Ethics: Reading Past Student's Code from Github

[MediumDiploma]

Okay, the teacher's assistant said it's illegal to use past students' codes for homework when I asked him and could land me in academic dishonesty status. However, everyone does it. They read previous students' code from GitHub, and implemented their own solution by changing variable names, breaking down functions into smaller functions, using recursion instead of iterations, and changing and moving stuff around. Everyone in my university class does this. Should I break the rules, and become unethical like most other students, and patch-write code from previous students? My morality is holding me back. I'm pretty sure other students around me got better grades because of this. Should I do it? I find the assignments impossible to do without the resources of past student's Github code.

 

[LesscoBlob]

Do it. It's school. Everyone cheats.

 

[PLA1092]

If they're not getting caught, then you have 0 reason not to do it. It helps you understand the assignment content and actually complete the work, not "morally wrong" in any way at all; unless you think breaking a rule is inherently immoral because it's a rule. The only way to get by as a subhuman and legitimately grindmaxx + moneymaxx for copes is to disregard those morals and focus on yourself first either way; no one truly has your back and no one probably ever truly will.

 

[Tarquinius]

Not that great of a strategy if you want to actually learn the concepts.

 

[NormieHater]

fuck morality

don't get caught tho it's a big risk

 

[MediumDiploma]

Not that great of a strategy if you want to actually learn the concepts.

reverse engineering is good for learning concepts. how do you mean? Otherwise I'm stuck in a deadlock where I don't understand.

 

[Tarquinius]

reverse engineering is good for learning concepts. how do you mean?

To some extent, but it removes the challenge of actually applying the concepts effectively.

 

[NoLooksNoLife]

Okay, the teacher's assistant said it's illegal to use past students' codes for homework when I asked him and could land me in academic dishonesty status. However, everyone does it. They read previous students' code from GitHub, and implemented their own solution by changing variable names, breaking down functions into smaller functions, using recursion instead of iterations, and changing and moving stuff around. Everyone in my university class does this. Should I break the rules, and become unethical like most other students, and patch-write code from previous students? My morality is holding me back. I'm pretty sure other students around me got better grades because of this. Should I do it? I find the assignments impossible to do without the resources of past student's Github code.

Ok GrAYcel

 

[MediumDiploma]

Ok GrAYcel

okay, mang!

 

[NoLooksNoLife]

okay, mang!

Ok GrAYcel

 

[MediumDiploma]

sure pal, lowQualityPostMaxxer

 

[ElTruecel]

fuck morality

don't get caught tho it's a big risk

 

[Khanivore]

Everyone is going into Counter -Strike there days

 

[Khanivore]

To some extent, but it removes the challenge of actually applying the concepts effectively.

Orzmund mk2

 

[MediumDiploma]

Everyone is going into Counter -Strike there days

what?

 

[Tarquinius]

Orzmund mk2

what?

 

[Khanivore]

what?

STOOPID AMERIKANSKY PIDORAS

 

[decembrist_kirillov]

who cares taht shit