🚀 go-pugleaf

Paul Murray wrote:
> 
> "Daz3" <daz3@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:39669f55$0$11184$7f31c96c@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au...
> 
> Just don't ask people to do your homework for you. I hate that - it brings
> the whole profession down when people carry around fake degrees that they
> did not earn.
> 
> Some advice?
> 
> <ADVICE>
> Degrees are (almost) meaningless, because everyone knows that you can get
> one without much skill in your subject area. Being skilled at doing an
> academic course (getting assignments in on time, flatteringly regurgitating
> the lecturer's opinions), does not make a person a skilled programmer,
> engineer, artist, physician etc. The thing that matters most is experience.
> A qualification alone will only get you an entry-level position.
> 
> For this reason, paradoxically, the the only worthwhile thing you can get
> out of your course is an education. The paper is almost worthless, but the
> stuff you can learn if you really want to learn (and not just pass the
> course) can be priceless. I have always regretted not being able to finish
> my degree. I make my living programming, sure, but there are gaps in my
> knowlege. I have only picked up a) what I needed to know and b) what I found
> interesting.
> 
> So scaping by and getting "help" on your assignments (to the extent you
> don't understand the answers) is a waste of time.
> </ADVICE>
> 
> Most of the people who ask for exam answers have poor english - either asian
> or ignorant american, mainly. <Ducking & Running>



Ouch....especially the last two lines....very ouch...and a warm welcome
too...