Why do so many people feel the need to give people answers to their homework?

Question

Over the last couple of weeks I've spent a fair amount of time looking at the questions in the Programming & Design category. A lot of them seem to be obvious copies of questions that people have been set as coursework or homework.

There are a number of people who seem to be of the same opinion as me which is that homework is for them to do, not for us to do for them. Homework is generally work that is used to support what people have been doing in class which means that they _should_ have enough knowledge to get started with it. I'm quite happy to help people if they've done that and got stuck. Perhaps when they've done some code and it doesn't work I'm happy to look at it. Also, if they explain what they've tried and are stuck at the first hurdle then I'm happy to give guidance to them.

What I _won't_ do though is give them the answer! I don't see any reason why these people should benefit from my work, e.g. by getting high marks in coursework that they actually aren't capable of doing. That makes no sense whatsoever! I do believe that many of them can benefit from my experience, which is why I try to give guidance where I can help.

So - back to the question; why do so many people actually just go ahead and provide answers to these questions? In some cases there are "questions" out there that aren't even questions and people have tried to guess what is meant just to give an answer.

Why?

Thanks

Answer 1

They are more keen about the points. They do not even think that are making the questioner into a lazy bum by answering homework questions!



Another bunch is quizzing lot. They consider Y!A as a quizzing platform.



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Answer 2

I totally agree, however I'd have to say that people's lack of grammar skills probably has something to do with them getting others to do their homework online...... which is why I tend not to answer specific questions. SOmetimes I'll point to various research options if the questioner needs the help, but I am not going to tell lillte johnny or jane the plot of "To Kill A Mockingbird" because they're too lazy to read it or even rent the movie.

Answer 3

Totally agree with you here, I get quite annoyed when people ate asking for the answer to a question they clearly haven't tried answering.



Fine if you are wanting help in understanding something you don't quite get.



But more often than that its people just copying a full question waiting for the answers to roll in. And in doing this they are learning nothing, they don't know if the answers given are correct or copied straight from the internet (which if for coursework can get them in big trouble) and I can imagine these people won't be checking these answers.



As for the people giving the answers, to them its just points. They will do any thing to get those two points. The one asking the question and the ones answering clearly have no concept of honest hard work.

Answer 4

Because on this site you get points for popsting answers not points for morals.



However I am on your side here, I believe homework is for the individual to do and they wont learn anything from just having someone else do the work.



Until Yahoo stop giving points simply for replying, then people will continue to post answers to anything, even if they dont know the answer

Answer 5

it's nice to write C code and show it off. i reckon some people just need to see the code itself to get an understanding of how someone else would write a program. if they really didn't care about learning i assume (falsely, probably) that they wouldn't even bother posting the question in the first place.



btw: they're usually easy questions and i've nothing better to do. all i need to work out is profit.

Answer 6

you are right

but

we must show them the good way but never help them in making the exact code rather we should stimulate their thinking towards that problem :)

Answer 7

hi there.....am very new to c and c++...i know how i hardly passed my c subjects...but i want to learn it now...so first i watched many tutorials then i downloaded dev c ++,,,it was nice then i wanted a updated c compiler..there all went wrong ...many people wanted me to go for this code blocks...here i downloaded and installed it...but i couldnt use that...i stuck in the first program..i couldnt compile my first program...and about your andwers out there i think they all are born softwares...i dont undertand what they trying to say each other.....can u help me.....i watched http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqFun4C1ABo to install....i suceed in only installation.....am asking you sorry and thanx...sorry for using your question to say u this...and thanx for answering me twice......hope u understand....

Answer 8

Because the smart pupils pity the not so smart pupils.