-=> Quoting Matt Smith to Rick Pedley <=-
RP> It would certainly depend on the teacher's attitude toward those
RP> assignments. If he let it be known he didn't really care how this
RP> work was done, that he didn't consider it very important work, just
RP> make sure it gets done so you get a mark for it, work in pairs if
RP> you like, I don't care, etc., then I can see how a lot of cheating
RP> might take place. But that's the teacher's fault.
MS> Which is all I was saying.
MS> I never said cheating was morally O.K., just that certain teaching
MS> practices invited it.
Except you issued a statement that says quite bluntly, "busywork"
teaches kids to cheat. There's too much black and white in your
arguments Matt. Reality turns out to be mostly gray.
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