>"Someone else's success doesn't define my

>>8729643
It's retarded but I don't see why it wouldn't be allowed. It's essentially just absurdly harsh curving.

>>8729643
Good way making monkey workers.
Bad way making functional people.

>>8729643
I would honestly talk to a department head about that.

That's literally forcing a portion of the class to fail regardless of the quality of their work.

>>8729643
I'm kind of doubting this is real. No way that would fly anywhere but some shit tier university with a grumpy professor with tenure.

>>8729643
>is this allowed in higher education ? Seems a little bit unfair

If multiple people can get on same places - why not?

At universities, you're barely limited by any other factors than will to work and your intelligence. Such types of competition is perfectly fair and fine, since 90% of people who drop out or get low grades do it because simply because of their vices, not because there are some obstacles that are beyond their control. I have little empathy to those who get bad grades in uni, as being idiots is their fault. And such grading systems as ones you've described guarantees that idiots will fail and smart people will excel.

OP here, thanks for the input everyone.

>>8729665
It still punishes you if you can't get your group to work together efficiently. You could have to do all the work and still, possibly, only get a 50% due to time restrictions and work load.

I would understand if it was a personal assignment, not a group one.

Anyway, I'll just roll with it. No need to antagonise the professor, it could backfire later.

>>8729705
>It still punishes you if you can't get your group to work together efficiently. You could have to do all the work and still, possibly, only get a 50% due to time restrictions and work load.

Ah, yes, in that case it sure is shit. Whenever I used to work in group assignments in school I ended up doing 90% of work since seven out of eight people usually are just in school to get minimal grades. Same logic I described does not apply too broadly here.

You should talk to your school higher-ups about any curve-based grading that takes place.

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>>8729643
>group assignment

>>8729764
>talk to your school higher-ups
implying they care