Re: Weekly posting summary

whisky-dave wrote:
> "Troia" <troia.legata@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
> news:47f50f7d$0$17923$892e0abb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> If it's an on-line (electronic) version of a print publication, you can

>> provide more than a URL for reference;  you can provide the publication

>> information for the paper version.
> 
> But why should that be necessary ?.

Do you have any idea what the point of citing your sources is?  Do you 
really think that a simple URL will point to the same do***ent in 15 
years time as it does now?  If someone 15 years ago had only referenced 
a gopher site, what good would that be now?

> if yuor'e testing the studetns ability to understand you should expect
them 
> to
> explain their choices of material and not just rely on what others have 
> previously
> said about them.

You're not so much testing the students on anything as you are teaching 
them how to write academic papers.  Citing correctly is a major part of 
writing academic papers.

> With regard to the pink prison thing.
> Dag brought up the idea that hard labour could be the cause of the
reduced 
> reoffending.

Dag actually brought up the point that, without any tests or evidence to 
the contrary, that the idea cannot be dismissed out of hand simply 
because it doesn't fit your argument.  Notice the subtle but distinct 
difference?

Dag