Book lovers, which annoys you more...?

Ha, I usually don't answer/read them anyways. I think it is kind of annoying and in a way plagiarism because they "steal" the answer that was given to them, it's technically not theirs. If people have problems just stop answering them, and the students should be the one's researching their hw. I'm home schooled and don't use the internet as a freebee . . . So not everyone does it! lol. Neh, if they keep on cheating then they'll never learn anything and won't become anything--other times it might be a one-time thing and they really, honestly might not be able to find the answer they need, or maybe they're checking theirs . . . ?

-MP

I would never write someone's essay for them, but I don't have a problem helping someone out with honest comprehension questions. Sometimes it's hard to tell the difference, so I err on the side of helping, rather than judging.

Unfortunately, many students are cursed with lousy English teachers who don't have a good grasp of classic literature themselves and who get their essay and homework prompts out of a manual. They may know how to read, but they don't know how to teach literature in a way that most of their students will be able to understand. Reading is a skill that has to be developed like anything else. Those of us who are naturally "good" readers tend to forget that.

People are not going to read books that they can't comprehend - they get frustrated and give up on a whole subset of literature. If I can help someone understand a book, and perhaps help them to enjoy or get some satisfaction out of what they've read, it's worth it.

Yes, some kids are lazy and want someone else to do their homework - I don't see many of those questions get answered on here. If we want to stop "literary ignorance," we can use the ambiguous questions as an opportunity to help people learn.

It is very annoying to see all these students on here not using their brains and just being plum lazy. Well, I usually answer some of those questions with vague enough responses to help get them started on their own. The more specific questions I either ignore or I just tell them to do their own work. The rest, I get a laugh at because some of these teachers ask the most ridiculous questions about literature.

No, I don't get an ego trip when answering those sorts of questions. I either get a laugh at the student for not being able to answer such mundane, recycled questions or I get a laugh at the teacher for some of the sheer stupidity that they released upon their students.

i am guilty of answering a few obvious homework questions. i didn't do it to boost my ego. it didn't affect my ego in any way. i did it because i was bored, i felt like writing a little about a book i loved and its an easy 2 points. i don't answer the summary questions because that is ridiculous since they can easily look it up like you said.

the existence of Y!A and people answering homework questions doesn't facilitate literary ignorance. those kids didn't read the books because they were already ignorant little fools. the voluntarily illiterate who don't read or do their homework then scrabble at the last minute to get others to cover for them were in school when i was there.

i find most of the homework questions humorous and pathetic especially the ones which request "exact" answers, quotes, or cite your references. i avoid those questions because i'm not going to write someones paper. attempting to scam a paper from anonymous internet posters proves their foolishness. i don't take the situation as seriously as you do but maybe i should. maybe when the twilight fans who treat B&A like a fan site move on i will focus all my frustration on the homework trolls.

I just think how easy homework is for kids now with the invention of the internet. In a way it could be considered cheating when a student has someone answering their homework question because they're not doing any of the work. But there's really nothing to be done about it. It would require willpower not to be tempted to take the easy wasy. As humans, we like to have things easy...and YA makes it easy for homework assistance.

It's sometimes sooo tempting to answer with something plausible but completely, utterly wrong...

No, I haven't. But if I see one more request for an answer to a question that I know instantly despite not having read To Kill A Mockingbird in twenty years, I may just start. I mean, do these kids think their teachers are thick? I've seen them write three lines on the internet and I know they haven't read the book!

I usually make a point to answer their question by saying something along the lines of "Do your own homework" hoping it'll stop anyone from answering. It bothers me to no end, when I was that age the internet cost $2.99 a minute we had to do our homework on our own (How old did I sound just then, wow I just felt like my grandpa when he tells the story about walking to school with a warm potato in his hands to keep warm.) I just hate it that they are so willing to let others answer all their questions for them, not only that but other people's willingness to answer those questions. They'll never learn and it's sad that they aren't even willing to try.

I don't see anything wrong with giving out a few ideas. Sometimes people do read books but want to discuss it further or have things that they don't understand. I mean i'm not going to write an essay for them or anything. I like answering questions about my favorite books.

I don't really mind either way. I'm more sick of hearing constant Twilight questions and answers. The fans have gotten me to the point where even though I bought Twilight, I don't want to read it anymore.

I agree! Seriously they should just do all their own homework and shouln't beg others for help,I mean they should have notes,friends,or anything else to help them,not going on a asking site to just randomly make ppl help u!