# Proposed: New Homework Forum **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 4, 2013, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-new-homework-forum/654867 "2013-04-04T22:04:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-new-homework-forum/654867/41 "2013-04-06T16:38:18Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Has anyone _ever_ been sued for this reason since the internet began? Of course not, because the Straight Dope doesn’t have a homework forum. ---
**Author:** ![lawbuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@lawbuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawbuff)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-new-homework-forum/654867/42 "2013-04-06T16:44:33Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I think that the SDMB should have a Homework Forum after [after seeing how Dopers jumped in to help someone with a homework problem.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=687081) Enotes is a web site dedicated to homework questions, editor’s get paid. I posted over there awhile in the legal section and history/poetry at times, but not under lawbuff. I did not qualify as an editor, no degree, etc., but anyone can still answer questions. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-new-homework-forum/654867/43 "2013-04-06T17:14:58Z")
Humor appears to be a slippery concept for some of us to grasp. Not me. I clearly detected **czarcasm’s** tongue firmly in his cheek. ---
**Author:** ![ptr2void](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ptr2void/32/3406_2.png) [@ptr2void](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ptr2void)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-new-homework-forum/654867/44 "2013-04-06T17:25:57Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > We put that rule in place because kids (and sometimes their parents!) would come to the site and ask us for the answers to tests or to write term papers for them. > > I am not making this up. No doubt. Just venture to a programming forum. People show up constantly and simply ask for code for their homework assignments. [Cite](http://cboard.cprogramming.com/c-programming/155639-im-asking.html). They also show up with copied and pasted intermediate-level code and then ask questions which show they have absolutely no understanding of what they’re doing. I have no doubt these people are exposed come test time. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-new-homework-forum/654867/45 "2013-04-06T18:47:38Z")
… not just kids. I was teaching in an MBA program for several years. As part of their first paper, students had to describe their employer in their own words, and then use of our tools to analyze the company. I did a Google search on the company descriptions, and it was amazing how many people just did cut-and-paste from their company’s website. My guess is that any reasonably good teacher does search on any interesting wording in a paper, so these people are probably exposed well before test time. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-new-homework-forum/654867/46 "2013-04-06T18:52:33Z")
What that thread demonstrated to me is we could have a forum for "Queries for replies that consist of ‘yes’ or ‘no.’ " Then the OP could take their pick. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-new-homework-forum/654867/47 "2013-04-06T19:12:47Z")
Proposed: New Questions That Could Easily Be Answered By Googling Forum ---
**Author:** ![splatterpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3be4f8/32.png) [@splatterpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/splatterpunk)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-new-homework-forum/654867/48 "2013-04-06T19:32:27Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Proposed: New Questions That Could Easily Be Answered By Googling Forum **Jinx** could moderate. ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2013, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-new-homework-forum/654867/49 "2013-04-07T03:51:37Z")
You know what would be awesome? A Homework Forum where after the OP, no replies could be made, so eventually there’d be all these homework questions, with not a single answer for any of them. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2013, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-new-homework-forum/654867/50 "2013-04-07T04:15:14Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Humor appears to be a slippery concept for some of us to grasp. Not me. I clearly detected **czarcasm’s** tongue firmly in his cheek. I just think it’s funny the way JARojas4244 posted a serious request and got joke responses and then Czarcasm posted a joke thread about it and got serious responses. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2013, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-new-homework-forum/654867/51 "2013-04-07T14:20:19Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I just think it’s funny the way JARojas4244 posted a serious request and got joke responses and then Czarcasm posted a joke thread about it and got serious responses. I don’t know if I should take this seriously, or as a joke. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2013, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-new-homework-forum/654867/52 "2013-04-07T17:32:53Z")
> [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](#): > > I don’t know if I should take this seriously, or as a joke. We’ll have to wait and see how people respond to it. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2013, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-new-homework-forum/654867/53 "2013-04-07T19:47:42Z")
> [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](#): > > I don’t know if I should take this seriously, or as a joke. Did you read the link in the OP? ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2013, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-new-homework-forum/654867/54 "2013-04-07T22:16:34Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Did you read the link in the OP? Yep. I was playing on **Little Nemo’s** comment. Guess I needed a :). ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-new-homework-forum/654867/55 "2013-04-08T01:20:55Z")
Did Czarcasm really get whooshed there? Or did he only pretend to not get the joke as part of the joke? ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-new-homework-forum/654867/56 "2013-04-08T02:18:48Z")
Much like the number of licks to get to the center of a tootsie pop, the world may never know. Or it may. Wait for it. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-new-homework-forum/654867/57 "2013-04-08T02:23:39Z")
> [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](#): > > Yep. I was playing on **Little Nemo’s** comment. Guess I needed a :). 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-new-homework-forum/654867/58 "2013-04-08T13:28:38Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I just think it’s funny the way JARojas4244 posted a serious request and got joke responses and then Czarcasm posted a joke thread about it and got serious responses. Yeah, it’s almost like the server is hosted in Soviet Russia. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-new-homework-forum/654867/59 "2013-04-08T16:05:43Z")
The thing is, I have asked for homework _help_ here. Homework help is different from giving me the answers. I have bounced essay ideas or asked for clarification with some tiny bit of script. So it’s not like you can’t get help, or direction. You shouldn’t get answers. - serious response to a joke question ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-new-homework-forum/654867/60 "2013-04-08T21:22:42Z")
> [@Darth\_Panda](#): > > Yeah, it’s almost like the server is hosted in Soviet Russia. Is… Is that the best “Soviet Russia” joke ever? Could be… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-new-homework-forum/654867.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-new-homework-forum/654867.md?page=4)