Xref: utzoo comp.edu:1522 sci.math:5071 sci.physics:5108 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!mailrus!cornell!uw-beaver!microsoft!w-colinp From: w-colinp@microsoft.UUCP (Colin Plumb) Newsgroups: comp.edu,sci.math,sci.physics Subject: Re: Student and Course Integrity Message-ID: <42@microsoft.UUCP> Date: 9 Dec 88 18:27:56 GMT References: <1131@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu> <1887@sun.soe.clarkson.edu> Reply-To: w-colinp@microsoft.UUCP (Colin Plumb) Organization: Microsoft Corp., Redmond WA Lines: 21 Confusion: Microsoft Corp., Redmond WA In article johnm@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (John Murray) writes: >> From: gds@spam.istc.sri.com (Greg Skinner) >> Message-ID: <15338@joyce.istc.sri.com> >> I took a class called Social Psychology in my senior year. . . . >> . . . . at the first class meeting, the >> professor passed a sheet around that you could sign which would >> guarantee you an A if you did not attend any more classes. However, >> you forfeited your guaranteed A (you had to take the final and earn it >> instead) if you returned to class. > >Absolutly incredible!!! And some professors have the audacity to blame >the students for degeneration and loss of motivation! This sounds not like the prof saying "don't bother me", but rather like an ultimatum: you can learn something, or you can learn nothing. If you really want to learn nothing, just get the credit, I'll oblige you right now. Otherwise, I assume you want to learn something. How many people signed that list? I bet most felt pretty uncomfortable about it. (A psych professor should be good at that!) -- -Colin (uunet!microsof!w-colinp)