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A Teacher Asking Students To Destroy Notes?
zwei2stein writes "I found this question with far-reaching implications in the off-topic section of a forum I frequent: 'My economics teacher is forcing us to give up all of our work for the semester. Every page of notes and paper must be turned over to her to be destroyed to prevent future students from copying it. My binder was in my backpack, and she went into my backpack to take it. Is that legal?' Besides the issue with private property invasion, which was the trigger of that post, there is much more important question: Can a teacher ask a student not to retain knowledge? How does IP law relate to teaching and sharing knowledge? Whose property are those notes?"
Not like you're going to use anything taught in there after that class anyway...
I'm trying to teach myself to set people on fire with my mind... Is it hot in here?
theft is a crime, and illegal
A surprising number of crimes are illegal.
;-)
Write down the event now, while it's still fresh.
And make sure to not let anyone steal it!
If someone is stealing from me, I have every right (in my state, anyway) to prevent that theft, with "reasonable" violence if need be.
My state law specifically states that I have the right to defend myself, other people, and my property with a "reasonable" amount of force. And by damned, I would do exactly that. A punch in the nose is more than reasonable for a semester's worth of lecture notes.
If recent police action is any indication, then it would be "reasonable" for me to taze her and beat her with nightsticks as well! After all, standards are standards.
What the heck? I WISH my students would take notes in class!
So, whats the name of this institution so we can fire up the traditional internet educational vigilante mob?
In economics, the exam questions are the same every year. They just change the answers.
Then the professors own the work of average students!
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I pick YOU UP. I unzip YOUR PANTS. I roughly jam my cock up your ass. As the students are watching I sodomize you for several minutes until I give my "O" face to the class.
Oh stop it.. you're turning me on
I wrote my first program at the age of six, and I still can't work out how this website works.
Better yet, make N photo copies. When she goes into your bag hand her all your notes. Then pull out another one and say "Or would you rather have this copy".
Repeat until you reach N-1. (With N back at your apartment).
Repeat until you reach N-1. (With N back at your apartment).
Hot for teacher?
Atleast you don't if the old classes notes has been burned.
Which I don't understand how it's supposed to work, is it that hard to take a copy of them before turning them in? :D
Retarded teacher, and I would never give up my material.
What's next? Asking for us to turn in cheat sheets?
But then, as a member of the freest country on earth I am free to make that decision.
It's not often I laugh out loud at something on Slashdot. Thanks!
http://www.dilbert.com/2009-01-24/
"I have downloaded hundreds and hundreds of records, why would I care if somebody downloads ours?" Robin Pecknold
Heh - don't you know that whenever someone fails to indicate their location, 99% of the time they're in the US?
Besides that, does that article give you a clue why Europeans are either laughing their heads off or throwing up when Americans claim they live in the "freeest of all countries"?
That's why I hate Europe. Heads popping off all the time, and vomit everywhere.
You know, it would be kind of amusing to offer a trade. When the teacher asks for the notes, say "I will trade you my notes for a signed statement affirming your assertion that nothing you have taught any of your students will ever be of use to any of them for the rest of their lives and that your entire professional career has been a meaningless sham. If you want to add an addendum about how you are a charlatan and scam artist, you are free to do so."
Pound! Bang! Bin! Bash! is this a shell script or a Batman comic?
What about tenure???
Ooooh. I think somebody has the potential to get in A in the class :)
For extra credit, do it in the style of Phil Hartman's "Newsradio" character:
Hand over a copy.
"Here's one you can take right now!"
And another copy.
"This one you can tear up later."
Put another on her desk.
"Here's one for the Hamptons."
Pull out another copy.
"This one I like. I keep."
Throw another copy to the floor.
"This one displeases me."
Use "The dog ate them" and try to keep a straight face. Even better smirk, and look directly at them.