Re: Ada student homework ?

[John Magness <jmagness@swbell.net>]

Or could it be that we now have a generation of students so accustomed to
using the web as a research tool that they have not learned the use of a
physical resource such as a book?
John

Marin David Condic wrote:

> This looked so ridiculously simple a task that I began to wonder if maybe
> someone out there isn't just jerking our collective chain. Some version of
> "Lets see if I can start the customary homework chastisement thread..."
>
> OTOH, here in Palm Beach County, we seem to have a large number of people
> who are TOO STUPID to figure out how to punch a ballot - or even ask for
> help. So maybe the same people take programming classes and are TOO STUPID
> to open the textbook which undoubtedly has at least one example of an "if"
> statement in it somewhere. I'll bet there is even an index entry in the
> back of the book that would take you right to the page. Maybe even a Table
> Of Contents entry. Maybe even an example of a "Swap" program? That *is* a
> rather popular example to put in textbooks, isn't it?
>
> Or have they dropped the requirement that you be able to read in order to
> get into college? It is rather "exclusive" and not very "diverse" to
> require literacy, isn't it?
>
> (Maybe I should attach a smiley here somewhere - but I'm not sure that I'm
> joking. :-)
>
> MDC
>
> Ted Dennison wrote:
>
> > I don't think so. If I can be brutally honest here, anyone who has that
> > much trouble figuring out how an "if" statement works will *never* be a
> > programmer, Ada or otherwise.
> >
>
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