From: terje.mathisen@nospicedham.tmsw.no   
      
   luserdroog wrote:   
   > On Tuesday, March 2, 2010 at 5:17:19 PM UTC-6, Rod Pemberton wrote:   
   >> However, I still have strong desire to help struggling students.   
   >> Sometimes a little help from others is all they need for them to   
   >> figure things out on their own.  I found that out by helping a few   
   >> people who weren't the best of students.  When I post a solution, I   
   >> try give them something that is so far beyond what they are   
   >> actually capable of a that point in time, that 1) the teacher is   
   >> clearly suspicious, or 2) the teacher will be getting the same   
   >> solution from dozens of students for the next ten years... unless   
   >> the teacher adapts.  They can make things more difficult for others   
   >> to help, or they can warn students.  "We're aware of this solution   
   >> on the Internet. Don't turn that in to us.  If you do, it's an F-.   
   >> If you turn in a blank paper, D+."  Even the worst student will   
   >> take a D+ over an F-.   
   >>   
   >   
   > I think this is a good approach. I've done similar myself. In fact a   
   > few years ago there was an attempt on codegolf.SE to make a contest   
   > out of this sort of thing. They called it "Code Trolling". It's a   
   > brilliant name, but it didn't last long. The whole point was   
   > apparently lost on the wave of new participants who submitted   
   > answers. So they had to shut it down hard.   
      
   This is still the official situation on comp.arch:   
      
   Any obvious homework question will result in several of the regulars   
   competing in coming up with the most interesting (but totally bogus)   
   solution, or, in the case of some of the most knowledgable contributors,   
   an answer which is factually correct but so far above the level of the   
   question that it is effectively useless.   
      
   Terje   
      
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