🚀 go-pugleaf

On Fri, 2 May 2008 17:48:15 -0400, "Paul E. Schoen" <pstech@smart.net>
wrote:

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>In a class on Games and Artificial Intelligence, I worked hard on a 
>programming project and turned in a pretty good assignment, and I was 
>appalled when it was returned with a note saying that the professor had 
>learned that there was a lot of cheating going on, although he did not 
>specifically blame me. I'm sure things have deteriorated since then.

I finished school three years ago and yes I agree cheating is
ridiculous. What used to amaze me is that the cheaters would actually
believe they are geniuses because they got straight "A's". Some of
them would sit with there text books on there laps during a test. They
would also Copy assignments' from previous years etc. I could never
understand how the Prof couldn't notice. I did read a study done which
included your ivy league schools that concluded that greater then 80%
of students cheated regularly.  These people probably all work at
Wittig.

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>This attitude, poor character, and lack of responsibility also appears as 
>poor decision making in real life, as evidenced by many of those who are 
>now losing their homes in the sub-prime mortgage crisis. Many of these 
>people were duped into getting themselves into unrealistic situations 
>because they did not get a good education, which was freely offered to 
>them, and had the expectation that things would be just given to them 
>because they were somehow entitled to it. They kept their poor spending 
>habits and accumulated more debt, until their house of plastic cards fell 
>down on them. But now they expect the government to step in and save them 
>from their own irresponsibility.

Yes some people definitely need to learn financial restraint. I follow
these rules if I can't pay cash I can't afford it. With the exception
of big ticket items like vehicles 5 years max to pay it off or don't
buy the dam thing.

 I was curious as to how people who make about the same amount of
money as me can own all these things but I guess they don't own them
the bank does. I may not have too much but what I have I own.

If it was the Canadian goverment they would probably buy all the
houses.

>I was challenged on this when I brought it up and discussed it on 
>rec.pets.dogs.behavior, where most people thought I was being heartless and 
>uncaring about these poor people. I realize there are some cases where good 
>people had bad things happen to them through no fault of their own, and 
>they deserve some sympathy and assistance, but most probably were lazy 
>students with poor character.
>
>Paul 
>