Hi,
I feel I should introduce myself, Im Phil, The current Unix/Linux admin
for the Department of Computing at NTU. Generally looking after the Unix
based stuff, and developing student resources. I tend to get loads of
questions based on the courses due to the work that I do.
If a student has some problems based on some lab work that they are doing
at the time, then I help out, although if it seems to be more coursework
based, then I refer them to their lab supervisor, or their module leader.
A degree is meant to be only directed learning, and students are meant to
learn most things out of their own initiative.
My stance on this sort of thing is to point them towards their lecturer,
they should have been given plenty of directed reading, and suggested
books to help them through there problems, if they are still stuck on
something, there is always a lecturer willing to lend an ear if the
problem is serious.
Phil
---- This is my own personal view, not that of the university, or department, or any other member of staff there.On Thu, 4 Apr 2002, Paul Sladen wrote: > > I have somebody (he appears to be a CS student at NTU, and he keeps bugging > me about via the support account) about wanting to learn C++. So we > can spark a dicussion about the ethics of this and helping students pass > they're exams, and hopefully I might be able to get him out of my inbox > permanently. > > Sorry for the out-of-order post to list; and just want to know that I've > actually done something before I say NO! > > -Paul > >
-------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.3 : Thu 04 Apr 2002 - 23:08:08 BST