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dabinat • today at 12:38 AM • 1 reply • view on HN

The bigger issue here is that even if they don’t cheat and work hard to get all As, there may be no career for them at the end of it.


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beej71 • today at 1:34 AM

I use this in class. Basically if you turn in the complete work, your getting an A. But I make sure they know that there's an interviewer with slathering fangs waiting to make sure they have it down.

I'm not the students' competitor; the interviewer is. And the students not only have to impress the interviewer, but they have to impress them more than all their peers do!

The first place I taught gave no grades or unrequested feedback on anything. And no certificate. And those cohorts had the best placement rates. There was nothing in the school for the students to game, so they kept their eye on the real prize.