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The Group Mark

What do you tell the teacher?

The Group Mark

Four of you receive the same mark for a group project. One person did almost no work. The teacher asks privately whether everyone contributed equally. Telling the truth may cause that person to fail the course.

What do you tell the teacher?

Then ask

  • Would your answer change if the person had been caring for a sick parent?
  • What if they simply could not be bothered?
  • Is protecting them unfair to everyone who did the work?

The classics and some new ones. A scenario, the question it forces, and the follow-ups that make it bite.

More at this level

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  2. Two Boxes
  3. The Shadows
  4. The Room of Slips
  5. Mary's Grey Room
  6. The Heap
  7. The Extra Change
  8. The Burning Masterpiece