Re: What's with the solution manuals?

Chris Heckman wrote:
" Did something happen, like a message in the newsgroup
alt.how.to.cheat.at.math, which said that you could ask for them?

--- Christopher Heckman
\ Student cheats who spend moore time trying to cheat than it would take to work the problems!

Well, so much for the proffessor's side. I don't
doubt what you described happens. Still, let me give
you a student's side.

I don't think the scenario described by the posters necessarily the case, tho it may
happen. There are also teachers who order these manuals,
in order to not have to come up with their own problems.
On top of that, I have taken classes in which the
proffessor follows the books to the letter, making it
pointless to take the class, and often, even in this
case, explanations are poor.

All of you who commented on this may be dedicated
teachers, but, believe me, the image of the dedicated
teacher , losing sleep over wether students learn is,
at least in my experience mostly a myth , even when I
acknowledge that the teachers is supposed to be a
facilitator , i.e, without my having the expectation
that just by sitting in class I will learn.
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