I could understand what the social experiment was trying to highlight, and the idea was in the right place, and I could see how it would work. However, we were mostly caught up in the logistics of the idea of cheating. Like how it was possible, and how it didn't seem real, or what could be another explanation for the same test scores without cheating. I think that, given enough time, we would have probably start to question each other. I don't think that anyone would have sacrificed themselves because the punishment was not laid out. If the teacher has said "if I don't get a few names, everybody fails" before leaving, I think that the experiment would have worked better. Also, if we didn't see that he was listening in. Like I said before, as time went on and we were given an ultimatum, I think tension would grow and people would become more motivated to get a result.
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