Re: Making copies of files

[michael-franzese]

> Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2021 at 3:21 AM
> From: "Marco Ippolito" <maroloccio@gmail.com>
> To: help-bash@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: Making copies of files
>
> > There are two major reasons why we dislike answering homework questions:
> >
> > 1) The student is supposed to be doing this work on their own, so that
> >    they learn how to do it.
>
> Also it would unfairly disadvantage others in the course who work through the
> problem themselves struggling with diving their time tactically, potentially
> accepting sub-optimality in some assignments Vs others. A shortcut in one area
> allows time to be invested in better (competitive!) performance in other 
> areas.

In the real world, hardly anyone does things on their own.  Schools shouldn't
either.  In the real world, taking advantage of an opportunity is the secret
of business success.  Exactly the opposite of scholastic instruction.