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I'm curious, is it the norm for people who do online courses or bootcamps to get help from their spouses? Is it not unfair for those students that are unpaired?
by arandr0x 8y ago
I'm curious, is it the norm for people who do online courses or bootcamps to get help from their spouses? Is it not unfair for those students that are unpaired? I was in university (and thus not really in the pairing off mindset) last time I seriously studied a brand new field but I never got a romantic partner or even a friend to help me directly with my assignments, it would have felt like cheating in a way... but since online courses are targeted to adults maybe it's expected and they see it less academically?
- Kaotique 8y agoAre academic students getting help from fellow students, a tutor, a teacher or their parents also cheaters? Do you consider tennis players with a coach also cheaters? The player still has to play the match by themselves. Are developers who ask for help from a colleague also cheaters in your eyes?
- arandr0x 8y agoNo, definitely not (at least on the latter two; my school did say take home assignments had to be done independently, if graded. People did get help on the ungraded assignments, though I didn't). I wondered if bootcamps/online were more like in the adult world (where it's basically always OK to get help) or like traditional degrees (where everything graded has to be done on your own unless a team project). You are saying it is more the former, I suppose. I just wanted to know if everyone did it. Like are most people in bootcamps friends or spouses or children of working programmers? or are there also people doing this "out of nowhere" like at community college?