Can post a code but afraid of plagiarism

[Roy Smith]

In article <mailman.5735.1390198899.18130.python-list at python.org>,
 Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 4:21 PM, Dan Stromberg <drsalists at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I did a short time of teaching while I was in school.  If three
> > students all turned in the same assignment, they all got docked
> > significantly.  There was no "who copied off of whom?", it was
> > "someone shared when they shouldn't have."
> 
> What a wonderful way to promote an attitude of "my code is MY CODE and
> should never leave my sight". What a delightful way of thinking to
> unleash on the world.

That's a little harsh.  Working in groups, and sharing code, are 
important parts of how software gets developed today.  Those 
collaborative work habits should indeed be taught.  But, school is also 
about evaluation of progress.  At the end of the class, the teacher 
needs some objective way to figure out how much each student has learned 
and assign a grade.  It's hard to do that if people aren't handing in 
assignments done individually.