Isn't it horribly demeaning to ask others to do your homework ?

Question

It would seem a really unworthy thing to do, and one that reflects very badly on one's character. More baffling is the number of students who stoop to it. I would never employ anyone that I knew to have done this and I have seem remarks from others who seem to be equally disgusted by the practice..

Answer 1

It's not necessarily demeaning, however it shows poor character. Furthermore, homework is assigned for a reason -- it pushes the student to process what he or she has learned and apply it. If someone makes another person do their homework for him, they are the only person missing out because they will perform poorly on tests.

Answer 2

I would categorize it as 'kinda cheeky' and self-defeating, rather than demeaning. What the kids don't seem to realize is that when someone else does their homework, the student who was assigned that homework doesn't learn anything, so they are short-changing themselves, big time!
I do admire the kids who come online and say, "I need help in ---- can someone show me how to do it." They aren't asking anyone to do their work for them (although, unfortunately, an amazing number of people jump right in and provide answers, instead of the information that will help the student figure it out and be able to do the next problem on his or her own.
It must be very difficult for teachers to cope with the 'homework help generated' answers. Especially when the homework gets A's and the test results come in at C ......
What amazes me is how lazy some of the students are. Words that could be looked up in a dictionary are posted online asking someone else to define them. Geographical facts that could be picked up from an atlas are posted online. (And some of them are pretty silly, and display colossal ignorance about what the world looks like) Or other students who say they have to write an essay about something important that happened in a particular decade, and can anyone tell them what happened? Sheeesh!
Anyway, that's my rant for the day.

Answer 3

Not if you honestly tried. If you just pass everything on to your buddy who did it last semester, then that's poor.

If you tried, got stuck and ask for help on how to solve that type of question, then I don't think that's bad. It would be stupider to just continue on without understanding it.

And you can't judge why others do it. It may be unethical, but I'm sure people can empathize with those who do it. It really depends on how much is at stake. If I have a 4.0 GPA, and I'm in my final semester...I have straight A's in all my classes except one. I am struggling and I have a hw assignment to turn in which I can't do....what would you do?

Answer 4

I wish the student would say "here's what I did to solve this, and this is where I got stuck, ..."

I really dont like helping those who list a half dozen similar problems on a given subject and ask us to work each one out for them.

Demeaning? not really. But if they dont use this as a learning tool, they are the ones who lose.

But I really like your ethics, and, if you're a student, hopefully I can help you out some day.

Answer 5

Nope! Well, kind of...Depends on the situation...If it was some lazy kid, then yes. But if a person honestly needs help because they don't understand something and have tried numerous times to find an answer, but still didn't get one [like me], then it's perfectly fine for students to ask for help!

Answer 6

It would be if there was no learning involved. I consider this no different than asking a parent for their help.

Would that be cheating?

As long as the student walks away with more knowledge than that's learning.

Now about my question ..... anyone know?

Answer 7

Yes it is !If you don't do it,you wont learn ANYTHING and will end up flunking the school year.You can get helped but not as if you don't have to do it!Thats going to just be like unfair for others!

It is considered as if its cheating.

Answer 8

thanks for standing up to the right thing. it is a horrible practice