Academic Honesty Overkill

[TNM93]

An instructor for a computer class I'm taking had every student in class sign one of those Academic Honesty forms that guarantees we won't cheat during the first week. Well, the other day in class she decided on giving us a cover sheet to fill out for each assignment promising that the work in the assignment is our own. WTF, we already signed one sheet saying we won't cheat, now we have to do it for every assignment? I don't know if this is a major problem in computer science but I've never seen such a rigorous anti-cheating policy.

 

[vshah]

get used to it... its like that at my school too

 

[Viperoni]

It was like that for two or three of my classes... meh.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Prepare to get shafted when, by some completely unfathomable coincidence, two of you decide (individually) to take the same approach to solving a problem.

- M4H

 

[JustAnAverageGuy]

:nod; @ M4H

 

[remagavon]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Prepare to get shafted when, by some completely unfathomable coincidence, two of you decide (individually) to take the same approach to solving a problem.

- M4H

I got a talking to from a Professor because of that (C++ class). Myself, along with another couple people, worked on a lab and talked about problems we were having and ways to solve them. We didn't cheat, copy code, etc.. but they were 'very similar'. Luckily the instructor believed me, and that was the end of it. I can see how an asshole professor might take it to the nth degree.

Cheating is for losers, though. I'm glad we have services like turnitin.com to prevent idiots from copy/pasting half of their work from the internet. 🙂

 

[Gooberlx2]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Prepare to get shafted when, by some completely unfathomable coincidence, two of you decide (individually) to take the same approach to solving a problem.

- M4H

Yeah, especially when there's one obviously easy and efficient way of doing something and everyone does.....some profs are understanding....some profs are stupid.

 

[mercanucaribe]

Why would they make you do that every time? If you'd cheat, you wouldn't give a damn about an agreement.