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Re:Short Studies On Excuses by vtail on Wednesday April 21, 2010 @10:33AM (#1282260)
Because grading a work by student you like gives you positive utility :).
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Re:Short Studies On Excuses by zck on Wednesday April 21, 2010 @10:50AM (#1282303)
Yes; generally, quality of work and how much a professor likes a student are positively correlated. So, if a professor likes grading good papers, ey will accept papers from late students ey likes.
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Re:Short Studies On Excuses by dfreidin on Wednesday April 21, 2010 @06:59PM (#1283455)
Excellent use of Spivak pronouns
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Re:Short Studies On Excuses by rauljara on Wednesday April 21, 2010 @10:49AM (#1282301)
You are probably also more inclined to believe excuses from people you like, which also plays a fairly sized role in the article.
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