If we give them wrong answers, think they will catch on?
2006-08-29 12:25:08 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
question is, are we giving them the right answers????
how are they gonna know it's wrong before it's too late. if one must learn, the best way to do it is by learning the hard way.
2006-08-29 12:30:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Have to admit it was really rough the other day, when a kid said "I need a Shakespearian sonnet, can you write one for me, it's for school?" (Even had the utter chutzpah to put in the sonnet format...courteous and helpful, no?) It was SO hard not to pull out the reference book, copy down one of the best-known ones Willy ever wrote, change a few words, and say "here's a nice one; hope your teacher likes it."
Well, it would have _been_ a Shakespearian sonnet, and I hadn't claimed **I** wrote it, did I? But temptation passed on....
I enjoy referring kids to books and links---it's cool turning them on to good material. You never know when someone's going to discover they'e fallen in LOVE with history, or biology, or whatever....because of something they read. And there's nothing wrong, IMO, with asking them a few leading questions to help them refine their thoughts a little.
I'll often look at the prior question history, to get an idea of whether this is a lazy student or just someone who's honestly thrown by an assignment.
Sometimes teachers can be pretty vague, or a project can just look terrifying. Climb into my time machine, please, and go back a few years to your high school history classes.
"We're going to be studying World War II in depth, students, for the next two months. You're each going to write a 10-page paper, using at least ten books or magazine articles, _no_ encyclopedias. You may choose any subject within WWII. Footnotes are required."
We might think "how in heck can I LIMIT it to 10 pages?", and "which of the 246 topics that interest me shall I write on?", while the student of 14 or 15 is sitting there going OMG....
Some of these kids, though, are going to be in for a very sad surprise when exam times roll around....
2006-08-29 23:33:27 · answer #2 · answered by samiracat 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think if it's math homework or balancing chemical equations, we could do one problem for them with very detailed explanations, as an example, so they can learn how to work the problems.
After that, I think we should refuse to do their homework. Probably it would be best if everyone checked these kids' questions each day to see how many similar questions they had posted. Of course there is nothing you can do if a student has multiple accounts here.
I know I have answered a few questions in the past, but I realize now after spending some time on here that it's rally bad for them. They will never learn anything.
Regarding grammar questions, some of those could be from foreign countries or foreigners here trying to learn English. Regarding questions about literature and history, let the students do their own internet search.
2006-08-29 19:35:46 · answer #3 · answered by Zelda Hunter 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's one thing for them to ask a question, but another to post your entire worksheet on here. It's generally not hard to tell if they're being sincere or not. You could also check how many questions they ask. But chances are, if you don't help them, someone else will.
2006-08-29 19:38:23 · answer #4 · answered by BRob 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No we shouldn't be doing these kids homework we doing then no favour for them. Because when they do exams any teacher will know or examiner will be able to see that they didn't do it themselves. So the question should be are we doing them any favours helping them?
2006-08-29 19:39:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
no. most kids need a tutor and cant aford one. so they ask here. most of the time they just ask a few examples so that some one will teach them. because i know far to many "teachers" who dont teach. they often get mad if you ask a question, and they think that the kids are stupid for not "just knowing" it. they need some one to teach them and some times thats us
2006-08-29 19:49:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
My opinion is you should help your kids with their homework but u can play a game by doing the homework just mark on a paper then let him/her figured it out that might just learned them ....
2006-08-29 19:30:47 · answer #7 · answered by fonzie242002 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes the work may be challenging, but you do them no good when they get older and need to do it in the classroom without you. They will be unpepared and will do worse educationally for it.
2006-08-29 19:31:03 · answer #8 · answered by Lisa K 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I agree, guide them in the right direction
2006-08-29 19:31:33 · answer #9 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
lol well i never give answers i just guide them in the right direction.
2006-08-29 19:29:43 · answer #10 · answered by thesunnshynne 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