On Thursday, Apr 22, 2004, at 12:13 US/Pacific, Wouter van Ooijen wrote:

> Then and now I enjoy finding out whether a student understands the
> code (or more general: the work) he is showing me. I say to them that
> I don't care much whether they make their homework in groups or even
> copy   it, as long as they can convince me that they understand it.

ah hah!  Thank you.  I've been trying to resolve, in my mind, the
contradictions of "don't copy" in school vs "don't re-invent the wheel"
in industry, and your comment fits exactly.  And so simple, too!

BillW

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