<article>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#article09_06_01_0312200</id>
	<title>University Gives Away iPhones To Curb  Truancy</title>
	<author>timothy</author>
	<datestamp>1243873080000</datestamp>
	<htmltext><a href="http://theintersect.org/" rel="nofollow">Norsefire</a> writes <i>"A Japanese University is <a href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c\_id=5&amp;objectid=10575661">giving away iPhones to its students</a> to use the phones' GPS functionality to catch students who skip classes. The University claims students currently fake attendance by having other students answer for them during rollcall, they also said that while this can be abused by giving other students the phone, they are much less likely to do this due to the personal information, such as email, a phone generally contains."</i></htmltext>
<tokenext>Norsefire writes " A Japanese University is giving away iPhones to its students to use the phones ' GPS functionality to catch students who skip classes .
The University claims students currently fake attendance by having other students answer for them during rollcall , they also said that while this can be abused by giving other students the phone , they are much less likely to do this due to the personal information , such as email , a phone generally contains .
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<sentencetext>Norsefire writes "A Japanese University is giving away iPhones to its students to use the phones' GPS functionality to catch students who skip classes.
The University claims students currently fake attendance by having other students answer for them during rollcall, they also said that while this can be abused by giving other students the phone, they are much less likely to do this due to the personal information, such as email, a phone generally contains.
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</article>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_06_01_0312200.28167957</id>
	<title>My experience at my university</title>
	<author>DTemp</author>
	<datestamp>1243870680000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>If they dont want to show up to class, let them fail.  If they really want them to be there, have there be a short quiz at the beginning of class.  At any decent university, if you have someone else take a quiz for you, you'll be suspended or expelled.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>If they dont want to show up to class , let them fail .
If they really want them to be there , have there be a short quiz at the beginning of class .
At any decent university , if you have someone else take a quiz for you , you 'll be suspended or expelled .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>If they dont want to show up to class, let them fail.
If they really want them to be there, have there be a short quiz at the beginning of class.
At any decent university, if you have someone else take a quiz for you, you'll be suspended or expelled.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_06_01_0312200.28164299</id>
	<title>Re:There is always an easier solution...</title>
	<author>rolfwind</author>
	<datestamp>1243791660000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>3</modscore>
	<htmltext><blockquote><div><p>Okay. Umm.. Who the fuck cares if students show up to class or not. At university we are old enough to decide if class is a waste of time or not. I skipped tons of classes during my undergrad degree and this enabled me to actually assignments that I wouldn't have otherwise had time for.</p></div></blockquote><p>Japan isn't America.  Apparently they care.  Perhaps it's because universities have a limited number of spaces that they would prefer to give to successful students and truancy may correlate with success.  It's been my observation that students who are truant a lot, even if successful and breeze by the first round of classes, tend to crash and burn later on as when they don't change their habits.  Or it may be that some classes require a team effort and truant students disrupt that (but for whatever reason, the team is reluctant to report it.... or it counts against them anyway).</p><p>There could be a lot of reasons.  Your experience doesn't mean it takes into account everything.</p><p>Anyway, this sounds like a technical solution to a human problem that will ultimately fail to a determined truant.  Perhaps the teacher should enlist a trusted assistant and they work some system.  Perhaps they should give out one ticket to each student with serial number at the end of each class as they walk out the door that will enable them to sign in on the "was here last time" sheet the next class.  Then they just count tickets given out to signatures to ensure accuracy and that no one is cheating.  Or something like that.  Anyone without a ticket just signs a sheet indicating they were present that time but absent last time (and whatever preceding times).</p><p>If they want to get fancy technologically, I guess they could use several retina scanners (to avoid traffic jams, fingerprints scanners would be duped too easily these days) that allow you to sign in at the beginning and then out of each class at the end.</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>Okay .
Umm.. Who the fuck cares if students show up to class or not .
At university we are old enough to decide if class is a waste of time or not .
I skipped tons of classes during my undergrad degree and this enabled me to actually assignments that I would n't have otherwise had time for.Japan is n't America .
Apparently they care .
Perhaps it 's because universities have a limited number of spaces that they would prefer to give to successful students and truancy may correlate with success .
It 's been my observation that students who are truant a lot , even if successful and breeze by the first round of classes , tend to crash and burn later on as when they do n't change their habits .
Or it may be that some classes require a team effort and truant students disrupt that ( but for whatever reason , the team is reluctant to report it.... or it counts against them anyway ) .There could be a lot of reasons .
Your experience does n't mean it takes into account everything.Anyway , this sounds like a technical solution to a human problem that will ultimately fail to a determined truant .
Perhaps the teacher should enlist a trusted assistant and they work some system .
Perhaps they should give out one ticket to each student with serial number at the end of each class as they walk out the door that will enable them to sign in on the " was here last time " sheet the next class .
Then they just count tickets given out to signatures to ensure accuracy and that no one is cheating .
Or something like that .
Anyone without a ticket just signs a sheet indicating they were present that time but absent last time ( and whatever preceding times ) .If they want to get fancy technologically , I guess they could use several retina scanners ( to avoid traffic jams , fingerprints scanners would be duped too easily these days ) that allow you to sign in at the beginning and then out of each class at the end .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Okay.
Umm.. Who the fuck cares if students show up to class or not.
At university we are old enough to decide if class is a waste of time or not.
I skipped tons of classes during my undergrad degree and this enabled me to actually assignments that I wouldn't have otherwise had time for.Japan isn't America.
Apparently they care.
Perhaps it's because universities have a limited number of spaces that they would prefer to give to successful students and truancy may correlate with success.
It's been my observation that students who are truant a lot, even if successful and breeze by the first round of classes, tend to crash and burn later on as when they don't change their habits.
