Ouch! That was harsh. But a good lesson he will never forget as long as he lives. Don't ya just love that race card :-) We really shouldn't be talking about this here, but it is a good subject. Tim... On Mon, 2004-08-16 at 06:03, Edward Croft wrote: > On Sun, 2004-08-15 at 21:59, janne wrote: > > You do realize that this list is archived publicly and indexed by > > google, right? It would be absolutely trivial for your teacher to use > > google to find out that you are trying to have other people do your > > homework for you. > > > > Besides, the whole point of doing homework is learning from doing it - > > it is counterproductive for you to ask, and a waste of time for us to do > > your work. > > > Well, there are two schools of thought. A good sys admin will know where > to find the resources to find solutions. Given the complexities of > modern operating systems and computers there is just too much for any > one person to know it all. As I have taught a class in programming eons > ago, as an instructor, I would give him credit for seeking out this > group for solutions. Though if this information was contained within the > scope of the class, then he would get gigged for not knowing it. > And to Mr. Oberoi, that class I taught, I was a student in until the > instructor left. I was asked due to my high grades and abilities to > finish out teaching the class. I had one student who handed in work that > I tore up right in front of his eyes and gave him an "F". Why? Well it > seems that he was a picker. He went through the trash when others > weren't around and found their code. The reason he got caught? He copied > it verbatim, including my signature EMC2. He tried to turn my work into > me as his own. He went to the administration trying to claim racial > bias, but after I showed them the evidence he was let go. The moral, you > really need to do the work. Pay attention in class. Learn all you can. > But mostly, you need to do your own work. Taking someone else's work and > saying it is your own is known in the literary world as plagiarism. You > can only get away with that for so long before you are found out. Put in > the work. Learn. You will be the better for it. > > -- > Edward M. Croft > Sr. Systems Engineer > Open Ratings, Inc. > 200 West Street > Waltham, MA 02451-1121 >
