hm..I was wondering

Question

If someone (cough* me) makes mistakes in answering questions, should they bother answering anything at all?

Just a thought that crosses my mind alot. =/

Answer 1

I think you should because you learn from your mistakes.

Answer 2

I guess but I don't want it to be at the expense of others. (thus my mistakes become theirs as well)

Answer 3

I think all of us make mistakes from time to time, Christina. One of the advantages of posting answers on this board is that most answers are read by teachers and wrong answers are corrected or even deleted.

Answer 4

Some of us (I don't) have tools to delete posts that are inappropriate or ridden with mistakes. Those of us who, for whatever reasons (typos, read problem wrong, hit the wrong button on the calculator, etc) and don't have tools to delete, usually follow up with a post, as soon as we know we goofed, and post a correction. If we don't get to it before another tutor posts the correct answer, then we post under the correct answer with a note that our answer is incorrect and the student should ignore the response from us and use the information provided by xxx.

Answer 5

okay. but the thing is that I feel that for me it's a little more than just "from time to time" or more than once in a blue moon =D

Thanks for your opinions.

Answer 6

The "neat" thing about mistakes is that once you have made one, you learn not to do that one again. If you don't risk making a mistake, you will miss out on that learning experience. I have learned more important things from daring to do something that I didn't know "beans" about, trying my best, making the mistakes. Besides, if you never made a mistake, like would be downright boring. The whole trick is to always work hard not to make the mistake and then never make the same one twice. <G>