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>As long as it wasn't an actual violation of the law

But it is a violation of Academic Integrity, which is sort of a law you agreed to when signing up for a class. At least at my school it was like that.




He is saying that we should get rid of the law of Academic Integrity, and make classes more like the real world.

It is an interesting idea, the problem being that in the real world, while you can kinda look up the answer, it is rare to find someone who is doing the exact same thing as what you need to do, for thousands of lines of code.

Maybe college would better simulate the real world if you gave students personalized, large problems, that nobody has ever done before(instead of small, toy problems)?


I would have liked a coursework where we had to work on a module, document it, then swap it with another student to do the second half.


with my IR hat on In the real world "bringing the company into disrepute" is gross misconduct and normally an immediate firing offence.




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