This microblog makes lives of students easier
By Liang Yiwen |
March 29, 2013, Friday
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A MICROBLOG is helping students with their homework - free of charge - and understandably has raked up a huge following.
The account that goes by the name, "Here comes the homework answer" has over 110,000 followers on weibo.com.
Students post questions on the blog seeking answers. The microblog does not disappoint them, returning with answers on subjects as diverse as mathematics, physics, biology and even English. On one occasion it was asked to explain the translation of "A spider hatches by staring at it!"
Parents too are hooked on to the site, looking for quick replies to help out their kids.
The site usually has a heavy load between 6pm and 8pm when most students are deep into books. A student even contacted the site at 4am.
The microblog owner, who hasn't been identified but reportedly is an IT worker, said students suffer from great academic pressure and it was just an effort on his part to ease their burden.
With the growing number of fans, his followers also chip in to help. Questions are usually solved in around 20 minutes.
"It's a pity that we didn't have such cyber help in the past," said Sun Jun, a white collar worker. "During our time when we had questions we would discuss it with friends or classmates over telephone."
But there have been criticisms as well with some suggesting that students will only become lazy if they scour the Internet for answers instead of taxing their brains.
"The microblog should address the problem instead of just answering all the questions," said Brady Wu, a Shanghai resident.
The account that goes by the name, "Here comes the homework answer" has over 110,000 followers on weibo.com.
Students post questions on the blog seeking answers. The microblog does not disappoint them, returning with answers on subjects as diverse as mathematics, physics, biology and even English. On one occasion it was asked to explain the translation of "A spider hatches by staring at it!"
Parents too are hooked on to the site, looking for quick replies to help out their kids.
The site usually has a heavy load between 6pm and 8pm when most students are deep into books. A student even contacted the site at 4am.
The microblog owner, who hasn't been identified but reportedly is an IT worker, said students suffer from great academic pressure and it was just an effort on his part to ease their burden.
With the growing number of fans, his followers also chip in to help. Questions are usually solved in around 20 minutes.
"It's a pity that we didn't have such cyber help in the past," said Sun Jun, a white collar worker. "During our time when we had questions we would discuss it with friends or classmates over telephone."
But there have been criticisms as well with some suggesting that students will only become lazy if they scour the Internet for answers instead of taxing their brains.
"The microblog should address the problem instead of just answering all the questions," said Brady Wu, a Shanghai resident.
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