Monday the 13th looked like Friday the 13th to me. We had just taken the first exam of the semester, and I was very nervous and anxious at the same time to know what grade I got. Sitting in class the prof blurs out "I hope you wont hate me after this" At first I didn't understand him but as class proceded and we got our test papers, this only meant bad news. This was not the only suprise that was coming our way. Being that the heighest grade was an 86 and most of the class had below 60 we had to come up with a planning process. All of us had to agree 100% on a decision that would help us out in the long run. We came up with many options, alot of ideas, different directions, but still could not narrow it down to what was needed to get the job done. So as time was running out two students stepped up to the plate, and took charge of everything we would throw at them. We asked for a curve we got it, we asked for extra credit we got that too, we asked to have the lowest grade dropped, and I am thinking in my mind this is clearly nuts and extreme, is it really possible, can it be that the prof is toying with us?? Throughout the process i took part of the avoidance decision thinking that this will never happen. But it was happening right in front of my eyes. We laid down the law and the proffessor agreed to everything we decided. Now being that there is around 35 students in the class this was not easy to achieve. Some students wanted to keep their grade and learn from their mistakes, others cared more about fixing their actual grade than learning the stuff. Everyone engaged in some sort of decision whether it was compete to win, avoidance, compromise, accomodation, or collaborating of some sort, the outcome was fantastic. All the question marks and the unknowns became clear and very understanding. We came up with all the answers including the extra credit, the only thing we forgot to mention was how many points will the extra credit consist of in our second exam. I guess it's out of our hands now.