Or it may be that some classes require a team effort and truant students disrupt that (but for whatever reason, the team is reluctant to report it.... or it counts against them anyway).There could be a lot of reasons.
Your experience doesn't mean it takes into account everything.Anyway, this sounds like a technical solution to a human problem that will ultimately fail to a determined truant.
Perhaps the teacher should enlist a trusted assistant and they work some system.
Perhaps they should give out one ticket to each student with serial number at the end of each class as they walk out the door that will enable them to sign in on the "was here last time" sheet the next class.
Then they just count tickets given out to signatures to ensure accuracy and that no one is cheating.
Or something like that.
Anyone without a ticket just signs a sheet indicating they were present that time but absent last time (and whatever preceding times).If they want to get fancy technologically, I guess they could use several retina scanners (to avoid traffic jams, fingerprints scanners would be duped too easily these days) that allow you to sign in at the beginning and then out of each class at the end.
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	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_06_01_0312200.28164155</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_06_01_0312200.28164531</id>
	<title>You expect students to be organized?</title>
	<author>RealGrouchy</author>
	<datestamp>1243793940000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>3</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>And what if students forget their iPhone at home?</p><p>- RG&gt;</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>And what if students forget their iPhone at home ? - RG &gt;</tokentext>
<sentencetext>And what if students forget their iPhone at home?- RG&gt;</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_06_01_0312200.28166541</id>
	<title>is the University paying the forced data bill and</title>
	<author>Joe The Dragon</author>
	<datestamp>1243863600000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>is the University paying the forced data bill and voice bill?</p><p>if not then this is just more carp like over priced books that are forced on to people going to University.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>is the University paying the forced data bill and voice bill ? if not then this is just more carp like over priced books that are forced on to people going to University .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>is the University paying the forced data bill and voice bill?if not then this is just more carp like over priced books that are forced on to people going to University.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_06_01_0312200.28164715</id>
	<title>Truancy</title>
	<author>Dunbal</author>
	<datestamp>1243796100000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Wait, this is university and not preschool we are talking about?</p><p>Do they hand out stars for being the teacher's pet in Japanese universities?</p><p>If you don't go to class (presumably) as an adult in a university, it's your own damned business. And if you fail your exams, it's nobody's fault but your own. However I never expected that class attendance would be such an important factor so as to justify a heavy investment in labor and capital - do they not have better ways of screening who deserves to graduate and who doesn't in Japan?</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Wait , this is university and not preschool we are talking about ? Do they hand out stars for being the teacher 's pet in Japanese universities ? If you do n't go to class ( presumably ) as an adult in a university , it 's your own damned business .
And if you fail your exams , it 's nobody 's fault but your own .
However I never expected that class attendance would be such an important factor so as to justify a heavy investment in labor and capital - do they not have better ways of screening who deserves to graduate and who does n't in Japan ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Wait, this is university and not preschool we are talking about?Do they hand out stars for being the teacher's pet in Japanese universities?If you don't go to class (presumably) as an adult in a university, it's your own damned business.
And if you fail your exams, it's nobody's fault but your own.
However I never expected that class attendance would be such an important factor so as to justify a heavy investment in labor and capital - do they not have better ways of screening who deserves to graduate and who doesn't in Japan?</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_06_01_0312200.28169955</id>
	<title>Waste of Time</title>
	<author>photomonkey</author>
	<datestamp>1243879380000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>While I understand that attendance is compulsory at this particular university, the courses I took that required attendance here in the states were, with a few exceptions, generally a complete waste of time.</p><p>Funny that none of my major or minor courses required attendance (except for project presentation days; my project and other people's), and nearly all of my general education courses did.</p><p>And the gen-ed classes were definitely not college level courses.  They seemed designed only to help the DIV I athletes float a passing GPA and to keep students in school longer.  Most were taught exclusively from the texts (or a book the instructor wrote), and were often taught exclusively by GAs.</p><p>While I believe in educational access for everyone, we really need to stop lowering the bar educationally to make 4 year university available to everyone.</p><p>If these gen-ed courses were more interesting and challenging, I would have been much more willing (or at least compelled) to attend. Instead, I generally showed up on the first day along with all the Family Sciences majors and football players, and never returned until midterms and finals.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>While I understand that attendance is compulsory at this particular university , the courses I took that required attendance here in the states were , with a few exceptions , generally a complete waste of time.Funny that none of my major or minor courses required attendance ( except for project presentation days ; my project and other people 's ) , and nearly all of my general education courses did.And the gen-ed classes were definitely not college level courses .
They seemed designed only to help the DIV I athletes float a passing GPA and to keep students in school longer .
Most were taught exclusively from the texts ( or a book the instructor wrote ) , and were often taught exclusively by GAs.While I believe in educational access for everyone , we really need to stop lowering the bar educationally to make 4 year university available to everyone.If these gen-ed courses were more interesting and challenging , I would have been much more willing ( or at least compelled ) to attend .
Instead , I generally showed up on the first day along with all the Family Sciences majors and football players , and never returned until midterms and finals .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>While I understand that attendance is compulsory at this particular university, the courses I took that required attendance here in the states were, with a few exceptions, generally a complete waste of time.Funny that none of my major or minor courses required attendance (except for project presentation days; my project and other people's), and nearly all of my general education courses did.And the gen-ed classes were definitely not college level courses.
They seemed designed only to help the DIV I athletes float a passing GPA and to keep students in school longer.
Most were taught exclusively from the texts (or a book the instructor wrote), and were often taught exclusively by GAs.While I believe in educational access for everyone, we really need to stop lowering the bar educationally to make 4 year university available to everyone.If these gen-ed courses were more interesting and challenging, I would have been much more willing (or at least compelled) to attend.
