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Re: Honesty (was Re: Mercator vs. Great Circle Charts)
From: Richard B. Emerson
Date: 2001 Aug 29, 7:10 AM
From: Richard B. Emerson
Date: 2001 Aug 29, 7:10 AM
I stand by my remarks. Had Ms. Seefer said "I'm taking this course, I need help with these questions" then I wouldn't be as bothered by the situation. Instead, she shows up out of nowhere, asks us to do her homework for her, and, when someone points out what she's doing, gives a poor excuse of "well, this isn't for credit so I was just being 'innovative'". That's bad enough; we've had people pull this trick before and the comments of other Nav-L readers have been less than charitable. The problem is that here we have an academic (and whether it's Diablo Valley College or Oxford, the minimum standard of scrupulous honesty still applies) who actually uses her position and degree to somehow attempt to mitigate the deceit. As I said to Ms. Seefer, it simply won't do. I've seen academic careers end for such "casual" dishonesty. And rightly so. If an instructor or professor is not honest in all dealings, there is no reason to trust anything taught and teaching, passing on knowledge, is the core of academia. If the teacher cannot be trusted, there is nothing of value left. Rick