Georgia Tech Cracks Down on Learning

Posted by chrisd on Tuesday April 16, 2002 @11:46AM from the as-told-by-third-person-limited dept.

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.

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I gotta ask... by coyote-san · 2002-04-16 12:20 · Score: 1, Offtopic

I gotta ask... if I forget to flush the toilet, is it an Honor Code violation if somebody else flushes it for me?

Don't be too quick to answer - maybe I need a stool sample for one of those 'blood in stool' tests and forgot the test kit until the deed was done.

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