Instead, I generally showed up on the first day along with all the Family Sciences majors and football players, and never returned until midterms and finals.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_06_01_0312200.28165535</id>
	<title>If you give me an iPhone...</title>
	<author>bolt\_the\_dhampir</author>
	<datestamp>1243852200000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>...I'll have two cellphones! What do I care if I temporarily have someone else hold on to the one you gave me? All my stuff is on the other phone, or on both!</htmltext>
<tokenext>...I 'll have two cellphones !
What do I care if I temporarily have someone else hold on to the one you gave me ?
All my stuff is on the other phone , or on both !</tokentext>
<sentencetext>...I'll have two cellphones!
What do I care if I temporarily have someone else hold on to the one you gave me?
All my stuff is on the other phone, or on both!</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_06_01_0312200.28164563</id>
	<title>How exactly are they supposed to check attendance?</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1243794360000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Prof: Dude, you weren't at my class!<br>Student: Yes I was.<br>Prof: No, your iPhone wasn't registered here!<br>Student: Oh yea<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.. I left it hat home<br>(or: Oh yea<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.. the battery died)<br>(or: Oh yea<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.. my mom needed a phone so I gave her mine)<br>(or: Oh yea<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.. my girlfriend wanted to take a look at it)<br>Prof: Uhm<nobr> <wbr></nobr>... ok.<br>Student: gg no re</p><p>The only way this could achieve anything is if they made iPhones mandatory in class. Which would be insane.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Prof : Dude , you were n't at my class ! Student : Yes I was.Prof : No , your iPhone was n't registered here ! Student : Oh yea .. I left it hat home ( or : Oh yea .. the battery died ) ( or : Oh yea .. my mom needed a phone so I gave her mine ) ( or : Oh yea .. my girlfriend wanted to take a look at it ) Prof : Uhm ... ok.Student : gg no reThe only way this could achieve anything is if they made iPhones mandatory in class .
Which would be insane .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Prof: Dude, you weren't at my class!Student: Yes I was.Prof: No, your iPhone wasn't registered here!Student: Oh yea .. I left it hat home(or: Oh yea .. the battery died)(or: Oh yea .. my mom needed a phone so I gave her mine)(or: Oh yea .. my girlfriend wanted to take a look at it)Prof: Uhm ... ok.Student: gg no reThe only way this could achieve anything is if they made iPhones mandatory in class.
Which would be insane.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_06_01_0312200.28164517</id>
	<title>There's an app for that</title>
	<author>gollito</author>
	<datestamp>1243793760000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Funny</modclass>
	<modscore>4</modscore>
	<htmltext>Need to have your phone send faulty GPS coordinates so people monitoring your location think you are in class?

There's an app for that.</htmltext>
<tokenext>Need to have your phone send faulty GPS coordinates so people monitoring your location think you are in class ?
There 's an app for that .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Need to have your phone send faulty GPS coordinates so people monitoring your location think you are in class?
There's an app for that.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_06_01_0312200.28168761</id>
	<title>fake attendance</title>
	<author>joeasian</author>
	<datestamp>1243874220000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>'students currently fake attendance by having other students answer for them during rollcall'<nobr> <wbr></nobr>...this is easily done because we Asians all look alike.</htmltext>
<tokenext>'students currently fake attendance by having other students answer for them during rollcall ' ...this is easily done because we Asians all look alike .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>'students currently fake attendance by having other students answer for them during rollcall' ...this is easily done because we Asians all look alike.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_06_01_0312200.28165641</id>
	<title>Re:(Mostly) Americans misunderstanding Japanese.</title>
	<author>clem</author>
	<datestamp>1243853340000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p>Maybe that's why so many (higher tier) jobs are leaving America.</p></div><p>Well, maybe.  But who wants to work at the company where a monster goes from cubicle to cubicle, scaring the employees into working overtime?</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>Maybe that 's why so many ( higher tier ) jobs are leaving America.Well , maybe .
But who wants to work at the company where a monster goes from cubicle to cubicle , scaring the employees into working overtime ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Maybe that's why so many (higher tier) jobs are leaving America.Well, maybe.
But who wants to work at the company where a monster goes from cubicle to cubicle, scaring the employees into working overtime?
	</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_06_01_0312200.28164491</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_06_01_0312200.28168565</id>
	<title>um</title>
	<author>Jenos</author>
	<datestamp>1243873320000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext>someone should warn them that iPhones don't have gps, only location detection based on cell signals which can be turned off.</htmltext>
<tokenext>someone should warn them that iPhones do n't have gps , only location detection based on cell signals which can be turned off .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>someone should warn them that iPhones don't have gps, only location detection based on cell signals which can be turned off.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_06_01_0312200.28165299</id>
	<title>Re:Why am I seeing an ad for scientology ?</title>
	<author>timothy</author>
	<datestamp>1243848420000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>If you see if again, I'd enjoy seeing a screenshot!<nobr> <wbr></nobr>:)</p><p>That would be fun to print and frame.</p><p>timothy</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>If you see if again , I 'd enjoy seeing a screenshot !
: ) That would be fun to print and frame.timothy</tokentext>
<sentencetext>If you see if again, I'd enjoy seeing a screenshot!
:)That would be fun to print and frame.timothy</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_06_01_0312200.28164397</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_06_01_0312200.28164155</id>
	<title>There is always an easier solution...</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1243790400000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>5</modscore>
	<htmltext>Okay. Umm.. Who the fuck cares if students show up to class or not. At university we are old enough to decide if class is a waste of time or not. I skipped tons of classes during my undergrad degree and this enabled me to actually assignments that I wouldn't have otherwise had time for.</htmltext>
<tokenext>Okay .
