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Re: Off topic: Why is asking homework questions shunned?

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"Fred Zwarts (KVI)" <F.Zwarts@KVI.nl> writes:

> "If I did your homework for you, then you might pass your class
> without learning how to write a program like this. Then you might
> graduate and get your degree without learning how to write a program
> like this. You might become a professional programmer without knowing
> how to write a program like this.

I seriously doubt that anyone who is not interested in doing his/her
programming homework him/herself will become a professional
programmer. Most likely the programming excercise is just a minor part
of his/her education and I think it's better to learn to find someone
who actually can do it than to try to do it yourself (and ending up with
some of the code I now and then have to face :-( )

But I am most likely biased, since I do Perl "homework" in exchange for
books. Most people who ask my help have already given it a try, got
stuck, and just want to see good code. Maybe Perl is somewhat of an
exception: most examples on the Internet are extremely bad. And based on
the example code of some teachers I would say that one is lucky to find
a teacher who can actually code Perl.

Do I assist in cheating? Maybe. However, in my opinion a good teacher
should know his/her students. And if an average student suddenly
produces better Perl than him/her maybe he/she should start asking some
questions ;-).

-- 
John Bokma                                                               j3b

Blog: http://johnbokma.com/        Perl Consultancy: http://castleamber.com/
Perl for books:    http://johnbokma.com/perl/help-in-exchange-for-books.html

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Off topic: Why is asking homework questions shunned? Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2011-12-07 07:52 +0000
  Re: Off topic: Why is asking homework questions shunned? Stuart Redmann <DerTopper@web.de> - 2011-12-07 01:14 -0800
    Re: Off topic: Why is asking homework questions shunned? "Paul" <pchrist<nospam>or@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-08 05:28 +0000
      Re: Off topic: Why is asking homework questions shunned? Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2011-12-08 06:53 -0800
        Re: Off topic: Why is asking homework questions shunned? "Paul" <pchrist<nospam>or@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-09 00:57 +0000
  Re: Off topic: Why is asking homework questions shunned? "Fred Zwarts \(KVI\)" <F.Zwarts@KVI.nl> - 2011-12-07 10:17 +0100
    Re: Off topic: Why is asking homework questions shunned? John Bokma <john@castleamber.com> - 2011-12-07 12:42 -0600
      Re: Off topic: Why is asking homework questions shunned? Christopher <cpisz@austin.rr.com> - 2011-12-07 15:22 -0800
        Re: Off topic: Why is asking homework questions shunned? Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2011-12-08 09:18 +0000
          Re: Off topic: Why is asking homework questions shunned? Ebenezer <woodbrian77@gmail.com> - 2011-12-08 23:36 -0800
      Re: Off topic: Why is asking homework questions shunned? "Waldek M." <wm@localhost.localdomain> - 2011-12-08 21:42 +0100
  Re: Off topic: Why is asking homework questions shunned? mrc2323@cox.net (Mike Copeland) - 2011-12-08 22:31 -0700
  Re: Off topic: Why is asking homework questions shunned? mrc2323@cox.net (Mike Copeland) - 2011-12-08 22:34 -0700

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