If the students ask well formulated specific question at RG after some initial search in the web or in the library - thats defenitely ok. It is not ok to ask questions that are not unambiguous, bad formulated or can be answered by using Wikipedia. Frankly spoken: your question is not very specific and it uses colloquial prases (damn cheek) that are not familiar to non native english speakers llike me.
Well, as you suggest, people might Wikki many things, including colloquialisms! It's better I use English ones in this language, I'd have thought? I find many enjoy them. They bring humour for some, and a new English phrases for others.
Other than that, I like your answer, thank you. And I recommend it.
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The internet has actually revolutionalised learning and made quite 'simple' to some extent. If students would like to use RG to search for potential answers for their term papers, why not? I believe it is a great source for learning.
It will however become a problem if the student in question just copied every answer and suggestion by RG users for his/her term paper without cross-checking from other sources the veracity of the information gathered.
Moreover, it is also important to note that a well-researched term paper, etc. should be properly referenced. So the question thus arises, especially when the student in question does not know how to reference the information gathered from individual scholars and researchers from RG.
Some sensible points there, thank you Thomas. I obviously don't mind students using RG to pick a few brains. But, I do object when the question is clearly the one they've actually been set! I think that is a cheek. And I find it annoying.
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