Umm.. Who the fuck cares if students show up to class or not .
At university we are old enough to decide if class is a waste of time or not .
I skipped tons of classes during my undergrad degree and this enabled me to actually assignments that I would n't have otherwise had time for .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Okay.
Umm.. Who the fuck cares if students show up to class or not.
At university we are old enough to decide if class is a waste of time or not.
I skipped tons of classes during my undergrad degree and this enabled me to actually assignments that I wouldn't have otherwise had time for.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_06_01_0312200.28167565</id>
	<title>iPhone was already free in Japan</title>
	<author>amoeba1911</author>
	<datestamp>1243869120000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>The iPhone is already free in Japan and nobody wants it:<br>
<a href="http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/02/26/iphone-not-selling-well-in-japan-now-available-for-free/" title="crunchgear.com">http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/02/26/iphone-not-selling-well-in-japan-now-available-for-free/</a> [crunchgear.com]</htmltext>
<tokenext>The iPhone is already free in Japan and nobody wants it : http : //www.crunchgear.com/2009/02/26/iphone-not-selling-well-in-japan-now-available-for-free/ [ crunchgear.com ]</tokentext>
<sentencetext>The iPhone is already free in Japan and nobody wants it:
http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/02/26/iphone-not-selling-well-in-japan-now-available-for-free/ [crunchgear.com]</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_06_01_0312200.28167369</id>
	<title>I think there's more to this than the summary says</title>
	<author>nanoflower</author>
	<datestamp>1243868160000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>Reading through the article I suspect there's more to this than the summary says. It's a particular school at the University that is involved with how computers affect society. They are also using the Ipod for much of the communication between the students and the professors.

So the professors have a sure way of communicating with the students, and the students have a sure way to reply back to the professors. Also there's a built in way to see how having such a device affects their lives (which is part of what they study.) Finally the article also points out that they are hoping this will lead to the students developing more apps for the Iphone which might be useful for the University as well as good practice for the students. So it appears the attendance taking application is a small part of how they intend to use the Iphones.</htmltext>
<tokenext>Reading through the article I suspect there 's more to this than the summary says .
It 's a particular school at the University that is involved with how computers affect society .
They are also using the Ipod for much of the communication between the students and the professors .
So the professors have a sure way of communicating with the students , and the students have a sure way to reply back to the professors .
Also there 's a built in way to see how having such a device affects their lives ( which is part of what they study .
) Finally the article also points out that they are hoping this will lead to the students developing more apps for the Iphone which might be useful for the University as well as good practice for the students .
So it appears the attendance taking application is a small part of how they intend to use the Iphones .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Reading through the article I suspect there's more to this than the summary says.
It's a particular school at the University that is involved with how computers affect society.
They are also using the Ipod for much of the communication between the students and the professors.
So the professors have a sure way of communicating with the students, and the students have a sure way to reply back to the professors.
Also there's a built in way to see how having such a device affects their lives (which is part of what they study.
) Finally the article also points out that they are hoping this will lead to the students developing more apps for the Iphone which might be useful for the University as well as good practice for the students.
So it appears the attendance taking application is a small part of how they intend to use the Iphones.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_06_01_0312200.28165835</id>
	<title>This article can't be real</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1243856520000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>This article is bullshit.  Japanese kids don't care about the iphone, there are way cooler devices available to them.  Besides, spoiling kids with tech gadgets will make them learn that everything is handed to them in life.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>This article is bullshit .
Japanese kids do n't care about the iphone , there are way cooler devices available to them .
Besides , spoiling kids with tech gadgets will make them learn that everything is handed to them in life .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>This article is bullshit.
Japanese kids don't care about the iphone, there are way cooler devices available to them.
Besides, spoiling kids with tech gadgets will make them learn that everything is handed to them in life.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_06_01_0312200.28164793</id>
	<title>Here's an idea</title>
	<author>WeirdingWay</author>
	<datestamp>1243797120000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext>Don't have classes with 100+ students so the professor actually recognizes your face and you can't get away with someone else doing it for you. Huge lecture halls make for a horrible learning experience anyway.</htmltext>
<tokenext>Do n't have classes with 100 + students so the professor actually recognizes your face and you ca n't get away with someone else doing it for you .
Huge lecture halls make for a horrible learning experience anyway .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Don't have classes with 100+ students so the professor actually recognizes your face and you can't get away with someone else doing it for you.
Huge lecture halls make for a horrible learning experience anyway.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_06_01_0312200.28164963</id>
	<title>Re:There is always an easier solution...</title>
	<author>maglor\_83</author>
	<datestamp>1243799580000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>They record attendance even though it isn't mandatory? Sure, you get a nice graph at the end, but how much time have you wasted?</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>They record attendance even though it is n't mandatory ?
Sure , you get a nice graph at the end , but how much time have you wasted ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>They record attendance even though it isn't mandatory?
Sure, you get a nice graph at the end, but how much time have you wasted?</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_06_01_0312200.28164331</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_06_01_0312200.28164331</id>
	<title>Re:There is always an easier solution...</title>
	<author>QuantumG</author>
	<datestamp>1243791960000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>That reminds me of a lecturer I had who did his own TAing.  He was like "you are not required to attend this class.. you are not required to attend the tutorial sessions.. however, here is a graph of the students who passed last semester and their recorded attendance.  As you can see, those who didn't attend consistently did worse than those who did.. if you want to pass this course, will attend both the lectures and the tutorial sessions."  Guess what we were studying.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>That reminds me of a lecturer I had who did his own TAing .
He was like " you are not required to attend this class.. you are not required to attend the tutorial sessions.. however , here is a graph of the students who passed last semester and their recorded attendance .
