A Question for Teachers and those who Give Help in Books and Authors?

Question

Have you noticed that when you dont give a complete answer to a kid's assignment, they turn your answer in as a violation? I am keeping tabs from now on. Any kid who whines and turns me in because I wont do their complete assignement gets NO MORE help. How do the other teachers here feel about that?? I am glad to offer help, but there is a limit to what is help and what is doing a kids work. Also, when I give assignments I am checking here to see which kids are here asking people to do their homework. I've found a few already and handed out a few F's. Beware homework cheaters - teachers are on to you. Any other teachers finding their students here getting their work done for them???

Answer 1

I don't completely answer questions that smell like homework, and I state in my answer that I won't. I do try, however, to point people to a resource (like a specific reference book) that isn't Wikipedia, or help them narrow their topic.

I agree that not all kids get homework help at home or school, so this is a good resource. I refuse to answer questions that are right out of the homework, and try to help with the ones I can.

I have never been turned in for a violation, and I have been, on occasion, somewhat snarky in my suggestion that people do their own work. It is one thing to ask for direction and clarification, and another to ask for the summary of a novel.

I also refuse to go to another website and copy/paste the answer. I'll suggest the site, but not do the actual work. If people have enough computer skills to get themselves here, they can do their own research.

As a teacher, how do you know which of the million kids here are yours?

Answer 2

Some children don't have anyone to help them with their homework. And if teachers won't help them (like you) what is wrong with someone helping them online. Most YA users won't answer questions that are obviousally cheating. However most questions on here are posted because they need some help.

I work with teens. Why make education harder for them?

You are the adult, you are the teacher, you should know better. Stop thinking about how mad you are and start thinking about how to improve the lives of your students.

Answer 3

I try to write complete answers to people's questions here in the hope that they will read my responses; I also hope to improve my writing ability. I don't know what a violation is here, and I really wouldn't care if I were "turned in"--whatever that means.

I can't see how it is really possible to cheat on one's homework. I know what plagirism is, of course, but how exactly would one go about cheating on one's homework here? If one is assigned homework, presumably, one must look for the answers to complete the assignement--is where one looks for the answers important in determining wheather one has completed the assigment?

Must one restrict oneself to textbooks or reading material offered in the classroom when trying to complete a homework assignment? Must one restrict oneself to the opinions of one's teachers or peers and family? All these sources are often inadequate and often faulty. What then is the best way to complete one's homework? Currently, the world wide web seems to be the best place to search for answers, and Yahoo Answers is a friendly forum for questions.

When I need work done on my car, I bring it to a mechanic. The mechanic works on my car. I pay the mechanic. If my car then functions to my satisfaction, I shall return to this mechanic when my car is in need of more work and I shall then repeat the above procedure. I have very little interest in learning how to repair my vehicle, but it is often neccessary that I have a car which is in good repair--is this process wholly unlike asking someone to do my homework for me?

I do not get paid to do anyone's homework here, but I have selfish reasons for doing so. I want people to learn about the books and authors I hold very high in my esteem. I don't care how they learn; I don't care what they learn; I am just a little bit happy to know that any student anywhere is learning something about literature from me. I've read far too much to keep it all to myself. (Gladly would he learn and glady teach.)

In one way or another, almost everyone, almost all the time, gets someone else to do their work for them. Teachers assign homework in accordance with their own assignments; they are told what to teach and when to teach it. The most common complaint I've heard from teachers is that the parents of their students just do not participate enough in their children's education--it seems to me that those poor parents themselves had poor teachers.

Answer 4

For a teacher you've got a lot of time on your hands to ask silly questions.
(course, we all know who you really are - now get your homework done, and I mean NOW)

Answer 5

Why even bother?