A class of eight students were preparing for one final practical exercise before graduation. The top students were still vying for honors, so they had something to lose or gain by taking chances.
For this final test, everyone would pair up in teams of two. Given the choice to form their own teams, something historically not afforded to them, one would normally expect them to proceed according to friendships or previously successful pairings.
However, most of the class was not confident that everyone would graduate if they followed either traditional paradigm. Putting the group before self, the two strongest students agreed to each pair up with one of the two weakest students. The test would not allow one student per pairing to dominate every task, so the strong students would have to demonstrate leadership and coach their teammates.
The end result was that the two strongest students still graduated with honors and the two weakest students still graduated.
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