I want to introduce calculus students to computer algebra systems (CAS) like Sage, Geogebra, and Wolfram Alpha in college Calculus 1 and 2. While I believe in the value of learning to do calculus by hand to a certain extent, I also don't want to pretend that we don't live in the 21st century. H...
academia.stackexchange.com/q/56618/1033 Is this question depicting a weird situation or are we all biased toward “well-behaved” universities in western/developed countries?
@gerrit: yes, we are. Bear in mind that here we are a very small representative of the universities around the world, and for the nature itself of this site, we are people who grew up receiving good examples and try to set good examples. But there are examples of really bad, and common, behaviours too out there (regardless of Eastern/Western/Northern/Southern), and I think we should not be too surprised (because of human nature, of course).
Sorry, guys. I don't believe any of this question. I am not exactly from West per se. I don't think I am that much biased. Too much stuff in this question that don't make sense, even in my Eastern mind.
Well, this question was/is one and has almost 5 k views and views beget votes. Also, the question is actually not that bad. You should not vote on the poster but the question after all.
@Mehdi That’s not the question according to my understand. The question is primarily one of ethics and punishability. Both of this is clearly on-topic and answerable.
so next time I use my lab's printer to print 1 or 2 pages of something for personal use and then feel guilty about it, I come to stackoverflow and ask a question instead of talking directly with the lab's responsible about the printer's usage policy?
I have the feeling that this website sometimes encourages people to not use their brain
Well, even if you use your brain, there are always things you may not have thought of. In particular for questions of general interest, there is nothing wrong with having a general repository of answers.
On the other hand, there are of course incredibly stupid questions from time to time, but this is not one (in my opinion). Also, if the only thing that we can answer to a question is “ask your supervisor/university/…“, we have a close reason for that.
If a job description on math jobs for a VAP or a postdoc, doesn't explicitly say anything along the lines of "complement existing strengths" or "state faculty you would be interested in working with", should I do it anyway?
If a job description on math jobs for a VAP or a postdoc, doesn't explicitly say anything along the lines of "complement existing strengths" or "state faculty you would be interested in working with", should I do it anyway?
The Ivory Tower
The Ivory Tower