Wed, 22 Oct 2014, 02:36



Sorry I did not get back to you on this before now.  I said I would
discuss it with my TAs and figure out the best way to proceed with
respect to who you can talk to regarding getting lab 3 right, so
you can address lab 4.

I did discuss this with my TAs and decided that I do not want you talking
to anyone other than me and the TAs about lab 3.  I realize that it would
be easier to let you work together with other students on getting lab 3
correct, but it would open up pandora's box with respect to other things.
So, although it will mean more work for me and my TAs, I want you to only
talk to us.

Good luck fixing lab 3 if you have not done so already, and very importantly,
getting lab 4 done.

Yale Patt



> > A student writes:
> >
> > > Hello Dr. Patt,
> > >
> > > I am currently debugging my lab assignment 3 and I was wondering what
> > >your
> > > thoughts on talking about the lab with other students were. Since we have
> > > already submitted the lab and gotten graded, it seems like it would be
> > >fine
> > >to talk to other students about the implementation on lab 3. I could be
> > > incredibly wrong, of course. What are your thoughts on it? Is it an okay
> > > thing to do?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > 
> >  < < name withheld to protect the student who needs a correct lab3 to do
> > lab4 > >
> >
> > Thank you for asking.  It would seem to be okay.  However there are good
> > reasons why it is not ok.  I am working with my TAs to figure out what to
> > do,
> > since we do want you to have a debugged lab 3 to start with when you add
> > the
> > stuff needed to complete lab 4.
> >
> > Please do not talk to any other student about lab 3 until I get back to
> > you.
> > Of course you can still get help from my TAs or me.
> >
> > Thank you.
> > Yale Patt