Scored Discussion.

I'm not a competitive person. I don't like competing for things. All I find it brings, is ill feelings toward people, over something silly. It's much less stressful for me to just play a game to play the game- Not to focus on kicking the crap out of my friends and reveling in total world dominating bragging rights that may come along with it. 

It's similar for my grade. I had scored discussions (sorry Wilcox) because it's all a competition for a grade. It's based on a curve that starts at the person who has performed the best. There is no real rubric, only competition. Based on the past scored discussion, it relies on who can talk the most and who can bring up the most relevent points. If you aren't an aggressive person, like me, this is difficult. I have plenty  of things to say, but between me and another outspoken person, I have no chance.

  I don't like competing. Especially for my grade. By monopolizing, I earn the resentment of my classmates for not letting them say anything, but a better grade. By not saying anything, I don't interfere with another's grade, but I lower my own. (In this case, my grade immensely depends on this.) Why is this suddenly a moral decision? Is it even? 

Last scored discussion, I walked out feeling most of us had done very well, and talked regularly. There were some who talked more than others, but those people, most of us considered were the monopolizers. Unfortunately, those were the people who got the best grades. I checked my grade, low B. I didn't understand. I've come to the conclusion that to get a good grade, you need to talk a lot. Unfortunately, I'm concerned of mine and others' capability. Is this fair?