Student No Longer Faces Expulsion for "Facebook Study Group" »
Posted By TechnologyExpert 1 year, 3 months ago in Science & TechnologyYou may recall that Chris Avenir, a first-year chemical engineering student at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada, faced expulsion after it came to light that he had created a Facebook-based chemistry study group.
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quackpot1 year, 3 months ago
Helping students to help each other to learn should be a REWARDED activity not penalized. The remaining penalty should immediately be changed to a plus.
There are too many activities in which students fight against their fellow students in order to get a better grade. This activity of HELPING is the way to go.
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coreyspring1 year, 3 months ago
That he was considered for it in the first place is little short of insanity.
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brettodactyl1 year, 3 months ago
I believe the old saying goes "No good deed goes unpunished." Situations like this are a big reason people don't try to do more good deeds like this student seemed to be doing. Without having seen the Facebook site for myself, I can't say for sure that no cheating was going on, but it definitely sounds like the school misinterpreted things.
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