[NBLUG/talk] Homework questions

[Ian Sutherland]

Thanks to all of you for your feedback about homework.

Ian


At 09:00 PM 4/9/2004, you wrote:
>Most questions on this list are from folks having problems with their Linux
>systems at home or at work.....or from trying nw things in said Linux
>systems.....homework questions are specific to a graded learning
>environment. No one doubts your integrity. It's not about respect or
>compassion....it's about not doing your homework for you. When I took Linux
>Sys Admin and Shell Scripts I was soooo tempted to ask for help on this
>list....sometimes I had no clue where I was going to find an answer or a
>solution to whatever my homework was....but ultimately and sometimes with
>much grumbling I figured it out or figured out where I needed to go to find
>the resource, which is invaluable now.
>
>Just my two cents.
>
>kory
>
>On 4/9/04 6:59 PM, "Ian Sutherland" <iansuth at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> > I'm trying to learn Unix so I can use Linux. Everyone else in NBLUG is
> > trying to learn how to use Linux. You presume to know how I learn and
> > respond as if  I had no integrity. Where is respect and compassion in this
> > group?
> >
> > Thanks, Ian
> >
> >
> > At 06:28 PM 4/9/2004, you wrote:
> >> I agree...besides, I never asked for homework help from this list. :)
> >>
> >> kory
> >>
> >> On 4/9/04 3:38 PM, "Garland, David" <david.garland at medtronic.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Heh heh...
> >>>
> >>> I was wondering about that.  Ian's not the only one with that homework
> >>> assignment.  Thanks for answer, BTW.  I'll be sure and promptly forget
> >> it ;-)
> >>>
> >>> David
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: talk-bounces at nblug.org [mailto:talk-bounces at nblug.org]On Behalf Of
> >>> Eric Eisenhart
> >>> Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 3:07 PM
> >>> To: General NBLUG chatter about anything Linux, answers to
> >>> questions,etc.
> >>> Subject: Re: [NBLUG/talk] Homework questions
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Fri, Apr 09, 2004 at 12:01:34PM -0700, Ian Sutherland wrote:
> >>>> Can you help with the homework questions?
> >>>
> >>> In general, I'd suggest that homework questions is one of those few 
> things
> >>> we shouldn't help with...  Or maybe just nudge people in the right
> >>> direction, but definitely not actually do the homework for the
> >> questioner...
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Ian Sutherland
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