AP Econ dilemma

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<p>Today, we received an econ test. If everyone left the scantron (MC grader) blank, the whole class would receive an 85. If one person filled in the bubble for question 1, he or she would get a 100 and everyone else would receive 0’s. The teacher claimed that this was an intro to game theory.</p>

<p>I had studied… for hours. Today, I went to class and everyone wanted to go for the 85. Being a dumbass, I didn’t do anything the whole period except mark down answers on the test packet (not the machine graded sheet), naively thinking that I could trust my classmates.</p>

<p>I know I’m an idiot for doing so, but I couldn’t bear screwing over everyone. Now I realized a few people in our period bubbled in the scan tron anyways. It’s 100 points. Do you think that my teacher is just BSing us? Should I convince him that I understood the concepts (the test was easy, once again, i’m an idiot). If only he would look at the test packet. This is just depressing.</p>

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<p>That IS very depressing. Your teacher’s an idiot, and if he really does what he’s suggesting, then you should file a complaint against him, because this kind of test has no merit or legitimacy whatsoever. Hopefully he was just trying to illustrate game theory and won’t count the results.</p>

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<p>That’s terrible:( Hopefully, he won’t count the results, although I have to admit I probably would of gone for the 100 as I’m sure others in my class would.</p>

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<p>I love when teachers not only explain a point, but illistrate it. If you knew anything about game theory, you would know that the less information you have, the more likely people are willing to get ahead at the expense of others. The people that answered the questions on the scantron deserve to get As, because they knew the underlying principals of game theory, and thus acted in thier own self interest.</p>