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From: jss@ihu1e.UUCP (Smith)
Newsgroups: net.cse
Subject: Re: students editing output / and what happens to them
Message-ID: <536@ihu1e.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 17-Sep-85 21:05:26 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep 17 21:05:26 1985
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I worked with people teaching intro classes for the last 3 years.  (I was
the system mngr.)  The people teaching the classes would find people who
were obviously cheating (two different (wrong) programs turned in
with the same correct output, People answering Tuesday's exam questions on
the Wednesday's exam ...)  Their 'policy' was "Well, if we can arrange for
them to do poorly in the class we will."

The excuse for not failing/expelling the students was that it took too
much time to do the paper work.  The person would not be given credit for
the piece of work on which they had cheated.   Loosing 25 points out of 1k
is not much of a price to pay.

I was stunned when I was first found out about this.  I was wondering if
this occurred any place else?

-- 
J. S. Smith AT&T IW

	There are lots of opinions around this place, but these 
	are mine and no one else's (pitty the poor soul if they 
	do share mine.)

"One size fits all", "On a clear day you can see forever", "Every thing I
tell you is a lie!"


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