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From: bzs@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Barry Shein)
Newsgroups: comp.edu
Subject: Re: Cheating (Is it clearly definable?)
Message-ID: <6826@bu-cs.BU.EDU>
Date: Tue, 21-Apr-87 20:15:35 EST
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Posted: Tue Apr 21 20:15:35 1987
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>In article <3910@utai.UUCP> gh@utai.UUCP (Graeme Hirst) writes:
>In article <6567@bu-cs.BU.EDU> bzs@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Barry Shein) writes:
>>Put it this way: If you didn't learn anything, but got the grade, you
>>probably cheated, yourself (hey, but thanks for the tuition money.)
>
>Nice, but too simple.  Every time one of these bozos goes out, proudly wearing
>their "approved" stamp from my university but screwing up their job because
>they aren't really qualified, the ones who suffer are my university's
>reputation and next year's graduates.  When I punish someone for cheating,
>the ones who benefit are all those who didn't cheat.

Ok, before my name is smeared all over this network...

Of course I agree that cheating does harm. If you read my whole note
you would see that this statement was simply addressed to the
conscience of those who have gotten away with cheating.

	-Barry Shein, Boston University