Taken from cumaeansybil

[conuly]

Yes, this is cruel. But you know what? If it teaches her not to be so stupid in the future, it's worth it. Plagiarism is a crime. Cheating is dishonest, and if you're going to either, you should at least be intelligent enough not to go about it in this stupid fashion, randomly contacting people you don't know.

So the lessons to take from this are as follows:

1. Don't cheat
2. Don't give personal information to strangers online

Comments

[eofs.livejournal.com]

Cheating seems to be an interesting cultural thing. I have a friend in Germany who refused point blank to believe I had never cheated in an exam - gone to the loo and slipped to my locker to check a text book or something. In his day and place apparently it was pretty much expected. It wasn't until I explained that during our exams any loo breaks are accompanied and that being caught cheating means you fail that exam (for sure,) that subject (probably) and even ALL of your GCSEs (in severe cases.) Two years work down the drain and you'll leave school without the most basic of qualifications. It just isn't worth it. He believed me then.