Comments on: Facebook student Avenir won’t be expelled

By: Davin

Davin — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:33:57 +0000

Well congrats for not being expelled…

I understand the teacher didn’t want kids doing homework assignments together, but I still think that is wrong in itself. Isn’t the purpose of higher education to collaborate and learn? See what happens if you limit the interactivity of peers at a high-level research university…instantly it becomes not to research-oriented or as successful a place to learn as before.

Shouldn’t the teacher be reprimanded for hindering the ability of fertile and free-thinking academic minds to collaborate and learn and progress the ways in which they best see fit?

Tell the world what you think…you know where I stand.

http://www.ChrisDidntCheat.com

By: x

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 23:44:27 +0000

Too much pressure from the unstoppable internet? hypocrite SOBs.

By: Gareth Turnstyle

Gareth Turnstyle — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:12:30 +0000

I would give the guy top marks for his ingenuity in assisting fellow students to connect and share knowledge. I think in many exam papers there is very little leeway for variations in correct and expected answers. Especially in engineering, scientific and mathematics fields. Most answers would be the same with only slight wording and layout variations.

Maybe they DO want students to fail?

I’ve often wondered if it was even necessary to go to a (paid institution) university or college to sit exams. I reckon I could do rather well in a fraction of the allotted time if left to my own study with generic prospectus and the internet and access to a library. Minus the often idiotic and inane lecturers, beer, drugs, free downloads and prostitutes of course

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 03:22:40 +0000

“Deciding the site provided “the potential for large-scale cheating….

So does a xerox machine. What’s wrong these people? This guy’s freedom of speech was at stake, not to mention the negative attention and humiliation he was given, or the anxiety he suffered of potential expulsion. I seriously hope he appeals this case and, if he wins, sues them for wrongful admonishment, harassment, and misconduct on the part of the faculty.

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:49:20 +0000

“Make nerds the new rebels, and we will see some more teens going that way!”

That’s funny! And it just might work…. hahahaha

By: someone there

someone there — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:45:59 +0000

Would it be criminal too if they reunited in the physical world and exchanged answers for that homework?. I see no crime here, that same thing could have been done in a normal study group. Is making a study group illegal?. Well, maybe they should be, that would increase their appeal and get more people to study. Wait a moment, it´s great!. Make nerds the new rebels, and we will see some more teens going that way!. But, somehow, I doubt that is what they were thinking…