<p>I had a borderline B in my English class and decided to work with one of my friend to cheat on the next test. However, I decided that it simply wasn't worth it to throw all my hard work down the drain in case I do get caught so I called it off. If a teacher somehow discovers our text message, can we be accused of cheating even though we never did it but planned to do it? My friend told me she got her phone taken away and I'm worried our conversation might be read. HELP!!! IM SO SCARED!!!</p>
<p>I don’t think faculty read texts if her phone was taken away for something like texting in class? Nobody ain’t got time for that.</p>
<p>if she got her phone taken away for texting in class, the teacher/admins have no permission to unlock the phone and look at anything! they are supposed to hold the phone until the end of the day or when a parent can pick it up.</p>
<p>i think if they did read the text, they will be suspicious of you two and watch you more closely but weren’t supposed to be on her phone invading her privacy so they probably wouldn’t say anything. best of luck with the situation and i’m glad you decided that cheating wasn’t worth it (:</p>
<p>The teacher could get in trouble for opening her phone and going through it so I highly doubt they will. It’s an invasion of privacy and a teacher at my school was fired for being caught going through phones that he took.</p>
<p>^Agreed. Assuming you’re in the US, the Fourth Amendment protects us from that, and it applies in state funded public schools.</p>
<p>Conspiracy to cheat? It just might be the same as cheating?</p>
<p>^Right, but if the evidence was obtained in a violation of the implied “right to privacy,” then, as Mapp v. Ohio established, it could not be used in court.</p>
<p>Why don’t you both just delete text messages???</p>
<p>You are seriously a moron. No, I really mean it. Stop worrying about getting caught and start worrying about getting a moral center. While you probably won’t get caught this time, eventually all the BS about your rights will be moot, and you’ll be looking at consequences for something.</p>
<p>Its a violation of privacy, so the teacher wouldnt do that. Also, in the event she did, she can’t accuse you for anything as she didn’t see you do it. And teachers rarely care THAT much.</p>