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Post #21,544 by tjsinclair 12/14/01 5:45:48 PM Reply	I think she's her own worst enemy She seems very inflexible in her thinking. The ironic thing is, she's quite intelligent and if she had spent as much time working on the material as she did complaining about it, she could've breezed through the course. Tom Sinclair Speaker-to-Suits Getting an education was a bit like a communicable sexual disease. It made you unsuitable for a lot of jobs and then you had the urge to pass it on. -- (Terry Pratchett, Hogfather)
Post #21,551 by wharris2 12/14/01 6:52:22 PM Reply	Is it typical youth response? "That old fart can't possibly know what he's talking about, and he's sooooo unfair not to have noticed me having problems." "Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it." -- Donald Knuth
Post #21,582 by tjsinclair 12/15/01 9:03:52 AM Reply	Well... There's a certain amount of the would-be martyr in most people of that age (18-25 or thereabouts) but I've found it doesn't show up in the classroom that often. My personal philosophy (and one that's shared by the school, thank goodness) is one of 'tough love'. That is, I'll bend over backwards and do whatever I can to get a student through their class (and ulimately their program) if they show a willingness to make even a token effort. However, a student is ultimately responsible for their own education and therefore freedom to succeed also means freedom to fail. Fortunately most students I've met are concerned with doing well in class and for the classes I teach that means understanding the material and doing the work. In my classes, you get the grade you earned. Tom Sinclair Speaker-to-Suits

Giant Question: who is competent in IT ??? - (Ashton) - (38) - Dec. 11, 2001, 09:03:23 PM EST

Looks like I found me a new line of work. - (nking) - Dec. 11, 2001, 09:30:49 PM EST

We had that debate circa 1990 in Alaska - (boxley) - (2) - Dec. 11, 2001, 09:38:48 PM EST

NJ tried that with programmers, I think -NT - (tjsinclair) - Dec. 12, 2001, 12:13:27 AM EST

Too many political issues - (nking) - Dec. 12, 2001, 02:01:40 PM EST

*giggle* Nice connundrum! - (jb4) - Dec. 12, 2001, 02:19:30 PM EST

The answer is obvious . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (32) - Dec. 12, 2001, 04:02:02 PM EST

So I tell my students... - (tjsinclair) - (30) - Dec. 12, 2001, 04:25:53 PM EST

Re: So I tell my students... - (wharris2) - (29) - Dec. 13, 2001, 12:01:06 AM EST

Thanks! - (tjsinclair) - (28) - Dec. 13, 2001, 04:02:36 PM EST

Where to look things up - (wharris2) - (27) - Dec. 13, 2001, 10:36:06 PM EST

The three hardest things to teach - (tjsinclair) - (24) - Dec. 14, 2001, 01:20:29 AM EST

There's a fourth and a fifth. - (static) - (7) - Dec. 14, 2001, 01:31:44 AM EST

Good ones! -NT - (tjsinclair) - Dec. 14, 2001, 10:07:48 AM EST

Code modularity - (wharris2) - (2) - Dec. 14, 2001, 12:07:03 PM EST

Oh, aye. - (static) - (1) - Dec. 15, 2001, 01:14:54 AM EST

Oh sigh - (wharris2) - Dec. 15, 2001, 04:34:56 AM EST

Well, if you do "5" right, "4" isn't so much of an issue - (drewk) - (2) - Dec. 14, 2001, 01:09:08 PM EST

You mean it's less of an issue. - (static) - (1) - Dec. 15, 2001, 01:10:47 AM EST

How to make it even less of an issue. - (admin) - Dec. 15, 2001, 09:36:28 AM EST

that's pretty crappy - (SpiceWare) - (14) - Dec. 14, 2001, 10:47:11 AM EST

When you get stuck... - (kmself) - (10) - Dec. 14, 2001, 04:21:29 PM EST

I think she's her own worst enemy - (tjsinclair) - (2) - Dec. 14, 2001, 05:45:48 PM EST

Is it typical youth response? - (wharris2) - (1) - Dec. 14, 2001, 06:52:22 PM EST

Well... - (tjsinclair) - Dec. 15, 2001, 09:03:52 AM EST

Exactly. I only got to do this once... - (ben_tilly) - (6) - Dec. 15, 2001, 11:56:05 PM EST

::chuckle:: - (Ric Locke) - (5) - Dec. 16, 2001, 10:09:50 AM EST

Hmmm... - (tjsinclair) - (1) - Dec. 16, 2001, 10:26:44 AM EST

Watch it. That law isn't commutative :-) -NT - (Ric Locke) - Dec. 16, 2001, 10:36:13 AM EST

Not necessarily true. - (inthane-chan) - Dec. 17, 2001, 11:45:57 AM EST

Depends on the student - (drewk) - Dec. 17, 2001, 01:22:28 PM EST

That depends - (ben_tilly) - Dec. 17, 2001, 01:25:01 PM EST

Actually... - (tjsinclair) - (2) - Dec. 14, 2001, 05:42:17 PM EST

Bryce's sister? -NT - (jb4) - (1) - Dec. 17, 2001, 09:05:18 AM EST

Mmmmmmaybe... - (tjsinclair) - Dec. 17, 2001, 09:47:44 AM EST

Code Complete, Ch. 32 - (kmself) - Dec. 14, 2001, 04:25:16 PM EST

Re: Where to look things up - (lister) - (1) - Dec. 14, 2001, 11:50:04 AM EST

Same here - (SpiceWare) - Dec. 14, 2001, 02:41:32 PM EST

Re: The answer is obvious . . yes, it is. - (Ashton) - Dec. 13, 2001, 05:52:42 PM EST

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