Still a student myself and even if you really want to become good at what you're doing, some days one just feels lazy and in the mood for copy/pasting to get the job done quickly xD I like the site, will check it out ;)
On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 6:34 PM, Joel Goldstick <joel.goldst...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > > On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 12:04 PM, Rik <rik.j.cr...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> The reason for disabling right-click has nothing to do with protecting >> content, and everything to do with stopping my students from taking the >> lazy way out. >> >> Given the chance, they'll copy/paste the code and download the designs >> and edit them slightly. They'd get through the tutorials in about 25 >> minutes and have learnt next to nothing. >> > > Ha Ha! that is hilarious. I haven't been a student for a while. I guess > I am naive to think that young people would be interested, and take > pleasure in becoming proficient rather than just a quick way to get a > better grade. > >> >> In talking to students about existing resources, they said that blindly >> copying code didn't really help them get a deep understanding of algorithms >> and how to apply them to other problems. >> >> In the password-protected solutions i will provide downloads to source >> code, etc, and any student smart enough to get around my protection >> probably understands python basics :) >> >> Thanks for the comments. >> -- >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list >> > > > > -- > Joel Goldstick > http://joelgoldstick.com > > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > > -- Ritchie Flick
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