tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29536003.post2642615782645387818..comments2023-12-24T08:35:08.509-05:00Comments on Pissed Off: Handling A CheaterPissedoffteacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07924089808582137198noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29536003.post-4111269729881128092009-10-17T16:41:58.532-04:002009-10-17T16:41:58.532-04:00It's sad that your enlightened approach is not...It's sad that your enlightened approach is not more widely shared. Instead it seems that the trend is toward criminalizing more and more behaviors, so that no one even stops to ask <i>why</i> someone might be cheating.<br /><br />I think this is all very much part of a continuum that extends through notions of "intellectual property" that are threatening to make us prisoners of our own minds. Creative expression is strangled by draconian interpretations of copyright. People die of treatable diseases thanks to cold-blooded application of patent laws. Academics fear collaboration lest their ideas be "stolen", and educators turn into plagiarism police whose focus has shifted from the meanings and the thoughts behind words to the legalistic question of who "owns" the ideas.<br /><br />It's great that at least some people like yourself are still able to avoid this madness and simply help people, giving them the benefit of the doubt that they <i>want</i> to learn and grow, not "steal" and cheat.Noelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00644697278986958715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29536003.post-72046425811313933662009-10-17T10:52:59.421-04:002009-10-17T10:52:59.421-04:00See, and THIS is why you get those awesome emails!...See, and THIS is why you get those awesome emails!!!ChiTown Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09240876368610100419noreply@blogger.com