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From: tjc@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Tim Chown)
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Subject: Re: Collaboration WAS: E-mail Privacy
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Date: 14 Jun 91 11:56:18 GMT
References: <50318@muvms3.bitnet> <3651@happym.WA.COM> <8114@ecs.soton.ac.uk> <1991Jun12.155230.17992@mp.cs.niu.edu> <1991Jun12.214805.13737@bellcore.bellcore.com>
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In <1991Jun12.214805.13737@bellcore.bellcore.com> jona@iscp.Bellcore.COM (Jon Alperin) writes:

>You know....

> When I was a student, I felt this exact same way. If in the business world we 
>are so often called upon to work in a group setting, and many large scale 
>computer applications require the interactions and teamwork of many people
>(which includes the liberal re-use of code written by others) what makes
>the eductaional system continually work at the opposite goals. Is the real goal
>of the educational system to prepare students for PhD's in research, or to
>prepare them with the skills necessary to life a comfortable life?

But a degree is awarded on the basis of *your* skills at design/coding
and on *your* ability to interact in a group project, not somebody else's!
A good CS degree has management/teamwork skills built in (ours does,
quick plug ;-), but should still demand individual performance.

Tim
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