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KeepTheCurveTalk 3 - 20 Feb 2008 - Main.AndrewGradman
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Regardless of how much we collaborate and help each other, only so many people can "succeed" in the way that law school measures success. Personally, I think that's fucked up. I think we could best attain what you are suggesting if we had no grades whatsoever, and thus really did work for knowledge's sake alone.
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Most of us miss that the curve has two functions: to get a good grade, you either have to convince the PROFESSOR that you're right, or you have to convince AS MANY OF YOUR CLASSMATES AS POSSIBLE that you're right AND fail to convince the professor.

I think this second route is intended to encourage the student to practice his grassroots mobilization skills. The advocate doesn’t need to persuade the judge if he can rally the voters.

A side effect is encouraging sabotage (e.g. I convince my classmates that grades don’t matter), but this is also intentional as it is a valuable skill in an advocate.

-- AndrewGradman - 20 Feb 2008

 
 
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