<p>So I’m going into my Junior year in five days which means that I have a lot of summer work to do. More specifically, a lot of APUSH work to do. We have to write notes about discovery to reconstruction using books given to us and notes from last year. There are twelve pages with about 40 topics on each page.</p>
<p>Seeing as how most of the APUSH class is my friend, they invited me into their little collaboration. Each person would do 2 pages and copy the rest from others. I declined because I see this as cheating. I get much more pride out of doing things myself. I offered to let them use my notes (just to be nice…I didn’t want them to use them) but they didn’t take them (whew). My notes are probably better anyway (not to be snobby). I write more than I have to, use more detail, etc. and don’t want them to copy them.</p>
<p>So right now, a part of me wants them to get caught. I just hate that they’ll be doing 1/6th of the work and still (probably) getting full credit. I wouldn’t rat them out though…seeing as they’re my friends (more like acquaintances but whatever). </p>
<p>Anyways…just wanted to let that off my chest while I finish the last of my notes. For discussion’s sake, do your friends cheat? If so, do you do anything about it? Heck, Do you cheat?</p>
<p>Yeah, a lot of people I know cheat. But remember, the only thing that the people hate more than cheaters are the ones that turn them in. It’s really mature of you to be this concerned about ethics and honesty; most people at your (and our) age don’t care at all. </p>
<p>But it’s like the same thing with a lot of other things in life. We know that many men cheat on their wives, and many people don’t put in 100% of effort in the workplace. But if you’re a guy and you tell everyone else about how your friend (or acquaintance) is cheating and about how bad that person is, or spread rumors to your co-workers about the guy who’s always late, then you’re NOT going to be liked.</p>
<p>Basic rule: Don’t “rat someone out” unless you know someone will get hurt. There will always be honest people, and there will always be liars and cheaters. Best thing to do? Get used to it.</p>
<p>lol, don’t worry I think they’ll get caught once the teacher reads a set of the same work. but unless the teacher will be too stupid to notice…just kidding :P</p>
<p>I’ve cheated before. I’m not proud of it, but I will never do it again! Last year we had a project worth 250 points and my english teacher caught about 20 people that cheated on it and got referals and it marked ont their permanent record so njow im afraid to cheat, but i know people who still do.</p>
<p>I had this same kind of issue, only with stealing.</p>
<p>I went to a LeadAmerica conference earlier this summer, and they had a code of conduct (obviously). Part of this code included the “Big 5”, which would get you sent home immediately, no questions asked. One of these was stealing.</p>
<p>So we went to Old Town San Diego, and I found out that night at dinner that this one girl had stolen about $150 in merchandise from various places. And I really wanted to tell someone, but everyone who knew was like “No, come on Kristi, don’t tell!” So I didn’t.</p>
<p>But now I feel awful…I really think I should have told someone.</p>
<p>in my book, splitting up work, is not cheating. why do you care so much that they’re not going to be doing as much work as you? it’s their problem; they won’t know the material as well as you and will do worse on tests.</p>
<p>don’t be a bit** and rat them out unless they are harming other people in some way.</p>
<p>I’ve split up work before only because it was busy work and I have a million other things going on. I can understand being ****ed about people cheating on tests but seriously…this is not a big deal.</p>
<p>I’ve cheated many times before but never on anything major and I don’t think it’s a big deal because they are not things that will ever affect me or anyone else in the future. By the way, I’m a freshman at Harvard.</p>
<p>Stealing hurts someone. So telling with the stealing thing wouldn’t have been wrong because someone lost money and that’s not right. Stealing from the internet hurts someone because they put work into something, and it’s not being acknowledged, so that should probably be reported to. </p>
<p>But sharing answers? Everyone does work, and everyone knows that someone else is using their answers, and they don’t mind. It’s not like, an essay or something. The teacher expects the same answers from everyone. So personally, I don’t think it’s worth reporting.</p>
<p>If borrowing someone else’s notes is cheating I cheated a lot last year. XD</p>
<p>My APUSH teacher allowed us to use our notes on quizzes, and my best friend Natalie had it right before me so if one of us forgot we’d let the other one borrow our notes.</p>
<p>No where did I say I “plan” on cheating. I just know that there will be some last minute times where I’ll have no choice, unless I want a bad grade.</p>