<p>First of all please don't yell at me how I'm a dumbass and all. I REGRET IT. </p>
<p>So I was taking a test and I got out my phone and put it in my lap. 5 minutes into the exam one of the TAs tells me to leave - I don't know if she saw my phone or if she thought I was looking around. Anyways she tells me to get up while looking at me and when I get up my phone freaking flies down across the floor. I try to grab it before I get up but it slips out of my hand At this point I'm like <strong><em>. Keep in mind that my notes are displaying prominently on the phone. I'm *</em></strong>* </p>
<p>However, she just grabs the phone and tells me to come with her and sits me in front of the room. She puts the phone on a table where the other TAs take a look at it. I get to finish my test. The other TAs look at it and I think one does something in his phone. The professor is notified but I am not confronted nor did he look at the phone (I think). He had a "jeez" , "ughh" expression on his face. Now I am confronted on if I should lie or tell the truth.</p>
<p>My school has a rather lenient policy in that your first offense you either get a 0 on the assignment or 0 in the class. This test was worth less than 15% of my grade. </p>
<p>So my lie would be that: My phone was vibrating an insane amount of times (due to my Skype application). I wanted to turn it off so I put it on my lap to turn it off inconspicuously. The settings on the phone don't make it turn off automatically so thats why the notes were displaying at that moment. I forgot to click out of it before the exam since i was studying right beforehand. However I realized that the TA was coming near me so I decided to just let it be and was afraid to turn it off right there and then. I tried putting it away in my pockets.. I'll tell him I did see part of the notes due to the fact that it was on but that was not my intent.</p>
<p>That lie might work. Or at least it might have if you tried to explain immediately after it happened. Like, while the TAs were looking at your phone, if you said, “No, please give me 2 minutes to try and explain what happened,” then maybe it would have worked. At this point, it’s too late for that to work.</p>
<p>If asked say “No matter what I say you will doubt it because you wouldn’t be questioning me unless you were already convinced of me cheating. So I feel even when I tell the truth you will not believe it”</p>
<p>Wow…and posting for advice on whether to be honest? I doubt this will reform you and I doubt this was your first time. It’s just the first time you were caught.</p>
<p>It’s just not that what you did was stupid, but what you did was WRONG, and your willingness to lie about it shows you aren’t feeling the appropriate amount of shame.</p>
<p>Your cheating affects others. If by cheating you get a higher grade than you deserve, then that diminshes the accomplishments of people who earn their grades.</p>
<p>As a practical example, suppose you and an old classmate are bein interviewed for the same job. You cheated your way to an A, and he earned his way to a B. you get the job because you had the A, and he doesn’t.</p>
<p>Cheaters who don’t get caught make things harder on the rest of us. Cheaters who get caught and lie make things harder on themselves.</p>
<p>This is the only time in your life where your parents will financially support you while going to college, if you screw that up and try to get to college later, it’ll be mich harder.</p>
<p>They found notes on your phone the moment they took it from your hand. That’s the fact. It’s hard to believe such an elaborate story when that happens, IMHO, so I think you should just admit it and take the 0.</p>
<p>Edit: E-mail him first. I think they will have a little respect for you for admitting the truth and apologizing, whereas if you just try to lie your way out, they’ll lose all respect for you.</p>
<p>I am a TA and I would definitely not believe that story, especially if I picked up your phone with your notes displayed prominently on it. Your TA probably told you to leave because she saw your phone. Sometimes students think they are slicker than the professors/TAs, but the professors usually have years of experience teaching and the TAs usually have at least a few semesters’ worth and we’ve been to college ourselves; we know the tricks. You may as well just tell the truth.</p>
<p>There’s no need to email the professor; the TAs have probably already reported it to the professor and s/he will take action and notify you if necessary.</p>
<p>Tell the truth. Be responsible for your actions and accept the consequences…lying WILL make things worse. That isn’t a good excuse anyway. No reason to take your phone out during an exam.</p>
<p>First of all please don’t yell at me how I’m a dumbass and all. I REGRET IT.</p>
<p>I bought notes for my final Physical Geography exam, but I was informed that a camera caught me. The office workers informed that I was caught stealing. I admitted the truth because I was desperate and feared that I would forget what I knew from the beginning of the semester, and handed them the notes. And so I got an F in Physical Geography.</p>
<p>Juillet gave you good advice. Just because someone is over 30 doesn’t mean they are stupid or gullible. It usually means (in the case of the professor) that they have heard it all and have developed a excellent nose for BS. By lying, you risk pissing off the professor even more. Not a good idea. He is likely to consider it disrespectful and a sign of zero remorse (which seems the case).</p>