Academic Malpractice..................

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>So for english class, our final was to annotate and present a poem. I get my poem. And I legitmately have no idea what it's about. So I go on Enotes.com and get the guide for my poem. I take it to english and am doing the annotations. As I finish and put it into my backpack, the teacher catches me and confiscates them, the annotations, and my outline. I tell her I typed it up the night before. This is our final and we are not suppose to work on it outside of class. So during lunch, I go and tell her that I really didn't type it but got it off of enotes.com. Obviously, when I was caught, I was scared. So I lied. Anyway, she already figured that much out. And she's also going to tell the principal. So what happens now and what should I do? I mean, I feel like **** and all, but should I pull the sob story for the principal or does she hear these too often?</p>

<p>Also, I swear this teacher hates me and is out to get me. Any other kid, and she would just rip the notes up and be like YOU CANT USE THEM. I think I'm on good terms with the principal, but I doubt she will look favoribly upon this. Also, I go to a really prestigious school and what not. But here, I can honestly say at least half the kids ? </p>

<p>So what should I say to the principal? How do I minimize damage? And what happens to my college chances?</p>

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<p>You admit your mistake. Lying about it will just further compound the problem.</p>

<p>You will in all probability fail the class.</p>

<p>FYI: You got off lucky. In College, plagiarizing like that gets you kicked out.</p>

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<p>you’ll probably get a zero on the assignment, maybe a day or two suspension.</p>

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<p>Also, you better beg the principal to not put this event in your file. Because most principals will put cases of plagiarizing in your formal student file.</p>

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<p>So then what should I say to her? Like how should I admit my mistake? can you guys please give me more details?</p>

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<p>Tell her the truth: Say that you didn’t know how to do the assignment and you resorted to looking it up online.</p>

<p>If you lie, you are just giving your teacher more ammunition against you.</p>

<p>Best case scenario if you don’t lie: You fail the assignment.</p>

<p>If you lie and then get caught: You fail the class and you get a note in your permanent file.</p>

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<p>Tell your principal what you told us, that you didn’t understand the poem. That isn’t too hard to believe, I never understood poetry either. It sounds like a strange choice for a final exam, unless the class was a poetry class. A lot of people don’t understand poetry.</p>

<p>I also was a good student in high school, well liked by most teachers but there were two who didn’t like me. It happens, it is just a personality thing. If it is indeed the case that your teacher doesn’t like you then I would also tell the principal that to put things in context. If your principal is a good one then she has seen this before, teachers who don’t like their students. It will give the situation a different perspective.</p>

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<p>Shoot, this really is not looking good. How should I present this to her? Like should I go in looking all sad and depressed or what? How should I explain?</p>

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<p>don’t act depressed or sad, try to address this in a mature and understanding manner. playing the victim will be bad, if anything</p>

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<p>So then how should I present myself? Like I said before though, many kids use sparknotes and various other things. Do you think she’ll take that into account.</p>

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<p>Don’t bother using other people as an excuse to cheating, that will just make you look bad.</p>