From: luser.droog@nospicedham.gmail.com   
      
   On Saturday, May 12, 2018 at 6:39:31 AM UTC-5, Terje Mathisen wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >   
      
   I stumbled upon a link to one of mine.   
   https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.lang.c/ddZNtUIf_40/BeM4a_IGq4IJ   
      
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