As you can see , those who did n't attend consistently did worse than those who did.. if you want to pass this course , will attend both the lectures and the tutorial sessions .
" Guess what we were studying .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>That reminds me of a lecturer I had who did his own TAing.
He was like "you are not required to attend this class.. you are not required to attend the tutorial sessions.. however, here is a graph of the students who passed last semester and their recorded attendance.
As you can see, those who didn't attend consistently did worse than those who did.. if you want to pass this course, will attend both the lectures and the tutorial sessions.
"  Guess what we were studying.</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_06_01_0312200.28164155</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_06_01_0312200.28165507</id>
	<title>Destined for Failure</title>
	<author>Not\_A\_Jew</author>
	<datestamp>1243851840000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext>There's just no way the average teenager could not find a means of disabling the GPS feature, or befriending a nerd capable of accomplishing the same.<br>Still, nice work if you can get it.<br>Not a Jew</htmltext>
<tokenext>There 's just no way the average teenager could not find a means of disabling the GPS feature , or befriending a nerd capable of accomplishing the same.Still , nice work if you can get it.Not a Jew</tokentext>
<sentencetext>There's just no way the average teenager could not find a means of disabling the GPS feature, or befriending a nerd capable of accomplishing the same.Still, nice work if you can get it.Not a Jew</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_06_01_0312200.28164397</id>
	<title>Why am I seeing an ad for scientology ?</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1243792500000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Dear slashdot, why am I seeing an advertisement for scientology on the slashdot front page ?</p><p>Yes, I could become a subscriber.<br>Yes, I could use ABP</p><p>Why scientology ?</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Dear slashdot , why am I seeing an advertisement for scientology on the slashdot front page ? Yes , I could become a subscriber.Yes , I could use ABPWhy scientology ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Dear slashdot, why am I seeing an advertisement for scientology on the slashdot front page ?Yes, I could become a subscriber.Yes, I could use ABPWhy scientology ?</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_06_01_0312200.28164779</id>
	<title>But how?</title>
	<author>Meneth</author>
	<datestamp>1243796940000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>How do they do it? As far as I know, not even the iPhone will tell just anyone where it is.

</p><p>Custom firmware with GPS reporting? A custom app for signing in to a lecture?

</p><p>Maybe they have an agreement with the telco for CellID information for all those phones, so they can track them to within a square kilometer at least.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>How do they do it ?
As far as I know , not even the iPhone will tell just anyone where it is .
Custom firmware with GPS reporting ?
A custom app for signing in to a lecture ?
Maybe they have an agreement with the telco for CellID information for all those phones , so they can track them to within a square kilometer at least .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>How do they do it?
As far as I know, not even the iPhone will tell just anyone where it is.
Custom firmware with GPS reporting?
A custom app for signing in to a lecture?
Maybe they have an agreement with the telco for CellID information for all those phones, so they can track them to within a square kilometer at least.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_06_01_0312200.28164827</id>
	<title>Personal info such as location</title>
	<author>RJFerret</author>
	<datestamp>1243797540000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p>...due to the personal information, such as email</p></div><p>...due to the personal information, such as <b>location</b></p><p>(fixed that...)</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>...due to the personal information , such as email...due to the personal information , such as location ( fixed that... )</tokentext>
<sentencetext>...due to the personal information, such as email...due to the personal information, such as location(fixed that...)
	</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_06_01_0312200.28165131</id>
	<title>Do it the easier way</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1243888920000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>...and assign everyone a fixed seat in the lecture room, then take a photo at the start of each class.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>...and assign everyone a fixed seat in the lecture room , then take a photo at the start of each class .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>...and assign everyone a fixed seat in the lecture room, then take a photo at the start of each class.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_06_01_0312200.28164377</id>
	<title>WTF?</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1243792320000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Seriously, what?!  I don't have an iPhone but are you telling me you can't password protect your private data?  Ridiculous..  At high school level I could see the need, but at a university where the students are paying to be there?</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Seriously , what ? !
I do n't have an iPhone but are you telling me you ca n't password protect your private data ?
Ridiculous.. At high school level I could see the need , but at a university where the students are paying to be there ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Seriously, what?!
I don't have an iPhone but are you telling me you can't password protect your private data?
Ridiculous..  At high school level I could see the need, but at a university where the students are paying to be there?</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_06_01_0312200.28164317</id>
	<title>I think this problem was solved years ago...</title>
	<author>Terranex</author>
	<datestamp>1243791840000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext>... When people started taking exams.

If someone can pass an exam coupled with any assignments they would have been given as part of a module, then I would deem them qualified. Attendance is no measure of academic ability.</htmltext>
<tokenext>... When people started taking exams .
If someone can pass an exam coupled with any assignments they would have been given as part of a module , then I would deem them qualified .
Attendance is no measure of academic ability .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>... When people started taking exams.
If someone can pass an exam coupled with any assignments they would have been given as part of a module, then I would deem them qualified.
Attendance is no measure of academic ability.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_06_01_0312200.28165031</id>
	<title>Re:(Mostly) Americans misunderstanding Japanese.</title>
	<author>Gibbs-Duhem</author>
	<datestamp>1243886760000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I don't see how this follows. The jobs aren't moving to Japan, they're moving to India, Mexico, and China. Not to mention that the logical leap from a "difference in attitudes toward attendance" to it being a cause for why jobs are leaving America is about as large and random as it gets. Wild guess is that the reason just might have to do with drastically different wages... and if you can propose a mechanism how better attendance in school leads to lower wages, I'll be very impressed.</p><p>Note: I'm an American, and I skipped classes from time to time. For what it's worth, in a number of classes I did *worse* in classes where I attended recitations (quantum mechanics in particular) because they just gave out all the answers to the homework and I had no reason to actually try to learn anything. Sure, I did better on the homework, but what's the point in getting an "A" if you don't remember a thing four years later?</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I do n't see how this follows .
