Goal of Problem
Set #0: This assignment serves three
purposes:
- to introduce you to the EClass Homework
System.
- to make sure that you understand
and support the honor system as it applies to this course.
- to allow me to learn more about
you, your interests, and your expectations.
You must "sign"
the honor statement to remain enrolled in this course.
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The UVa honor system and its community
of trust form the basis for an elevated relationship between the students
and the broader University community. By promising not to lie, cheat,
or steal and to punish students who violate that promise, the students
contract with the faculty for a high level of respect and a wide range
of privileges. Among these are:
- the privilege of completing the most
educationally valuable assignments, even if those assignements are
vulnerable to cheating,
- the privilege of great liberty in how,
when, and where those assignments are completed,
- the privilege of being allowed to work
together on many assignments and thus to teach one another and learn
from that experience,
- the privilege of being taken at one's
word.
The broader University community does not
offer these privileges blindly or unconditionally, so that any breeches
of the community of trust inevitably weaken the elevated relationship
and may lead to the loss of some or all of these privileges. You might
take a moment to think about what University life would be like without
those privileges.
While society often encourages students
to focus on credentials rather than education, the reason for spending
time at the University is to learn something, not simply to get good
grades or obtain a degree. Any student who takes an unethical shortcut
to purchase a credential at the expense of integrity has
- cheapened that credential for everyone,
- damaged the community of trust and
its associated privileges,
- wasted everyone's time and energy,
including their own,
- and missed an irreplaceable opportunity
to learn.
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By typing your name in the box below, you are:
- agreeing to be bound by the Physics 105 course rules,
whether you have read them or not,
- agreeing to be bound by the UVa honor code as it
applies to this course,
- stating that you understanding that the exams and
term paper are pledged work under the honor code,
- and stating that you are present as this statement
is being signed.
It is an honor violation to sign anyone else's name
in this box.
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The following four questions are
optional, but answering them will help me get to know you and do a better
job of teaching this semester.
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1. What aspects of this course or
of physics and science are you most interested in?
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2. What do you hope to get out of
this course?
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3. What aspects of this course are
you most concerned or worried about?
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4. Any other comments?
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