On Thu, Oct 09, 2003 at 11:46:15AM -0700, Bryan Murdock wrote: > FAT-12 file system...I don't know but the FAT lab took me a lot longer > to complete overall, so maybe not :)
Ahhhh... CS345. I took that class, for no credit, just to satisfy the
prerequisites for the CS Master's program at BYU, which I wound up
dropping out of anyway. Go figure. I had a lot of fun trying to
guess what the right wrong answers were on those tests. And then
there was the whole double points thing for the implementing an inode
filesystem. I was a glutten for pain, so I went ahead and did BOTH.
:-) Along with the ticket scheduler (Bryan had fun with that one
too). Not only did I grow more hair on my chest, but I also lost hair
out of my head!
Lots of students that semester decided that the inode lab would be
their saving grace. They totally blew off several labs, along with
the FAT lab, betting on a deathbed repentance of double points with
the inode lab. I recall overhearing students plead with the professor
for help and/or mercy the last week of class. I wonder how many of
them have retaken (or are retaking) CS345.
Lesson learned? Instead of extra credit, drop 1 or 2 of the lowest
scored labs/assignments/quizzes. If I were to ever find myself in a
position as a professor, I would not allow extra credit. Ever. Every
time I see it done, it always motivates the wrong type of behavior.
Whining for optional finals and more extra credit are the beginning of
it. In industry, there is no such thing as ``extra credit.'' Either
you meet the deadline or you don't. Letting college students make up
points does not help them prepare for the real world, and extra credit
is not fair to the students who strive to consistently excel in their
performance.
Of course, I'm not a student any more, and so I found all that very
easy to say. :-P
Someone should put a bug in the EE dept's ear to have the engineering
students implement FAT12 in VLSI! Now we're talkin'!!
Mike
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