Is anybody else disturbed by the fact that some are outright asking for others to do their work for them?

Question

It is so obvious to me with the outright multiple choice questions, or someone begging others to analyze a poem for them. Do people not use their own minds anymore or are these unfortunates just lazy? This has really been bothering me and any comments would be welcome. Thanks

Answer 1

i am currently in school, and thankfully i am able to rely on my own brain to do my homework. it gets on my very last nerve when i see people begging for help with books i am reading and saying its so hard and whatnot. they are some of the laziest people. do your own work people!!!! anyway, what would help is if people would just stop answering those questions. of course, you can tell them to read the book, sometimes i recommend sparknotes (though they shouldn't rely on only sparknotes). anyway, those people are in for a rude awakening when they get into college, not that i'm there yet, but i'm sure the assignments will be much harder than multiple choice questions.

Answer 2

Of course we are. I very nicely spot ONE answer, but that is as far as I will go. After that I think a student should be on their own. I got through school without YA and so should everyone else.

However on the other hand, I truly do feel for some of these kids who really do not seem to understand the books they are assigned. Let's face it - there are a lot of less than motivated teachers out there who really have stopped caring. When asked in that manner, I do try to explain some things to get a kid thinking in the right direction.

I also despise the question "How different is the movie'? It only means these kids intend to get away with renting a video. That doesn't cut it for me. If you are assigned to read, you should read.

To be quite honest, a lot of life isn't about making choices - it's about doing what you are told. If your boss tells you to do something, you do it the way you are told - not the way you want to. That is how it works. And it used to be that school was intended to prepare you for a career.

Sadly there are people who for two points, will answer every question a person has. I ask those who do that not to. The two Yahoo Points are not redeemable at Tiffany's. They can't be used at your local BMW dealership. So accumulating a lot of them doesn't really mean a thing. I have accumulated a lot, but by helping people with genuine responses.

What really cracks me up is when there are two answers. Mine is right the other is wrong, and the asker chooses the wrong answer just because they resent my scores. Recently that happened on a Q about Water for Elephants. I quoted page numbers and everything. And the person chose a totally wrong answer. Ah well, ignorance is bliss sometimes.
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Pax - C

Answer 3

Yes, I've certainly noticed it. I think it would be hard to miss. I just try to tell these students how to research answers on their own. I get a crop of 'thumbs down' every day.

I think it's doing a student a disservice to simply hand out what an answerer thinks are correct choices and analyzing. In some cases the answer is simply wrong anyway.

If a person who answers a question can point a student toward research tools, I think then what a student finds out for him or herself will be remembered much longer, and the student will know how to do research.

I so often suggest a county library, and sometimes Wiki though that is also not always accurate, and I often tell a student that the answer to the question is in the work meant to be read. It so often is right there, all they have to do is read it.

I don't know what it is that takes up so much time kids don't read their assignments anymore. Sure, I used to skim stuff sometimes, before I went to college and learned that's not the way, that literature is really fun, but I never asked for a cheat answer.

Anyway, I don't worry about it unduly. There is not much I can do except collect thumbs down, because usually someone will answer, correctly or incorrectly.

Oh, and I sometimes suggest the "Homework Help" category, found here under "All Categories," then under "Education and References."
'Nuff said.
;-}

Answer 4

This generation is the "I want it now and don't want to work for it" generation. Instant gratification. If I can see that it is a person who hasn't done diddly squat, I don't answer or just give a website to find it in. Or sometimes I just tell them to do it themselves. They are learning it from all sources. I work at Home Depot. Everyone wants to get in and get out. Don't like to wait at the checkstands to pay. Don't like to wait in the department for help. The phrase I hear most is, "I've been waiting for 20 minutes already." But you know it hasn't been 20 minutes because you just passed that spot two minutes ago and they weren't there. It is frustrating.

Answer 5

Yes it is disturbing. For further enlightenment on this, see:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/gate/a/2007/10/24/notes102407.DTL

Answer 6

i know i have questions about my school work but i think about it myself and come up with what i think the answer is even if i dont think it is completly right sometimes the things i think are wrong turn out to be right anyways

Answer 7

I think it's stupid. I think it's worse that some actually do tell them the answers. I usually just ignore those questions.

Answer 8

not realy disturbed, but yea i see what ur talkin about. i think its realy stupid b/c all ppl say is do it urself. i think its easier just to do it in the first place

Answer 9

I don't help with homework.I do however offer links to where the can learn for themselves.

Answer 10

disturbed? no. I won't help though cuz im lazy to :)