Does it bother anyone else that a lot of kids are getting on here and asking for basically the answers for their homework, without ever having to actually do it themselves?
2006-10-18 09:34:48 · 8 answers · asked by CrazyChick 7 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
You really think they ask you to show the steps or list your source because they want to have a full understanding of it? Their teachers are making THEM show the steps. The little lazy guys are learning NOTHING.
I came across one guy who posted a "question" that was listed 1-20, all math problems. He just transferred his math homework on here, and people posted answers for him.
Education these days depresses me.
2006-10-18 10:19:36 · update #1
Yes. I think this topic has come up repeatedly, and there are a few people who get this and gear their answers accordingly (i.e., answer with actual help, not direct answers; give other examples similar to the hw; describe just the principles involved; etc.). Problem is, there are far more people here who are just desperate for points, and will answer anything and everything without thinking about the consequences. It's a losing battle, I'm afraid.
Best you can do is give helpful answers, but not direct solutions. Explain how to work out problems, but don't work it out for them. Someone is bound to give the complete solution anyways, so you can only hope that the person asking will read your answer and actually learn something.
2006-10-18 09:44:28 · answer #1 · answered by J C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I totally agree with you. Like, one time, this girl neede help with a math problem. I figured the answer out, and just told her how to figure it out, because telling people the answer is like cheating.
Now, this girl asks what the synonym for some word is. I just told her the website you could find the answer on. In the end, homework help is cheating.
Oh yeah! My name is Mandy, too! (well, actually Amanda, but Mandy is my nickname)
2006-10-18 16:39:10 · answer #2 · answered by asdfghjkl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont let it bother me, but it is rather stupid. These kids don't even bother to look up the info. Most of the time the answer can be found in 5 seconds on google or wikipedia, but even that's too hard for them. I take it back, it does kinda scare me that this is the future of the country. No one wants to have knowledge.
2006-10-18 16:43:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but it is Yahoo! Answers, not Yahoo! Comprehension. Plus, many people ask to show how the solver did their work or cite their source, so that they can understand the concept.
Students who don't do their homework by themselves are going to fail anyway on tests and quizzes.
2006-10-18 16:41:18 · answer #4 · answered by shayonsaleh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I am bothered by that too. I guess if the student can't solve the problem or even get the answer, then showing the problem is ok. But that still doesn't help them. It shows how you get the answer but that doesn't mean that they can do the next problem. Besides shouldn't their parents be helping them? Instead they get online and get our help.
2006-10-18 16:44:21 · answer #5 · answered by blueroan2000 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes yes. I can tell with the really easy questions.
But then sometimes I cannot get the answer no matter how much I try, so I ask here, I do get the right answer sometimes.
2006-10-18 16:39:28 · answer #6 · answered by greenwhitecollege 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Doesn't bother me a bit, since I never eat at McDonald's (where most of these brain-dead burdens on society will end up working).
2006-10-18 16:44:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thats why I don't answer homework help questions. You don't learn by copying.
2006-10-18 16:38:45 · answer #8 · answered by nokhada5 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