This is one of the times of the year when we start getting a lot of
questions from students. There have been several of tehse lately. Sometimes
they state that they are students, and sometimes they try to disuise an
assignment as a business problem hoping that someone will give them the
answer. I encourage everyone to try to determine if a post is from a student
posing as a professional. They are usually easy to spot if you are inclined
to look for them. I don't want to go into detail as to what to look for, but
if you keep your eyes open, they can be spotted. Of course, the downside is
that we may "accuse" a legit poster of being a student trying to cheat, but
they usually understand and give more details about their problem, which is
a good thing anyway.
We should probably come up with some position on this, but generally,
students are encouraged to try to solve the problem on their own first, post
what they have, and then we will provide guidance, hints, and clues- but not
direct answers.
Received on Fri Oct 08 2004 - 14:37:15 CDT
