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What is the chance they are doing anything new in a 100 level CS course? Interesting, perhaps, but new? Couldn't one find answers to most of the problems in 4
by mileszs 17y ago
What is the chance they are doing anything new in a 100 level CS course? Interesting, perhaps, but new? Couldn't one find answers to most of the problems in 4+ languages with a single search? I understand the argument, to an extent, that the student is simply lowering the barrier to cheating, but isn't it he really just lowering it from just above the knee to just below the knee?
It was easy to cheat 8 years ago (from what I remember), it's surely easier to cheat now, and it's certainly not because this one kid stood up for something in which he believes.
- michael_dorfman 17y agoNo, he's lowering it from just above the knee to the ankle. One link to his site, and you'd have all the answers to all the homework questions for the whole semester, presumably ready to print and hand in.
- Jem 17y agoBut the professors aren't stupid (one would assume). They're going to know about this guy, remember his site, and very easily compare the work? (Edit: I don't have all the answers, or an opinion on this piece, just playing devil's advocate)
- michael_dorfman 17y agoYeah, but why make it harder for the prof? What's the upside to allowing students to publish the answers?
- DougBTX 17y agoTo encourage students to take pride in their work? Nowadays it is hardly any extra work for the prof either, any coursework of substance gets put through plagiarism detection anyway.
- ori_b 17y agoThis guy, yes. What if other people do the same without telling the profs? Although, honestly, people are going to hand down homework answers no matter what. Professors simply should assume that if the question isn't new, an answer has been made available to the students somewhere at some point.
- pmorici 17y agoAnyone who thinks that has never heard of MOSS, http://theory.stanford.edu/~aiken/moss/ http://theory.stanford.edu/~aiken/moss/ in order to fool it you would have to know the material well enough that you would be able to complete the assignment w/o cheating anyways.