I don't recall being able to get on the internet and ask people for answers regarding homework. I believe we used to have to revert back to the books to find the answers to our questions. Isn't this teacing the younger generation the easy way out? They're not actually having to work for what they need to find.
What is your opinion on this?
2007-01-30 12:21:46 · 12 answers · asked by Nunya 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
I'm mainly talking about getting the answers from Yahoo Q & A. Which means not having to do any research for themselves.
2007-01-30 12:37:37 · update #1
i agree, that's why i NEVER answer homework questions.
2007-01-30 12:25:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
The internet as it is right now is very new. I'm in my 30's and just went back to school. I ask questions reguarding my homework and I put the whole problem up there too, just like the kids. I don't know about them, but I only do it when I'm REALLY stumped and can't find an acceptable answere from my books or web surfing. Sometimes I answere their questions from homework but I also try to show them how I worked the problem too step by step. I actually anwered on tonigh, someone needed help with a chemistry problem. It was a type of problem that took me forever before I understood how to do it so I gave them a break.
2007-01-30 12:31:45 · answer #2 · answered by princessforever1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I, for one, would have LOVED to have the Internet to look up things. When I was in school, the dinosaurs roamed the earth, and we had to use the library, encyclopedias and reference books. The card catalog was our Internet.
So, using the Internet is the next step forward.
When the kids ask us for homework help, they are really taking their chances with the answers. I have looked at some of the answers given by answerers, and I would not want to sacrifice my grades by using them. So, maybe they are taking the easy way out, or maybe they are taking a quick trip to grade oblivion.
2007-01-30 12:34:53 · answer #3 · answered by istitch2 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I'm 65 and I say, it doesn't matter from what source kids get the answers, from a person, books, or computer. This is not giving them the easy way out, it's working smarter, not harder. Today you have to go with the flow or be left out in the cold. You have a company let's say. You pay $20.00 per hour and have 10 people looking through books to find and answer. One of them is smart enough to use a computer and get the answer off a web site, 5 hours before the others. He or she also gets 50 more answers that day while the others are still looking for the first answer. 9 people at $20.00 per hour is $1,620.00 you payed for one answer. One person got you 51 answers in the same amount of time. "GET THE POINT.
2007-01-30 13:02:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
im 39 and agrre that we didnt have the internet but disagree about the methods for the young..they have different challenges than us..like we used to say to our parents..you just dont know..evrything now is already computer ran and only going to increase.whil i agree that the use of computers for home work and games and such are acaeptable..we do need to get the younger generation out of the house..the art of conversation and the ability to meet people is dying..thats where i think the real computer problem lies...sorry if im rambeling just an opinion..from the chosen age group..
2007-01-30 12:28:01 · answer #5 · answered by getbyone 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree in part to some of all of what you all have to say. I feel that those of us who answer questions here in homework are an extension of their teachers.I always try to Teach,not preach,and give back some of what i have learned so far in life. i hated school,but made it through,thankfully,because of one teacher who taught me more in one semester than all the others.she taught me how to use knowledge to be a better person. i honestly feel i owe it to her memory to share my knowledge with those , who for whatever reason,need an answer. I will leave it at that.
2007-01-30 12:49:11 · answer #6 · answered by tpasenelli 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Being able to walk through a library to find book keor-098 in aisle 44B and turning to page 147 does not really teach much. As long as the information is found and is learned, who cares?
2007-01-30 12:31:19 · answer #7 · answered by P K 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
What is the point of trying to gain an education if You don't learn anything? The world has enough ignorant people as it is without our breeding yet another generation of mind numbingly stupid cretins who are devoid of the simple ability to think for Themselves.
2007-01-30 12:29:35 · answer #8 · answered by Ashleigh 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with you 100%. I almost never help my kids and when I did it was"open the book and show me(how to do it)"
2007-01-30 12:28:20 · answer #9 · answered by chuck n 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
we can give the easy answers but then the person is reading the material twice and then its enbedded into their memory afterward anyway i always ask them to check answers on yahoo Refwerance or the library
2007-01-30 12:27:22 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I was in school I could take my car to the library to look stuff up. My grandfather couldn't do that. Was I taking the easy way out?
2007-01-30 12:26:02 · answer #11 · answered by hayharbr 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