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thenewgreen  ·  4562 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How to Game a Grading Curve

Brilliant. I like that the professor wasn't angry about it but rather, he was impressed with their ability to come together.





jmcs  ·  4562 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think this is a perfect example why we need anti-cartel and anti-collusion laws. The students have collectively found one way to beat the professor algorithm, managed to create an effective system to prevent anyone from braking the agreement so by my book, as we are talking about programming classes, means that they understand the essential part of what they are supposed to be learning, so I don't see why a good professor would do otherwise.

JakobVirgil  ·  4562 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Quite right collusion is as common a result of the market as anything else.