The jobs are n't moving to Japan , they 're moving to India , Mexico , and China .
Not to mention that the logical leap from a " difference in attitudes toward attendance " to it being a cause for why jobs are leaving America is about as large and random as it gets .
Wild guess is that the reason just might have to do with drastically different wages... and if you can propose a mechanism how better attendance in school leads to lower wages , I 'll be very impressed.Note : I 'm an American , and I skipped classes from time to time .
For what it 's worth , in a number of classes I did * worse * in classes where I attended recitations ( quantum mechanics in particular ) because they just gave out all the answers to the homework and I had no reason to actually try to learn anything .
Sure , I did better on the homework , but what 's the point in getting an " A " if you do n't remember a thing four years later ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I don't see how this follows.
The jobs aren't moving to Japan, they're moving to India, Mexico, and China.
Not to mention that the logical leap from a "difference in attitudes toward attendance" to it being a cause for why jobs are leaving America is about as large and random as it gets.
Wild guess is that the reason just might have to do with drastically different wages... and if you can propose a mechanism how better attendance in school leads to lower wages, I'll be very impressed.Note: I'm an American, and I skipped classes from time to time.
For what it's worth, in a number of classes I did *worse* in classes where I attended recitations (quantum mechanics in particular) because they just gave out all the answers to the homework and I had no reason to actually try to learn anything.
Sure, I did better on the homework, but what's the point in getting an "A" if you don't remember a thing four years later?</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_06_01_0312200.28164491</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_06_01_0312200.28166691</id>
	<title>That'll teach them!</title>
	<author>dskoll</author>
	<datestamp>1243864620000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>Terrific way to educate students.  Bribe them to show up to class.</htmltext>
<tokenext>Terrific way to educate students .
Bribe them to show up to class .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Terrific way to educate students.
Bribe them to show up to class.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_06_01_0312200.28164705</id>
	<title>why not felica?</title>
	<author>Koutarou</author>
	<datestamp>1243795980000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>The iphone's GPS is pretty inaccurate in my experience.  If they wanted to keep it keitai-based they could just have felica readers at the doors and swipe them as you go in, since other than the iphone its basically been impossible to get a phone without felica for a few years now.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>The iphone 's GPS is pretty inaccurate in my experience .
If they wanted to keep it keitai-based they could just have felica readers at the doors and swipe them as you go in , since other than the iphone its basically been impossible to get a phone without felica for a few years now .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>The iphone's GPS is pretty inaccurate in my experience.
If they wanted to keep it keitai-based they could just have felica readers at the doors and swipe them as you go in, since other than the iphone its basically been impossible to get a phone without felica for a few years now.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_06_01_0312200.28164741</id>
	<title>Re:(Mostly) Americans misunderstanding Japanese.</title>
	<author>socsoc</author>
	<datestamp>1243796580000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I had some cunt professors that required attendance.  One even told the class that they had all been marked absent for the first 2 months because we sat one seat to the right of her damned seating chart.

</p><p>Felt like elementary school, not higher education.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I had some cunt professors that required attendance .
One even told the class that they had all been marked absent for the first 2 months because we sat one seat to the right of her damned seating chart .
Felt like elementary school , not higher education .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I had some cunt professors that required attendance.
One even told the class that they had all been marked absent for the first 2 months because we sat one seat to the right of her damned seating chart.
Felt like elementary school, not higher education.</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_06_01_0312200.28164491</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_06_01_0312200.28164491</id>
	<title>(Mostly) Americans misunderstanding Japanese.</title>
	<author>Idiot with a gun</author>
	<datestamp>1243793460000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>Note: I'm an American. But it appears as if we're misunderstanding Japanese culture. This is after all, the same culture that has "monsters" come house to house in some villages, to scare children who have been lax at their school work, share a drink with the parents, and then move on. Here in America (and many western cultures), attendance in university classes is not deemed necessary; if you're smart enough to pass exams and assignments on your own, you're qualified. In the east, the attitude towards attendance appears to be different. Maybe that's why so many (higher tier) jobs are leaving America.</htmltext>
<tokenext>Note : I 'm an American .
But it appears as if we 're misunderstanding Japanese culture .
This is after all , the same culture that has " monsters " come house to house in some villages , to scare children who have been lax at their school work , share a drink with the parents , and then move on .
Here in America ( and many western cultures ) , attendance in university classes is not deemed necessary ; if you 're smart enough to pass exams and assignments on your own , you 're qualified .
In the east , the attitude towards attendance appears to be different .
Maybe that 's why so many ( higher tier ) jobs are leaving America .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Note: I'm an American.
But it appears as if we're misunderstanding Japanese culture.
This is after all, the same culture that has "monsters" come house to house in some villages, to scare children who have been lax at their school work, share a drink with the parents, and then move on.
Here in America (and many western cultures), attendance in university classes is not deemed necessary; if you're smart enough to pass exams and assignments on your own, you're qualified.
In the east, the attitude towards attendance appears to be different.
Maybe that's why so many (higher tier) jobs are leaving America.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_06_01_0312200.28166027</id>
	<title>Re:There is always an easier solution...</title>
	<author>selven</author>
	<datestamp>1243858920000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>That should have read <b>accidentally actual assignments</b>

(isn't it ironic that the tag needed to do what I did there is "/b"?)</htmltext>
<tokenext>That should have read accidentally actual assignments ( is n't it ironic that the tag needed to do what I did there is " /b " ?
)</tokentext>
<sentencetext>That should have read accidentally actual assignments

(isn't it ironic that the tag needed to do what I did there is "/b"?
