Is providing answers to homework problems corrupting the youth?
336318
No.  That is why I don't just give answers--I explain the answer or the question.  If they ask a lot of questions, I point them to internet sites.
420556
I don't like you're question. It is completely biased and sort of offensive. You're giving me that "When I was your age", crap and I don't like it. As you will see in my sources I am a totally down to earth kid. I don't love homework, but I've never cheated. It's just one thing in my mind that has a big NO on it. I would rather turn an assignment in late then cheat to get points I don't deserve. I feel that a slight minority of students actually cheat, and that this is biased and even on the wrong side. I think even the question headline is offensive. Listen to yourself. :Why don't kids do their own homework anymore? CHEATERS!!!?" Please define=kids. Kids? Seriously. There are over 6 billion children in the world and you have just accused 6 billion people that they are no good cheaters! You, are a verbal Hitler!
1124405
This is what happens when kids are not graded, so as to spare their feelings.  \n\nIt's true; there's been a whole movement in the past ten years to allow children to root around and try to find the correct answers, whether in mathematics, or English, with no punishments or demerits for incorrect answers, and yet no rewards for answers that ARE correct.\n\nThe current crop of 12 to 20 year-olds can't read, write, compose or spell, and what's worse, they think their puny efforts are "good enough".\n\nSad, isn't it?
331236
total agreement  here... I  hate the thought of doing some kids homework for them...lol...
347559
I agree, only come in here as a last resort if you type in a topic in your search engine, and you get jack squat.  They shouldn't eliminate the "Homework Help" section entirely.\n\nMind you, when I had tough questions, I always went to a teacher's aide in my spare classes in high school.  Do you kiddies have spare classes of your own in high school?\n\nOther than that, ICG, you are right on the money here.  I don't mind asking for help when you need it, but to rely on Yahoo! Answers for EVERY SINGLE FRIKKING HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT you have is VERY lazy.  Bravo for your question!
660787
I'LL TELL YOU WHY TURTLE GIRL, IT'S BECAUSE THOSE LIL BRATS JUST WANT THEIR HOMEWORK DONE. HMM, IF THEY HAD THIS WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL I WOULD HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS WITHOUT HAVING ACTUALLY LEARNED ANYTHING AND I LEARNED WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL. THESE KIDS DON'T REALIZE THEIR CHEATING THEMSELVES BY NOT ACTUALLY LEARNING THE MATERIAL.
762051
Are you having strangers do your homework for you?
139025
Mostly, homework is given because the teacher spent too much time yelling at all the morons who keep disturbing the class. The teacher runs out of time, so gives all the stuff they were going to teach to everyone as homework. But, very often, homework is to get you to look up things on your own, like you'll have to do in the real world. Doing homework can get some of your family involved too, maybe even making it fun to learn together. In high school, I had an independant study class, where we had to choose a topic, then do a paper on it. It required keeping track of all the hours you worked on it, and where you got your information from. It helped me understand where I could get information from, not having to depend on anyone to do my own work. That's what homework does for you. It makes you able to work independantly, so that you will grow into an independant adult. We need more of that nowdays. <*)))><
40991
Ideally you should not be helping them with homework, other than to make sure they have a place and time to do it.  The purpose of homework is to help the students strengthen their understanding of the information taught in class.\n\nTalk to the teachers if your children are having difficulty with homework. The kids should be able to complete the work on their own. If not, some help may be needed, and your school may provide some tutoring (at school) for free.
866813
Some of us do care, luv.  It's a question of what constitutes help.  If someone posts "please do these 24 problems for me", then I tend to ignore them.  If they post one or two, then I provide solutions as opposed to just providing answers.  I answer them essentially the same way I would answer someone in class (without, unfortunately, the blackboard, which does sometimes cramp my style).\n\nI have the same problem when someone posts multiple questions that obviously all come from the same assignment.  If someone posts a single question, I think it reasonable to assume they just need an explanation of that kind of question and they'll do the rest themselves.  When there are multiple postings, though, that's obviously not the case.\n\nIn short, I guess, you help someone with his/her homework by showing them how to do that type of problem.  You help them cheat by giving them an answer.\n\nAnd, to be honest, I do that sometimes, too - so I guess it's a judgement call.
35104
Of course. You can "lead" them to the answer, letting them solve the problem with clues. Or you can offer multiple choice answers. Or you can help them understand the problem by showing which answers are not possible (elimination of choices). Stimulating young minds is a challenge that is very rewarding. When done correctly, children gain confidence in their own abilities and excel. Of course, it helps if the teacher really understands the concepts they are teaching. So many teachers are versed in education, but not in the subject matter. A mathematician who is taught to teach is a far better math teacher than an educator who "learns" math.
533600
you are to smart! Yes I think i`m right,you are far to intelligent to do homework.So don`t do it!
173942
I'm an 8Th grade, and i spend about three hours more or less on my homework each night. but i am also in geometry, and high school chem. so i don't know how that effects the answer. the load is not bad though.
1050964
Just telling him he did the problems wrong? That's not cheating, that's helping - and kudos to you for taking time to assist your child's education. I can see the other guy's concern though, many of the more common forms of parental involvement in their children's homework really do comprise cheating - for instance (and I'm not implying that you do this), many parents will carefully help their child set up each problem and then leave the child to do the arithmetic on it themselves. That's cheating, since 90% of the work is setting up the problem - and of course when these children go on to college they only know how to plug formulas into a calculator and no idea how these formulas work or when and how to apply them. What you want to avoid is to actually do any substantial portion of your child's work for him. But to spend time helping him study, point out ways in which he can discover information for himself, or double-check his work before it gets submitted to the teacher (where any feedback will occur far too late to help him) - that is NOT cheating, and I wish that more parents actually took such an interest in their child's education. \n\nBTW - I find it thoroughly unsurprising that his daughter flunked kindergarten and first grade - complete absence of parental involvement is usually highly detremental to a child's education, and while it can be overcome by a good teacher with the time and leeway to teach basic reasoning and research skills, the odds of actually finding such a teacher are somewhere between ε and zero.
180529
i like doing it. \nthere are worst things in life besides homework.
356815
Yes especially on sundays...thats all you see....homework questions. How do they ever expect to learn.\n\nHave a great day
220992
I think that children ought to do their own homework and turn to this site when they get stuck.\n\nI find it annoying when I see someone take an obvious homework question and put it straight into answers...it shows that they are too lazy even to use a search engine to look it up.\n\nI have heard from some people that they don't like to use search engines because then they have to read all the hits to figure out if it is one they can use or not.  So sometimes, I am tempted to give them incorrect answers that sound realistic as a lesson not to crib their homework.\n\nHowever, I think this site can be a good tool to supplement homework and even do some research on peoples' attitudes toward current events, etc.  Like any other tool, it can be misused.  I'm sure my teachers didn't appreciate me looking up the homework I got in school in the encyclopedia...same sort of thing really.