Asking Questions About Homeworks

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11-26-2002
ammar

Asking Questions About Homeworks

What do you think posting questions about homeworks?

I think that, people shouldn't post to ask for answers for their homeworks.
I've never posted something for my assignments, because I think it's not fair,because others might have done the assignment by their self, so they should get better grades than me.

Although I'm not totally against, posting some homework questions, but at least a person should show some work, and not post the whole assignment and ask someone to solve it for them.

What about you?
11-26-2002
Commander

same here....

this is not really programming but, today in bio we had to hand in a crossword of 30 words on systems that we had to HAND make but some idiot used internet which i though was not rair!!!!....:mad:....dumbasses
11-26-2002
dP munky

i dont really mind, provided there is some effort put in by the person asking for help. but i cant stand it when someone posts "can someone show me how to..... blah blah?" and then not show any code, any effort, anything at all. i know that w/o this board, i would have had a lot of trouble when i first started out.
11-26-2002
the Wookie

yeah if they ask about concepts, that alright, but to solve teh whole thing :\
11-26-2002
jawwadalam

I think.. asking Questions about homeworks. and other problems.. withought making any effort to solve the programmer creats difficulties... for the programmer itself.

When someone is learning C/C++ it is fine.. to ask the specified problems in the programs after trying hard to solve by himslef/herself -- but frequently coming to this board just for posting a thread withought making any effort..(that I will get the solution here. :mad: ) really spoils the abilities...of student.

Strickly saying... This kind of attitude of a student make himself/herself helpless when solving big / Complex problems.. in higher studies or during Job. :(

We must strickly discourage these kind of Threads... and give him/her the hints to clear the concepts..and suggest him/her to work hard.. while replying inital stage C/C++ programming concepts.
11-26-2002
dP munky

i agree, i used to do that when i very first started, i'd go post for help on everything on boards. Then after a while i thought i knew my stuff, but then when i got into college i found out the hard way that i didnt really know as much as i thought. i still post for help but i mean if you need help you gotta post code, ya know, "no code, no helping hand"
11-27-2002
nvoigt

I guess it doesn't matter if it's homework or not. If the poster shows effort in solving this task him/herself and has code and thoughts that make clear s/he tried, that's fine. If s/he is only dumping his/her problems here, it's going to attract the inevitable homework response ;)
11-27-2002
mithrandir

I think we should do all the work for these poor people ;)

NOT!

If there is at least some effort made, fair enough.
11-27-2002
bob20

I agree with most everyone else, in that if there is some effort shown then it is ok to ask for help.
11-27-2002
adamviper

i used these boards to help me through my C++ class and thats how my class got the inside joke PRINTF.
now my teacher hates it.
11-27-2002
VegasSte

What printf joke?
11-27-2002
webturtle0

our teacher acutally wants us to ask questions on here. And the whole "Programming Language or your first girlfriend" thing was my teacher's idea.
11-27-2002
dukemarlon

its true, he told us to. I still remember the days of printf. It will come again. Question, can you use printf with java???
11-27-2002
bob20

Quote:

our teacher acutally wants us to ask questions on here. And the whole "Programming Language or your first girlfriend" thing was my teacher's idea.

It may have been his vison, but i turned it into reality.
11-27-2002
Mister C

Quote:

its true, he told us to. I still remember the days of printf. It will come again. Question, can you use printf with java???

No you cannot. There are print and println methods.
11-29-2002
Cgawd

you think asking about homework is bad, someone IMed me from this bored and basicly asked me to teach them C++, i mean, come on now people :::removes SN from profile:::
11-29-2002
blurrghhhh!

It is very hard to get away with handing in work that isnt your own. I've given complete answers to blatant homework questions before, but then the other person has to explain how/why it works and which flaws and bugs are still present. I sometimes write code that is overly complex for homework answers as well, let them try and hand that in!!

Not that I'm malicious or anything! :)
11-29-2002
Shiro

I don't mind questions about homework as long they are questions and not just a description of some task they have to do.
12-04-2002
VegasSte

..and as long as they have at least attempted it first!!
12-04-2002
sentienttoaster

I don't mind homequestions either, but some of them are really stupid, the questions... not the person.