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French site does kids' math homework

by on05 March 2009

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And charges an arm and a leg


A French site is offering kids the chance to have older students do their math homework for them, and it's charging 5 euros for an answer to a simple math problem.

Sounds expensive, but the fact that it is selling its services to kids who are awful in math in the first place should help. The site is called faismesdevoirs.com (domyhomework.com), not very imaginative, and it goes live on Thursday morning.

Schoolteachers are outraged and feel that such a site defeats the purpose of education. Some might say that such sites wouldn't be necessary if teachers did a good job in the first place, but that's beside the point.

Site founder founder Stephane Boukris dismissed the criticism, saying kids are still learning, although they're buying their homeworks.

"We're not just giving them the fish, we're teaching them how to fish," Boukris told Reuters.

So there you have it, a new way for French divorced deadbeat dads to buy some love.

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Last modified on 05 March 2009
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