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I love that the only lens we can see this story through is to take sides with the students or the professor. I expect any professor to write his own tests (or h
by spinlock 16y ago
I love that the only lens we can see this story through is to take sides with the students or the professor. I expect any professor to write his own tests (or have his TA write them). I consider it cheating for a professor to contract out the work of writing a test.
If students knew that they were seeing the test early, then they cheated too.
I find it impossible to determine who has the high ground in this story because both the professor and the students are standing in the mud.
- flatline 16y agoHere's an analogy: if you visit a web page with a password field, and the password is embedded in a comment in the HTML markup, who is at fault for unauthorized people logging in? While it may be morally wrong (and illegal) to exploit the system, I have a pretty strong opinion on which party is more at fault. The students' punishment seems fitting, it's sad that there is no mention of disciplinary action against the prof who is crying foul for leaving his password barely hidden, so to speak.