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Georgia Tech Cracks Down on Learning
The Washington Post has an article today on a Georgia Tech student who almost flunked his intro to comp sci course for just discussing his homework with someone else. Note that no one including the faculty accused him of actually copying any code from anyone. However, the "honor code" at Georgia Tech "forbids its introductory computer science students from seeking any help from other students on their homework." The faculty recorded part of his violation on the forms as "He was trying to learn it." This is something that high school seniors might want to keep in mind when selecting which university to attend.
And Rob Malda eats it.
What a fucking lame story - some punk kid breaks the rules and gets punished for it! Oh no, we can't obey the rules, we're cool Slashdot "geeks"!
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Klerck is a scab-infested cocksmoking whore. So is his mother and father.
Uh, no.
It's because they don't want to overload their CS department with crapon-in-a-hat-nimrods. I'll give you points for your conspiracy theory, but it's bunk.
If they were worried about money, they would let anybody go into higher CS. If you'll note, it's just the Intro to CS class. Because they want people that can learn on their own. I don't blame them, and think more colleges should do this for every major. If you can't get through the intro course with just the instructors help, you don't belong in that major.
Dacels Jewelers can't be trusted.
I've heard first hand of Davidson's strict honor codes. Apparently they don't even pick up change off the sidewalks. Although I have heard of someone picking up a quarter and taping it to the door with the message, "Found near this door."
Hey Einstein, maybe you don't realise that the most important part of higher education is "education". That means that once somebody has been educated, they should be able to work things out for themselves. Then they are actually useful people to have around and work with.
What really pisses me off are the multitude of people who supposedly have an education, but don't have a clue how to find something out except by asking somebody else. They are the sort of people who think that reading the manual is a waste of time. If you tell them to read the manual (where the ANSWERS are), they say "Why should I read the manual when I can just ask you?". Well let me tell you why you should read the manual: if you ask me a question and you have made ABSOLUTELY NO EFFORT to find the answer on your own, then why should I put in any more effort to solve YOUR PROBLEM than you did?
If you go to a university and expect to be "taught" stuff, then you are in for a disappointment. Those people aren't "teachers", university isn't "high school", and it's up to YOU to learn things BY YOURSELF so that you can prove to yourself and others that you CAN solve problems.
Are these really your own views? They seem to do a good job at brainwashing.
The student copied code. Your rant is fairly pointless.
>And if you think I'm dumb enough to post using my real account, you're even stupider than you look.
you pussy.. grow a pair so that i may reflame you properly. my email is posted, if you dare