tmapm
I have to say, in my personal experience, I've always asked for helped with a lot of things when I've started. PHP for example. I was writing scripts and I always ran into so many problems. I always would ask someone online that I knew and they helped me everytime by letting me know where my problem was and how to fix. As more time went on, I learned from each problem and solution and started to depend less and less on them until I was able to debug efficiently all by myself. Sure, they gave me the answer, but it isn't that I didn't do the work.
I'm not against someone doing their own work. Yes, I gave him the answer, the solution. But I didn't ask him to send me the map so I could fix it and send it back. THAT is a reliance that isn't good and won't help him learn. In school, if one had trouble with a math question and kept getting the wrong answer, their teacher didn't tell them to look harder at their work (although sometimes, because the student could have been mature enough in math to figure it out if they looked at it again.) No, they pointed out the problem, and showed how to correct the mistake. Or maybe they walked them through step by step (Here is your problem, this is each step you need to take to correct your problem. First...)
You may have a different way of learning that works for you, but don't expect it to work for everybody. I don't care that you disagree with me or even if you twist what I write to "backup" what you think. You can be right, I'll be wrong.
I'm still going to help whoever posts on these boards regardless of whether you want to or not. You can continue to help them learn themselves with silence, and I, with an answer. These are your boards and you have every right to moderate, and enforce the rules regardless of how absurd they may seem to me. If the help I give inspires you to temporary ban me, so be it. And if that is the case, I have a feeling I'll be banned a lot. But I'll be worth it.
I'm not against someone doing their own work. Yes, I gave him the answer, the solution. But I didn't ask him to send me the map so I could fix it and send it back. THAT is a reliance that isn't good and won't help him learn. In school, if one had trouble with a math question and kept getting the wrong answer, their teacher didn't tell them to look harder at their work (although sometimes, because the student could have been mature enough in math to figure it out if they looked at it again.) No, they pointed out the problem, and showed how to correct the mistake. Or maybe they walked them through step by step (Here is your problem, this is each step you need to take to correct your problem. First...)
You may have a different way of learning that works for you, but don't expect it to work for everybody. I don't care that you disagree with me or even if you twist what I write to "backup" what you think. You can be right, I'll be wrong.
I'm still going to help whoever posts on these boards regardless of whether you want to or not. You can continue to help them learn themselves with silence, and I, with an answer. These are your boards and you have every right to moderate, and enforce the rules regardless of how absurd they may seem to me. If the help I give inspires you to temporary ban me, so be it. And if that is the case, I have a feeling I'll be banned a lot. But I'll be worth it.