Imagine taking a test where the factually correct answer was irrelevant and what actually mattered was saying what the majority of the class said. This might be a fun exercise. Perhaps it could be a lesson about plurality and group decision-making. However, facts should matter, and just because the majority of the students in a class may think that the U.S. Constitution was ratified in 1776, that doesn't make it true. Just in case you're curious, the Constitution was devised in 1787, ratified in 1788, and adopted in 1789, but I digress…
Teachers like this with bizarre grading policies may be entertaining themselves, but they are not doing their students any favors. At the end of the day, their knowledge of the material is ultimately beholden to the knowledge and intelligence of their peers, which is obviously unfair. After all, there could be some total morons in that class.
This thread was posted to Reddit's r/MaliciousCompliance and follows one student's determination to game the system and expose to the professor how flawed this concept is. He and his classmates got together and decided that for the next exam, they would always answer the first option (the test was entirely multiple choice or True/False questions). Once the professor caught on, he was forced the rethink the effectiveness of his grading policy.
Keep scrolling below for the full story from OP's perspective and for the best reactions from folks in the comments section. For more stories like this, feel free to take a look at this compilation of stories from children of Karens.
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