From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,3e08c98d7ce85399 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Geoff Bull Subject: Re: Kindness Date: 1999/09/06 Message-ID: <37D279EA.E7679A70@acenet.com.au>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 521313422 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <37CC6844.AB898EEE@rational.com> <37CE93CD.799A225A@pwfl.com> <37CF0FE0.2B299477@acenet.com.au> <7qood6$h3f$1@nnrp1.deja.com> X-Accept-Language: en Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: abuse@telstra.net X-Trace: nsw.nnrp.telstra.net 936540612 203.35.118.1 (Mon, 06 Sep 1999 00:10:12 EST) Organization: Customer of Telstra Big Pond Direct MIME-Version: 1.0 NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 06 Sep 1999 00:10:12 EST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1999-09-06T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Robert Dewar wrote: > > In article <37CF0FE0.2B299477@acenet.com.au>, > Geoff Bull wrote: > > I think you're all being a bit precious. > > Getting some help via the net is just another part of > > the educational experience. > > Getting help is one thing, asking the net to do your homework > or copying your homework from the net is quite another Yes, I agree with this. And I'm quite removed from undergraduate situation, so I would really have no idea what goes on in universities these days. > > Anyone who thinks that concern over students cheating and not > doing the work they need to do learn is "precious" is missing > a pretty important point! > An important point for me is that rudeness is NEVER acceptable. (even though I can hand a good deal of it myself, inadvertantly and advertantly!) It is very easy not to answer a homework (or any other) question. Why do people feel the necessity to be rude? A rude response certainly diminishes my opinion of the sender, no matter what the question. Geoff