school work?

[billy]

good post lara.

we have a few here still in school or uni and i'm fine giving them feedback because they do join in by way of giving their share of feedback. i agree, it's the ones who join, dump their questions on us and piss off, that are problematic. any participating member is welcome to use discussion or any other forum to ask questions of look for help.

I agree, for the most part, that you should be a contributing member of the group if you are looking for a little homework help. Maybe find out what the person knows and doesn't know about the subject matter/question at hand and gently steer them in the right direction for their answer. Perhaps that answer is in a helpful link or an example or a combination of both.

What I don't like to see is when the person requesting help just blusters in to a place new to them after a quick google search, asks for help, and never returns after posting those one or two times or even thanks the people who have helped out.

I think most times contributing members see this is happening because their responses to the poster tend to reflect it.

Though there have been times in other places where I have felt bad for a person who has done some research first and seems courteous, but after mentioning "homework" they get blasted.

It's just one of those controversial things, I guess.