Why do you do other's homework for them???

Question

You're on a computer. Use it to help you!! If you don't understand something, ask your teacher. Someone else's answer isn't any good if you don't 'get' it. I'm 62 yrs old. Learned all my stuff with books and hard studying at school. Should be that way now. No easy way out. Technology is ruining you all! Use it to learn - not to ask someone else to do it for you. Never did anyone any good. You'll pay for it later in life - sooner than you think!

The people 'answering' my question don't get the point. I'm referring to those who respond by giving the entire solution to a problem. I really don't see much explaining. Those who really do 'get it' completely understand the concepts. BUT they're NOT teachers. Unless they become, as it were, 'peer tutors' hands-on, they still can't help them. This is why students HAVE to go to their teacher(s) for help. They are trained to teach. These Y!Aers are not!!

Answer 1

Well I think that some teachers do not know how to teach, and therefore students look for other ways to learn. Some do post
"don't just tell me the answer I have that in the back of the book" please explain this so I can "get it". That is where people like myself, and you, can help these young people learn.

Example: My youngest high school Algrebra 2 teacher taught like this.
Here is your homework we will discuss it tomorrow. Never did explain what or how to do those problems. Next day, if you tried to ask him a question he's answer you by humiliting you. ex. now class Jane doesn't understand this questions so all eyes up here. Now Jane, 1-1 = 0 now how hard was that Jane? and kinda laugh at her.

My straight A student got an F in that class. I went to a meeting about this and asked that she be transferred. I also asked why they kept this teacher around since he could not teach math worth beans. The answer you might like to hear. "Because he's a winning coach" The guy didn't even like to teach math, didn't understand it one bit. But he won track and field events every year.

Now let's move on, she then went to another class this teacher told her I'm not going to read why you are being transferred I'll make up my own mind. Her grade it that class? A+

A couple of years later I had a student that was assigned to have this same teacher. I tried to talk her out of it, but she felt that she could handle it. She did fine the first quarter. Then I get a call from her now teacher that she was having trouble. I, again, went to this school and asked that this student be transferred. Told them the story of my "Jane". They did a courtesy transfer. This student just graduated with a Masters Degree in Social Work, top of her class.

Some may come here for the exact answers, that is true. But I really think some just need help, a tiny push along the way.

Sometimes I just can't think of a title, or a topic to write about. I think that happens to all of us.

Now I hope you'll join the forces to help children with their homework.

Answer 2

There's a difference between helping someone with their homework and doing it for them, luv. One of the points of homework is to allow the student to practice problems and become familiar with solution techniques. (Umm - perhaps I should mention that I'm a math teacher, although that may be obvious already.) It does happen that students with the best of intentions get stuck. It's usually on something tiny. If we can give them a nudge in the right direction, it saves them from hours of frustration and lets them go on to complete things successfully. Trust me - this will make their teacher's job much easier the next day.

Now - that having been said, there are quite a few people who do simply provide answers without bothering to explain the process or allow the student to work through at least some of the problem on her own. Here, I completely agree with you. But there are quite a few of us around here who know how to nudge without doing all the driving ourselves.

I understand your concern, and I commend it - but honestly, we do have some idea what we're doing. OK?

Answer 3

well if you dont like them then put in stupid answers so they get a bad grade especially if its a project that ull get em real bad.