🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <1990Feb15.2...@world.std.com> b...@world.std.com (Barry Shein) writes:
>
> [two students handing in essentially the same program]
>
>I think they knew why. I told them the program was quite well done so
>gave them each 50%, unfortunately a failing grade.

I just give zeroes to all parties involved.  I find that usually one of the
parties has done most if not all of the work, and is usually smart enough to
be able to recover, grade-wise, from a single zero, and the relatively sharp
penalty will make that person think twice about letting an incompetent yo-yo
copy his work.  The incompetent yo-yo's involved are generally utter parasites,
to whom I wish to give no credit at all if I can help it.  Hence zeroes for all.

Think about it.  At the college level, is there ANY excuse at all for the sort
of pernicious nonsense that such copying represents?  I say kick 'em out of
the program.

yrs,

Malcolm "Burn 'em at the stake" Carlock
-- 

"Dad, what's that building?"
"That's an ancient Norman watchtower... where they would watch for Norman!
 They haven't spotted him yet..." -- actual conversation between my Dad & me