On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 10:53 AM, Jerry Hill <malaclyp...@gmail.com> wrote: <snip> > > I don't think that's true at all. I think people here are happy to > help, including by posting working, efficient, code. What we try to > avoid is having students come here with their assignments and have us > do their schoolwork for them. I'm not sure how long you've been > subscribed to the list, but this happens on a regular basis. </snip> > -- > Jerry
I can't agree with Jerry's comments more, and I have been the benefactor of both sides of this unwritten rule. As a student, I came to discussion forums like this one with homework questions hoping for an easy answer, and didn't get one. Now that I am a college professor I'm quite glad I didn't get an easy answer, and I appreciate even more now the fact that forums like this one know a homework problem from a real one, and work to teach more than normal when it is needed. I haven't been involved with python long, and I had an abrupt start on this list as my first question question was not written with the protocol I normally use, I had not taken time off and gotten away from my frustrations and taken the time to write a clear concise non-judgmental question. The rest of this list chastised me, and still helped me. I deserved the critical words, and did not deserve the help. I got both. Thanks go to the long time readers and contributors of this list who have made it something valuable, and I hope that some day soon those of us who are still learning, will be able to begin to meaningfully contribute. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
