Re: Attention Experienced Professionals
Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 05:34:09 GMT
Message-ID: <lR3ad.1237$z96.493_at_clgrps12>
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.