Helping people. (Was: Example of get nVidia)

[Les Mikesell]

Ric Moore wrote:
>>>
>> So, what do you do when you have a student that will not read the 
>> book, will not do the homework assignments, and argues that he know 
>> better then the teacher? That when you try to correct his mistakes, 
>> he calls you names?
> 
> In a prison workshop class, you get sent back to your dorm until the
> next class starts in 3-4 months ...if you're lucky, plus swabbing
> toilets during that period at 40 cents a day. The other alternative is
> the "Hole". The "Hole" is usually air-conditioned and you get a measure
> of privacy, so the former is usually the rule. The major drawback to the
> "Hole" is the isolationism and being confined to a 6X8 box 23 hours a
> day. Attitudes do get checked though, you betcha.  
> 
> Either is not nice. It pays to pay attention and to try hard, in class.
> Or, don't go at all. Teaching prison classes is a breeze, when the
> student is properly "motivated", just as it is outside the razor wire.
> But, the teacher inside has a little more "clout". <eg> Ric

So what happens when the teacher really doesn't know any more than the 
student - or decides it is more fun to taunt than to teach?  I'd expect 
both cases to be pretty common.

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