On cheating
“If I wanted to learn how to play the guitar, or improve my golf swing, or write HTML, “cheating” would be the last thing that would ever occur to me. It would be utterly irrelevant to the situation.
On the other hand, if I wanted a certificate saying that I could pick a jib, play a round in under 80, or produce a slick Web page (and never expected actually to perform the activity in question), I might well consider cheating (and consider it primarily a moral problem).
This is the situation we’ve built for our students: a system in which the only incentive or motives anyone cares about are marks, credits and certificates.”
Gog and Magog
These guys are Lucy Maud Montgomery’s ceramic dogs, which are housed in the University of Guelph archives. The description on the box indicates that they were purchased in England in 1911 by LMM. Forever keeping a watchful eye on the archives.
In times of crisis, knowledge is our greatest defense.
While the media fall all over themselves to cover the swine flu spread, they in turn spread panic. By understanding the issue, you can diffuse the fear.
If you want to know more about the flu issue, without the inflammatory wording (see what I did there?), then check out these links:
- Effect Measure: A scientific look at public health matters
- Aetiology: Disease origins, etc. Currently following the flu.
- Slate’s Swine Flu article roundup
- Swine Flu on Health Map: follow possible infections by location (also check their twitter feed)
SEM of Bird Flu virus. Flickr: uafcde
XL1 MS A021 006
As a co-op student in the University of Guelph archives, I spent much of my time processing the Macklin L. Hancock collection. Feeling artistic, I made custom labels for the archival boxes.
