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As a former TA when I was in undergrad, having an initial filter of “does this compile and produce output” probably regularly cut 25% of the submissions out. If
by mattnewton 8y ago
As a former TA when I was in undergrad, having an initial filter of “does this compile and produce output” probably regularly cut 25% of the submissions out. If that isn’t working, it wasn’t worth my time to grade. I think that’s a real world enough stance.
- userbinator 8y agoWith a similar experience as you, I agree. An absolute minimum bar is to have it compile, and tests will help in ascertaining correctness beyond that. Those which pass all tests only need a quick glance at the code to determine if it is reasonable.
- gowld 8y agoThat's an awful attitude for a teacher. Why are you even there if you only want to spend time on students who don't need your services?
- Retra 8y agoYou're reading that statement far too uncharitably. They said nothing at all about teaching, and only mentioned how students interact with one small system. Obviously that's not the whole job?
- icebraining 8y agoIn my uni, the test suite was public; you were supposed to run it and talk to the TA about the tests you can't pass before the deadline. If you didn't do that, and just submitted broken code, then you'd fail the test. Seems fair to me.
- dang 8y ago"Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- skrishnamurthi 8y agoWell, it depends on how the TA's job is defined. If it's to also help students, then code that doesn't pass is very much worth grading. Indeed, the failures may be useful in determining where the student needs help.