Re:Algorithms, by Jeff Erickson
by SilasX on Wednesday January 02, 2019 @06:24PM
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>I think you're running under the assumption that all students making the request are doing it for the right reasons.
No, that's what the "albeit selectively" clause was referring to.
>I could be wrong, but my intuition goes the other way and I'm assuming most students do it to get a better grade, not learn more.
As in my comment, it doesn't matter. Their job is to be an expert on this material. Failing to correctly label an answer is failing at their job. Punishing someone for pointing out a failure at your job is unprofessional.
No, that's what the "albeit selectively" clause was referring to.
>I could be wrong, but my intuition goes the other way and I'm assuming most students do it to get a better grade, not learn more.
As in my comment, it doesn't matter. Their job is to be an expert on this material. Failing to correctly label an answer is failing at their job. Punishing someone for pointing out a failure at your job is unprofessional.