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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm curious how they're even going to track this unless they just mean section attendance. Plenty of popular undergrad classes have lectures of 400+ students. Traditionally, there is no attendance taken. Attendance and participation is only tracked at sections (1-2x/week per class with a TA) and typically there are already steep penalties for absence and non-participation.[/quote]
There’s so many online systems they could take up. We haven’t needed a headcount for attendance in decades.[/quote]

Most online systems could be easily worked around. Also the systems aren't in use now.[/quote]
Just install things that need to scan your id. The classes are like 300 people max, it would take no time. I’m sure they have the same technology for dorms and the library.[/quote]

No point, friends would scan each other's IDs.[/quote]
I guess we should have no accountability systems since people naturally wish to cheat.[/quote]

People wouldn't think of it as cheating and with the repercussions being SO draconian... Also, you'd end up with tons of false negatives from IDs that didn't scan properly, etc, it would end up as a huge pain to enforce.[/quote]
“False negatives” no you wouldn’t. These are made up issues to drag our feet towards actual accountability. We’ve been using scanners for decades now for access to things. This system wouldn’t have to exist if Harvard students actually respected an education.

People don’t think things are cheating is an excuse for when they get caught. Sounding a lot like Claudine gay in these replies.[/quote]

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