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In response to "yeah, I did this in a bowling league - it makes winning so much easier -- nm" by crash davis

my friend in high school used this strategy. he'd intentionally do poorly at first....

Posted by x (aka dmuck) Nov 6 '08, 10:21

so he could show improvement over the course of the year. he claimed he'd get better grades overall then if he simply performed at his steadier normal level the whole way through.

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was he right? -- nm - crash davis Nov 6, 10:30 2
- i dunno. he ot good grades, but i don't know if he ever did it as a controlled experiment.....nm - x Nov 6, 10:37 1
  - i did the opposite - i always did a really really good job on my first papers and then the teacher assumed i knew what i was doing and i got good - Andie Nov 6, 10:46

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