Dear students,

• As the teacher of this cours, I have power over you.
• I don't like that, but I cannot change it.
• What I *can* do is to hand over my most powerful tool of control: grading.
• You get to decide on your own grade in this course.
• Grades are bullshit anyway.
• I'd rather have my course be pass/fail.
• But I'm not allowed to do that.
• I'm tempted to just give everyone an 8/10 if you pass.
• But the grading system also has power over you and I cannot change that.
• So I decided to just leave it up to you.
• Not whether you pass, I decide that. But if you do the work, everyone passes.