> That was a bad thing, and like beating children or making them work in coal
> mines I am glad that it has died out. If it really has died out, that is.
Or like making the poor darlings <gasp> write legible proofs in math problems, right? Can't have that, especially when their teacher has no idea what that "proof" thing means...
And then they come to Math 101 and some poor sod has to grade their homework.
"But I wrote down the correct answer!!! How can you not give me the full marks?!?" Been there, done that...