)</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_06_01_0312200.28164211</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_06_01_0312200.28164213</id>
	<title>Re:There is always an easier solution...</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1243790760000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>Article:
That's verging on cheating since attendance is a key requirement for graduation.
<br>
Apparently in Japan they need to attend.</htmltext>
<tokenext>Article : That 's verging on cheating since attendance is a key requirement for graduation .
Apparently in Japan they need to attend .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Article:
That's verging on cheating since attendance is a key requirement for graduation.
Apparently in Japan they need to attend.</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_06_01_0312200.28164155</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_06_01_0312200.28166125</id>
	<title>They'll be using "assisted GPS"</title>
	<author>Chris Snook</author>
	<datestamp>1243860120000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>...which isn't GPS at all when you're inside a building without a broad line of sight to the sky, so the best resolution they'll have is based on cell information, perhaps refined somewhat by triangulation, but there's limited resolution with that.  I'm pretty sure that every last one of my lecture halls in college was within 30 meters of both a lab full of nice gaming boxes (err, CAD workstations) and a lounge with comfy couches.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>...which is n't GPS at all when you 're inside a building without a broad line of sight to the sky , so the best resolution they 'll have is based on cell information , perhaps refined somewhat by triangulation , but there 's limited resolution with that .
I 'm pretty sure that every last one of my lecture halls in college was within 30 meters of both a lab full of nice gaming boxes ( err , CAD workstations ) and a lounge with comfy couches .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>...which isn't GPS at all when you're inside a building without a broad line of sight to the sky, so the best resolution they'll have is based on cell information, perhaps refined somewhat by triangulation, but there's limited resolution with that.
I'm pretty sure that every last one of my lecture halls in college was within 30 meters of both a lab full of nice gaming boxes (err, CAD workstations) and a lounge with comfy couches.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_06_01_0312200.28165309</id>
	<title>Re:Why am I seeing an ad for scientology ?</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1243848540000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Yes, I could become a subscriber.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Yes , I could become a subscriber .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Yes, I could become a subscriber.</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_06_01_0312200.28164397</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_06_01_0312200.28164983</id>
	<title>Re:(Mostly) Americans misunderstanding Japanese.</title>
	<author>kklein</author>
	<datestamp>1243799880000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Yeah, this is partly a cultural difference, but it's a lot more than that; the academic and then hiring systems are also totally different. See my abusively-long post above.

</p><p>Also, I've lived in Japan for about 10 years, worked in every level of the Japanese education system, am married to a Japanese high school teacher, and have even taught Japanese in the US university system and... I've never heard of this monster program. And I've lived out in the sticks (which is where I taught K-12). Where did this information come from?  (Note: I'm not saying it's bunk; it sounds like the kind of awesome thing rural Japanese parents would work out with each other, I just suspect it's out of date)</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Yeah , this is partly a cultural difference , but it 's a lot more than that ; the academic and then hiring systems are also totally different .
See my abusively-long post above .
Also , I 've lived in Japan for about 10 years , worked in every level of the Japanese education system , am married to a Japanese high school teacher , and have even taught Japanese in the US university system and... I 've never heard of this monster program .
And I 've lived out in the sticks ( which is where I taught K-12 ) .
Where did this information come from ?
( Note : I 'm not saying it 's bunk ; it sounds like the kind of awesome thing rural Japanese parents would work out with each other , I just suspect it 's out of date )</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Yeah, this is partly a cultural difference, but it's a lot more than that; the academic and then hiring systems are also totally different.
See my abusively-long post above.
Also, I've lived in Japan for about 10 years, worked in every level of the Japanese education system, am married to a Japanese high school teacher, and have even taught Japanese in the US university system and... I've never heard of this monster program.
And I've lived out in the sticks (which is where I taught K-12).
Where did this information come from?
(Note: I'm not saying it's bunk; it sounds like the kind of awesome thing rural Japanese parents would work out with each other, I just suspect it's out of date)</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_06_01_0312200.28164491</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_06_01_0312200.28193893</id>
	<title>A complete waste</title>
	<author>source2net</author>
	<datestamp>1244033340000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>Still won't solve the problem..,what a waste</htmltext>
<tokenext>Still wo n't solve the problem..,what a waste</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Still won't solve the problem..,what a waste</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_06_01_0312200.28164917</id>
	<title>"The iPhone will be used to relay course...</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1243798860000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>....  materials, lectures, videos and tests. "  (FTA)</p><p>Seems to me like there's no reason to show up at all.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>.... materials , lectures , videos and tests .
" ( FTA ) Seems to me like there 's no reason to show up at all .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>....  materials, lectures, videos and tests.
"  (FTA)Seems to me like there's no reason to show up at all.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_06_01_0312200.28164857</id>
	<title>Truancy is bullshit</title>
	<author>droidsURlooking4</author>
	<datestamp>1243798020000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>I know this article is talking about Japan. I don't know there, but in the USA, public school is voluntary. No one is required to attend public school. Our Constitution wouldn't allow that. So how can they 'enforce' truancy laws/regulations/whatever? It is the parents choice.</htmltext>
<tokenext>I know this article is talking about Japan .
I do n't know there , but in the USA , public school is voluntary .
No one is required to attend public school .
Our Constitution would n't allow that .
So how can they 'enforce ' truancy laws/regulations/whatever ?
It is the parents choice .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I know this article is talking about Japan.
I don't know there, but in the USA, public school is voluntary.
No one is required to attend public school.
Our Constitution wouldn't allow that.
So how can they 'enforce' truancy laws/regulations/whatever?
