have been the case even had the students taken the exam (judging by what I saw as a TA in my first year of grad school). The professor now offers students a choice between an exam and a project, and the students voted for a project. The project is a better way to measure their aptitude. On the whole, I think this was positive for all involved.

jacquesm 14y ago
> that they are not each other's enemies. If only. Highschool was - to put it mildly - a sequence of bullies trying to get away with the absolute minimum and being enemy to quite a few of the other students. Never quite enough that they could muster a response. I've never seen such enmity in adults in any workplace as I've seen in schools.
bitcartel 14y ago
The professor should/could have simply told them to get in and do the exam or face zero marks. No doubt there would have been howls of protest from the students, however this would have resulted in a test of their character and subsequent life lessons in unity, division, authority and fairness.