That is a false analogy. This is in the structure of a class not some paper or industry. There is a reason the teacher doesn't want you to straight up look at s

That is a false analogy. This is in the structure of a class not some paper or industry. There is a reason the teacher doesn't want you to straight up look at solutions, maybe to generate a sense of intuition yourself. A lot of CS courses also have a project component where you get to use whatever resources to make something new.