Erich Wrote:I don't consider it cheating, because you usually have the info right in front of your face anyways. I usually do this with blatant, obvious assignments that I already know the answers for. And it isn't like I ask for it; my friends see i'm filling it in in another class, and they offer sometimes.
That's probably with rudimentary classes like US History or US Politics. But if you had to explain how to properly calculate the path of voltage and current in a parallel circuit system then you really have to bust out a calculator and do some thinking. Especially when the circuit gets more complex and in series circuit systems are added to parallel circuit systems in monstrously confusing ways. Or if you want to add a power generator with cables (transformer) to run through a given circuit system. Or if you want to shock a person with a given circuit system (a treatment for depression).
Also what gets interesting is when Biology majors take their mandatory neuroscience courses and discover that the brain is just a giant electrical grid for neurons to travel about at given velocities. Then all those Calculus and Physics courses they thought were not important (except for the MCAT) are shoved down their throats before they even have time to adapt their gag reflex to newer heights, or rather depths.