<p>What a way to end the week. Today at 7th period, I finished my English quiz and put it into the folder and set it in the middle of the table. I then pulled out some sparknotes that i had printed out and started to see which ones I got wrong. Of course I wasn't gonna go change them. My teacher came around and collected our tests, and she saw the sparknotes on my desk lying face down. She was very upset, even though my whole table told her that I didn't cheat.
What's worse is that I was on good relations with her before this happened. I got sent to my counselor (with whom I was also on good relations) and I got a 0 on the quiz. I apologized to her after school over and over again, and she sort of understood. When my counselor talked to her, he told me that she believed I had not cheated, just used poor judgment. sigh, my main problem is that I hope she won't have some sort of grudge against me from now on. What should I do to make it up to her?
Also, a friend of mine said that I shouldn't even have gotten into trouble in the first place, seeing that my teacher saw a girl with her book out after finishing the test, and the girl did not get punished. I don't know what to do, any advice or sympathies would be much appreciated.
And tomorrow is my birthday, wow what a way to celebrate...</p>
<p>what book?</p>
<p>Oh dear, my condolences for you misfortune! i think u might want to explain the situation, and the context behind it to ur teacher... and try to do it fast, because my friend was accused of plagarizing his SUMMER assignment in the beginning of the 9th grade, and the teacher disliked him ever since... causing him to ahve a rough time.</p>
<p>great gatsby
yea I apologized right after class, and after talking with my glc i went back to apologize to her. She knows i didnt cheat and she told me that, but she was really disappointed at my lack of judgment. To this I just nodded my head and agreed that it was a stupid thing to do. Did I do the right thing?</p>
<p>Yeah you did. Agreeing is the best thing you can do. Teachers love it when you agree with them...our teachers get really cranky when a student tries to prove them wrong or disagrees with them.</p>
<p>Personally, I don't think that's the fairest judgement to make. But in these situations, I guess grin and bearing it might be the best course of action. At least you didn't get a honor code violation or something like taht (some really mean teachers might have tried to do that)</p>
<p>Heck, in a certain perspective, you can even think of her doing this as a favor to you. Since she's teaching you not to do it (and giving you a 0 to help you to remember it) it will prevent your chances of doing something like this in college/university, where a professor MIGHT just give you a 0 AND a honor code violation.</p>
<p>Just my thoughts though.</p>
<p>yea i agree with what everyone said. ilovetocamp, what you said is exactly what my counselor said to me. She IS doing me a favor by not putting me on a cheating contract, and for that I am pretty thankful. I just hope she can forget about it and treat me the way she treated me before this happened. Here's to hoping...</p>
<p>I would think that she would. Best of luck to you!</p>
<p>All you can do at this point is work hard in her class, ask for her advise, if you have questions about a book ask her, and I wonder if it was because it was Sparknotes and not your own notes that was also a little irritating?</p>
<p>yea citygirlsmom, im betting it was because it was sparknotes that made it even worse. I had it because a friend printed it out to study and then gave it to me to study during 5th period. Stupid of me to take it out.</p>
<p>I think the fact you fessed up, realized what you did, will go a long way. I don't think it will be held against you. As a parent, I know when my kid tells me something first, or admits when I call them on something, it is over much much quicker. Something else will come up, another kid will do something equally stupid or worse. The weekend will also help. One thing, don't get all weirded out with the teacher and read into her behaviour and get all paranoid. That is really easy to do. Move one and she will to. Show respect in class, work extra hard, and all will be well. And don't do anything silly again ; )</p>
<p>since you were candid there shouldn't be much of a problem. btw, HAPPY BIRTHDAY :D</p>
<p>Yeah, ** Happy Birthday =D**</p>
<p>haha thanks to everyone who posted. made my crummy day into a not-so-crummy day!</p>
<p>I can't believe it. You were using sparknotes, and then pulled them out during a quiz?</p>
<p>I'm not so sure of the folder system that youre talking about... but at least give auditory confirmation to the teacher that you've finished the quiz.</p>
<p>I think that using sparknotes in and of itself is cheating (unless you're using it for reference as you so eloquently state), and I would have to say that part is what cast doubt on your story.</p>
<p>Happy Birthday BTW</p>
<p>HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!</p>
<p>Happy birthday!!!
I really think most of my teachers actually wouldn't care about this, but I don't think I'll try.</p>
<p>Your teacher is a -. Plain and simple.</p>
<p>I don't understand why you would have apologized "i'm sorry I was checking to see if I marked the correct answers"? your apologizing makes it seem like you DID do something wrong, when in actuality you didn't. It's clear that you did not use the notes DURING the test, and while frowned upon that you would even be using the notes, I don't think your use of them merits a failed quiz grade.</p>
<p>W0W. We're reading it too.</p>