It is the parents choice.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_06_01_0312200.28164663</id>
	<title>this makes it harder....how?</title>
	<author>JorDan Clock</author>
	<datestamp>1243795560000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>So now the students get a free method to skip class even easier. Anyone that plans on skipping can just give it to a friend that plans on attending. As far as I know, cell phones are so ubiquitous in Japan that all students will already have a cell phone and thus not care about someone else having their iPhone for a few hours. More so, if students leave their phones in a common place, and they think someone is going to miss a class, they just grab their phone for them and fake their attendance like normal. This entire plan seems silly. Why not go for biometrics if you want to keep kids in the class? It's not as trivial (but still possible) to fake a finger print or decent facial recognition. Or you could drop the requirement for attendance and let the students face he consequences of missing a lesson or the benefits of more time spent on work outside of the class.</htmltext>
<tokenext>So now the students get a free method to skip class even easier .
Anyone that plans on skipping can just give it to a friend that plans on attending .
As far as I know , cell phones are so ubiquitous in Japan that all students will already have a cell phone and thus not care about someone else having their iPhone for a few hours .
More so , if students leave their phones in a common place , and they think someone is going to miss a class , they just grab their phone for them and fake their attendance like normal .
This entire plan seems silly .
Why not go for biometrics if you want to keep kids in the class ?
It 's not as trivial ( but still possible ) to fake a finger print or decent facial recognition .
Or you could drop the requirement for attendance and let the students face he consequences of missing a lesson or the benefits of more time spent on work outside of the class .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>So now the students get a free method to skip class even easier.
Anyone that plans on skipping can just give it to a friend that plans on attending.
As far as I know, cell phones are so ubiquitous in Japan that all students will already have a cell phone and thus not care about someone else having their iPhone for a few hours.
More so, if students leave their phones in a common place, and they think someone is going to miss a class, they just grab their phone for them and fake their attendance like normal.
This entire plan seems silly.
Why not go for biometrics if you want to keep kids in the class?
It's not as trivial (but still possible) to fake a finger print or decent facial recognition.
Or you could drop the requirement for attendance and let the students face he consequences of missing a lesson or the benefits of more time spent on work outside of the class.</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_06_01_0312200.28164211</id>
	<title>Re:There is always an easier solution...</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1243790760000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Funny</modclass>
	<modscore>5</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p>I skipped tons of classes during my undergrad degree and this enabled me to <b>actually assignments</b> that I wouldn't have otherwise had time for.</p></div><p>Congrats on your engineering degree. I hope that those skipped English classes don't interfere with your technical writing<nobr> <wbr></nobr>;)</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>I skipped tons of classes during my undergrad degree and this enabled me to actually assignments that I would n't have otherwise had time for.Congrats on your engineering degree .
I hope that those skipped English classes do n't interfere with your technical writing ; )</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I skipped tons of classes during my undergrad degree and this enabled me to actually assignments that I wouldn't have otherwise had time for.Congrats on your engineering degree.
I hope that those skipped English classes don't interfere with your technical writing ;)
	</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_06_01_0312200.28164155</parent>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_06_01_0312200.28165061</id>
	<title>This should be tagged as "fail"</title>
	<author>muxecoid</author>
	<datestamp>1243887600000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>If the number of courses students attempt to not attend calls for special action it means that the education quality sucks and students feel that attendance is useless. Improve the education, not the detection.</htmltext>
<tokenext>If the number of courses students attempt to not attend calls for special action it means that the education quality sucks and students feel that attendance is useless .
Improve the education , not the detection .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>If the number of courses students attempt to not attend calls for special action it means that the education quality sucks and students feel that attendance is useless.
Improve the education, not the detection.</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_06_01_0312200.28165853</id>
	<title>privacy anyone?</title>
	<author>kcyber</author>
	<datestamp>1243856820000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>all comments are about whether attendance should be obligatory. no one seems to be concerned about students' privacy? they force them to carry a tracking device!!</htmltext>
<tokenext>all comments are about whether attendance should be obligatory .
no one seems to be concerned about students ' privacy ?
they force them to carry a tracking device !
!</tokentext>
<sentencetext>all comments are about whether attendance should be obligatory.
no one seems to be concerned about students' privacy?
they force them to carry a tracking device!
!</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_06_01_0312200.28164981</id>
	<title>minus 1Q, Troll)</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1243799820000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Flamebait</modclass>
	<modscore>-1</modscore>
	<htmltext><A HREF="http://goat.cx/" title="goat.cx" rel="nofollow">bureaucratic and BSD culminateId in just yet, but I'm Of Fthe founders of</a> [goat.cx]</htmltext>
<tokenext>bureaucratic and BSD culminateId in just yet , but I 'm Of Fthe founders of [ goat.cx ]</tokentext>
<sentencetext>bureaucratic and BSD culminateId in just yet, but I'm Of Fthe founders of [goat.cx]</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment09_06_01_0312200.28164959</id>
	<title>Japan has nfc phone why not rfid the kids /cell ph</title>
	<author>mentatmedia</author>
	<datestamp>1243799460000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>  M2kidz.com asks why not give k12 students NFC / rfid equipped cell phones and free voice<nobr> <wbr></nobr>/text mins for class performance and inovative learning?

  I would go to class if i could get a brand new IPHONE 3g and or a Android 2 phone.</htmltext>
<tokenext>M2kidz.com asks why not give k12 students NFC / rfid equipped cell phones and free voice /text mins for class performance and inovative learning ?
I would go to class if i could get a brand new IPHONE 3g and or a Android 2 phone .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>  M2kidz.com asks why not give k12 students NFC / rfid equipped cell phones and free voice /text mins for class performance and inovative learning?
I would go to class if i could get a brand new IPHONE 3g and or a Android 2 phone.</sentencetext>
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