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: 109fba,1042f393323e22da X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,1042f393323e22da X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,1042f393323e22da X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public From: ok@goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au (Richard A. O'Keefe) Subject: Re: Any research putting c above ada? Date: 1997/05/09 Message-ID: <5ku5tj$9d9$1@goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 240542514 References: <5ih6i9$oct$1@waldorf.csc.calpoly.edu> <5k60au$gig@bcrkh13.bnr.ca> <5k88f8$387@bcrkh13.bnr.ca> Organization: Comp Sci, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.ada NNTP-Posting-User: ok Date: 1997-05-09T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: eachus@spectre.mitre.org (Robert I. Eachus) writes: > But in reality it is the responsibility of the students to get the >knowledge that they need. I've just had a student in my office who was extremely annoyed. He had submitted his assignment electronically in two parts, and his second submission had caused his first to be deleted, hence his low mark. He was *outraged* at the suggestion that he ought to have read the on-line manual for the electronic submission program. I pointed out that he _ought_ to read the manuals for _all_ the programs he used, and he was vehemently opposed to that view. In his view, he was paying us money, and he shouldn't have to read _anything_ that wasn't in the printed handouts. It was a very upsetting meeting. Some students are rock solid *certain* that it *isn't* their responsiblity. -- Will maintain COBOL for money. Richard A. O'Keefe; http://www.cs.rmit.edu.au/%7Eok; RMIT Comp.Sci.