>> ... If it is necessary for you to resort to
>> technical means to try to enforce this, they'll
>> find a way around it, sooner or later.
> But both sides will learn quite a bit about
> computers and networking in the process, and that
> has to be a positive benefit, right?
I've learned the hard way that competing purely
technically with a high school student body is not a
good idea. There are hundreds of them and only one of
me, they've got much more free time than I have, and
they talk to each other a lot. So even though I could
completely crush any one of them tomorrow, over time
collectively they always win.
They build on previous knowledge, and they often do
things that "work" without much understanding. So
although some students might "learn something"
competing against me this year, next year I'd just
have the whole student body laughing at me.
I've learned to not challenge them. An aside webpage
that says something like "Blocked - Ha Ha" is a very
bad idea. Even saying "Blocked" isn't so good. Much of
what I do winds up just hanging for several tens of
seconds and giving them no message at all.
I've learned the worst thing to do is get into a
tit-for-tat arms race with students. If I always stay
just one jump ahead of them, they perceive it as a
continuing challenge to keep up with me and sometimes
pass me. So when I do occasionally resort to technical
means, I hit them with OVERWHELMING FORCE. I implement
several different prohibition methods all at once.
They can't tell when they've cracked one method
because another method steps in immediately so the end
result they see is still "doesn't work".
good luck!
-Chuck Kollars
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