On Sun, 2009-06-21 at 15:08 +0530, Shakthi Kannan wrote: > Hi, > > --- On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 2:46 PM, Rony<[email protected]> wrote: > | A student is supposed to follow a syllabus and give answers within its > | limits. > \-- > > That is where all students have failed, IMO. Bingo!
> Just passing an exam, and getting a degree does not make one an engineer. > Very true. And by the way I never said in my mail to change the course. I > had just recommended to start with a note saying "although hacking has been > given different meanings ..." and then do the *forced* criticism of such a > beautiful art. > A student is expected to learn more than what is prescribed in the > syllabus, to seek out for knowledge by reading, and practising > whatever he/she has learnt (if any). > Unless the sutdent wans to do mugging up and pass the exam. > The ability of ones' own to gain knowledge through self-study, and > solve problems by themselves is an art that is very rare to be seen > amongst students, and that is a very important skill expected of an > "engineer". > Provided we want to create good engineers who don't want to follow popular beliefs. > --- > | When we cannot make the college change its syllabus, why put > | pressure on the students to take risks in their exams. > \-- > > You don't have to change the syllabus to do self-study, learn and > deliver in F/OSS projects. > You don't take a risk by putting a starting note. I think now a days teachers tell students to learn and not mug up. By the way I am not baliming the student here, but trying to generalise the way to approach the problem in a proper way, instead of following what is popular. > --- > | Anyway it is a > | word with different points of view in different environments so lets not > | hang him for following his curriculum. > \-- > > Just because others' commit suicide, it doesn't mean we should too. > Yes, the media and few others have been misusing the term. > Exactly my Point. That's why I gave an example of a woman going sati after her husband's death. It was practiced very extensively and not following it was considered to be a sin as bad as hacking. But some people felt that it was wrong although practiced extensively. So it is the same case with hacking. It is considered to be a sin to be a hacker. But that's not true. Infact it was never considered to be a bad thing untill the big giants and their dear media made it appear to be a sinful thing. happy ahcking. Krishnakant. > There is only one definition. Hacking in the Free Software world has > been prevalent for decades. > > Hacker culture: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_(academia)#Definition > > How to become a hacker: > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html > > SK > > -- > Shakthi Kannan > http://www.shakthimaan.com -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
