Bricklen wrote:
> Alan wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>
> What, are you starting a crusade?
I thought I started it. Hopefully others will join it as such. The
last thing our profession needs is more inept posers.
--
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
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Received on Sat Oct 09 2004 - 14:25:33 CDT
