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I would not call that overzealous? It's not couched in legal language / demands, it fully explains the rationale for the request. Intro CS students cheat all
by loeg 2y ago
I would not call that overzealous? It's not couched in legal language / demands, it fully explains the rationale for the request. Intro CS students cheat all the time, they're very lazy about it, having posted answers as top Google results facilitates that and increases TA burden. (Full disclosure, I was personally acquainted with Whitaker long ago. He was a TA for the intro classes. I think he just sincerely wanted to reduce cheating in the intro UW CS courses.)
- userbinator 2y agoIt's definitely an overreach, and reflects badly on him and his employer. If one of my open-source projects got hit with that sort of request, my response would be far less polite. (Full disclosure: I have taught CS courses before.)
- loeg 2y agoI guess I assumed it was actually written directly to a UW homework assignment, but looking at the repository, I don't actually see any reference to that. So you may be right.