I agree. Coaching critical thinking is one thing (teaching someone how to
fish). Spoon-feeding is another.

On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 2:02 AM, Robert Citek <[email protected]>wrote:

>
> On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 6:08 PM, Bryan Smith <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > Seems like this is homework...we help people solve problems at work
> > while they are.getting paid, so why not help someone at school!
>
> Providing pointers is good.  Doing the homework for a student, not so
> good, especially for the student.
>
> I'm not a big fan of ESR/Rick Moen's writing style, but "Smart
> Questions" addresses the issue:
>
> http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#homework<http://catb.org/%7Eesr/faqs/smart-questions.html#homework>
>
> But that's just a $0.02 opinion.
>
> Regards,
> - Robert
>
> >
>


-- 
Penguin, penguin, and more penguin.

Believe that within the brain is a brain, and within it another brain, and
so on and so forth.

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