| High school and college students know very | | | | especially if the help is obtained from a |
| well about the internet. They know more than | | | | paid service. |
| us probably. And as a natural human behavior, | | | | |
| they use it to ultimately satisfy their | | | | From my perspective, this concern is very |
| needs, whichever they are. This could be | | | | short sighted for a number of reasons. First, |
| dangerous, since the internet doesn't have a | | | | students have been getting homework help from |
| filter and anyone could have access to | | | | immemorial times, and the current format is a |
| anything, which certainly conveys risks. | | | | simple consequence of the actual |
| | | | technological twist. Nothing has changed |
| But the internet is not all about risks and | | | | really in substance; it's simply that the |
| danger. There a huge wealth of opportunities | | | | platform is different. Secondly, I think that |
| to learn and advance in any single field of | | | | the really important thing is the students to |
| knowledge. All that knowledge is there, most | | | | understand their assignments and the concepts |
| of the time for free, for whoever wants it. | | | | related to them. If they achieved full |
| The problem is that most of the time the | | | | understanding working with a tutor, or |
| information is disperse and hard to find, and | | | | through a paid homework help service, that's |
| sometimes it takes a good amount of | | | | not really relevant. The important thing is |
| perseverance to obtain what you're in need | | | | that they achieved the final goal of |
| of. | | | | comprehension. I do agree that is not |
| | | | legitimate when students pay for homework |
| Students are looking for homework help online | | | | solutions and they use them as their own |
| all the time. But generally they don't do a | | | | work, and they don't really care about |
| research of their own. They prefer to go to | | | | learning, because they just want to get rid |
| forums to websites specialized in homework | | | | of their duties. |
| help to ask their questions. This habit | | | | |
| replaces the traditional formula of getting | | | | The solution is simple. Homework assignments |
| tutor, and asking him/her to solve homework | | | | shouldn't be graded. They should represent a |
| problems for them. This has been done | | | | way for students to sharpen their skills, an |
| forever. But now the debate is center around | | | | opportunity of getting more interested in the |
| the legitimacy of getting help online, | | | | field they are studying. |