College Level Instructors--How do you feel about?

Question

Instructors, How do you feel about people who put their entire quiz or test on here and want someone to give them the answers? As a student I am a little angry that they are taking the easy way out and I feel it is making my degree worth less. I am working harder than they but they get the same thing I do. What are your thoughts?

Answer 1

Your degree is a piece of paper.  It will open the door, but if you are an idiot, it won't cover for you.  By doing the work, you are actually gaining the knowledge, and that will serve you much better down the line than these kids getting answers online.  Plus, there's no guarantee that the answers they are getting are even correct.  This is one of my all time favorite Yahoo Answers:

http://nz.answers.yahoo.com/question/ind...

Bottom line-  Don't worry so much about what others are doing.  They're only hurting themselves in the long run, because cheating and taking shortcuts is exposed very quickly in the real world.

Answer 2

I'll admit I've never seen anyone do that, but then I don't read the homework part of the site.  I generally don't give more than 10 minutes for a quiz, so the chance of someone answering it for them online is not too great.  As to tests, it seems unlikely that anyone would take the time to answer all of my questions for someone.  Furthermore, the only tests for which I give them permission to use computers are essay tests, so they would have a hard time getting someone to write them an essay in time.  It is cheating, plain and simple.  Thanks for the heads-up.  Next time I give a test, I'll check the site to make sure no such thing is happening!