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Oops. 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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I bet you heard this many a time at school;
"Griff, you should really be paying more attention instead of staring out the window all day!"
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Nope. They probably said it a lot, but I wasn't paying attention.
Except in RI. Didn't have a choice there...the RI Master would hurl his bible at you - not to hit, but to land on your desk from the other side of the room. Since this was one of the "family size" religion packs (about a foot and a half square and several inches thick) it arrived with a noise like the clap of doom. 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Me too - I used to keep an eye on both sites. Though I used to encourage them to seek help online too as I consider it an important skill. Depressingly not one student had the nouse to ask a question here or on SO AFAICT.
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Part of my first lesson was about resources. Where to go to get help. CP, SO, and other sites were on the slide.
But it's common sense that you cannot post an entire assignment into a QA forum.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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Pretty much ditto.
The really depressing thing was in two years only three students actually turned coursework in. I can actually reply to the OP's question because I've seen Western and non-western education in action.
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It's utterly depressing.
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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Richard MacCutchan wrote: lazy IT students
are the IT managers of tomorrow.
Along with Antimatter and Dark Matter they've discovered the existence of Doesn't Matter which appears to have no effect on the universe whatsoever!
Rich Tennant 5th Wave
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Now that really utterly depressing.
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And now you are stuck doing their homework again 
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I need Prozac and a Teddybear, in that order. 
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Just get an assistant instead
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That can do my homework. 
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What's really depressing are these are the ones that companies out source to.
Ah well, here today gone to Maui
Along with Antimatter and Dark Matter they've discovered the existence of Doesn't Matter which appears to have no effect on the universe whatsoever!
Rich Tennant 5th Wave
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Richard MacCutchan wrote: who told
Isn't that obvious? OG of course!
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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There appears to be a certain cultural element, a lot of the worst offenders have Indian names and I get the impression that the 'technology boom' over there has resulted in a lot of (probably online) qualifications that you can tick-box your way through, and a culture of 'however you get the qualification, it's fine'. Online course providers and access to computers are both on the increase so it's, unfortunately, not surprising that there's a growth in 'urgent plz do my homework' questions.
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I said more: "There's Richard there".
Veni, vidi, vici.
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Richard MacCutchan wrote: ... who told all these lazy IT students that they don't need to do any work
It's a logical reaction to their environment. And yes, it has a positive feedback.
So no need to be surprised there
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Screw 'em. Let them cheat, graduate, then bitch about how they can't even get a job with a degree.
I have no sympathy for those clowns.
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But they all still wind up with a "Master" degree ...
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Great shot today, hubble is really putting out some amazing photos.
Along with Antimatter and Dark Matter they've discovered the existence of Doesn't Matter which appears to have no effect on the universe whatsoever!
Rich Tennant 5th Wave
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Undoubtedly the location of the planet Remulak[^].
Software Zen: delete this;
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Finally, there is proof that the internet was invented by Al Gore.
If you monitor data packets on the internet at large for a few days, a pattern emerges.
And if you convert that pattern to percussion audio, you hear a beat that not only expresses a universal procedure to solve problems, it has a signature that in distinctly Gore's.
How can you tell? Easy - it's an Al Gore rhythm.
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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