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Re:Ask HN: What's the hardest problem you've ever solved? by 1000units on Sunday November 18, 2018 @03:35AM (#18479404)
It's already terrible enough the extent to which higher education has become an infantilizing scam in the US.

Failing to learn critical coursework should delay graduation, and cheating should result in expulsion. These are good things.

Re:Ask HN: What's the hardest problem you've ever solved? by effie on Sunday November 18, 2018 @05:49PM (#18482921)
In a perfect university teaching environment, yes. However, in real life sometimes cheating is necessary. Real university environments are flawed, rules and requirements often stacked against the student. They have to pay up, get a massive loan, endure narcis/dumb teachers and stupid administratory requirements, and educate themselves despite that environment. After a lot of invested time and money donated by state/parents, if faced with particularly nasty course exam they are unable to pass in a legal way, it would be crazy to fold and waste all that investment.