Using the internet to do your homework

**devonin** · 05-13-2007, 05:45 PM

We've seen plenty of threads in here that are a transparent attempt by people in school to get solutions to homework and other school assignments, in some cases in clever ways, in some cases just posting "Hey I need the answer to this."

Is this outright cheating? is it only cheating when they ask for a gift-wrapped solution? Should students be able to ask for help from outside sources, or should all schoolwork be about nothing but your own work.

In many jobs, especially ones dealing with a great deal of knowledge, the emphasis is less on knowing everything, and more on knowing how to find what you don't know. In that sense, it doesn't strike me as necessarily -cheating- to ask for outside aid, provided you are more asking for assistance instead of an outright solution.

What do you think? Can/should people be allowed to ask for help with homework? Teachers lecture you on method, provide explanations, and assign work to test your understanding, and in general I suspect nobody would call you a cheater if you asked a parent etc to try explaining the problem in a more helpful way, but can we draw a line between 'giving help' and 'doing it for you'?

05-13-2007, 05:45 PM	#1
devonin Very Grave Indeed Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Ontario, Canada Age: 42 Posts: 10,120	Using the internet to do your homework We've seen plenty of threads in here that are a transparent attempt by people in school to get solutions to homework and other school assignments, in some cases in clever ways, in some cases just posting "Hey I need the answer to this." Is this outright cheating? is it only cheating when they ask for a gift-wrapped solution? Should students be able to ask for help from outside sources, or should all schoolwork be about nothing but your own work. In many jobs, especially ones dealing with a great deal of knowledge, the emphasis is less on knowing everything, and more on knowing how to find what you don't know. In that sense, it doesn't strike me as necessarily -cheating- to ask for outside aid, provided you are more asking for assistance instead of an outright solution. What do you think? Can/should people be allowed to ask for help with homework? Teachers lecture you on method, provide explanations, and assign work to test your understanding, and in general I suspect nobody would call you a cheater if you asked a parent etc to try explaining the problem in a more helpful way, but can we draw a line between 'giving help' and 'doing it for you'?

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