<p>Every semester, it never fails, the one student in my classes that doesn't know what's going on tries to befriend me and either a) cheat or b) tries to get me to teach them how to do everything.</p>
<p>This semester I lent someone my class manual at the beginning of the semester so she could copy the whole thing (there was nothing written in it) because the bookstore was selling it for a ridiculous price. She offered to pay me in return like 1/3 of what the manual cost. I said ok and lent her the manual.</p>
<p>We sat next to each other in lecture a few times but she has no idea what is going on and is always asking questions. Her best friend who is pre-med is in our lecture but not the lab so she can't bug her for the answers. Today she sent me 3 emails asking me how I figured out the most basic lab that we had to do. I told her I would get back to her later because I wasn't home and didn't have my lab information with me.</p>
<p>I am not planning on doing anything whatsoever to give her the answers and technically if I did it could be construed as academic dishonesty which I am not about to risk. How do I nicely tell her to back off? We don't have assigned lab partners so I thought about going into the lab later than I usually do and sitting in a different place. We have to do a group project this semester and I AM SO TIRED of being the only one that does the work and everyone else gets credit for it. I want to work with people who can put in their own efforts too.</p>
<p>lol tell heer straight up that everything she needs to know is in the lab manual. When she ask a question be like oh I’m not sure but it’s somewhere in there</p>
<p>If they want to copy homework then just make two copies, one for you and a very special one for them…and by special I mean all the answers are wrong. Either A) they will get the hint just by reading it that they should do their own work or B) they will copy it, turn it in and THEN get the hint when they get it back graded. As for group projects…don’t make them think that they can rely on you to do the whole thing, the problem with that is you might end up getting a bad grade to prove the point that you won’t do everything.</p>
<p>Its almost like she thinks she’s entitled to free tutoring because she paid me $20 for a $70 manual. I was being nice and lent her the manual but come on. I am not your free private tutor for the semester. I think I’m just going to tell her that I couldn’t figure out the problem and she should check with someone else to be sure.</p>
<p>In this situation, if the girl is hot- you exploit it. If the girl is not hot, you keep telling her that u dont know the answers to her questions.</p>
<p>Oh sorry haha for some reason i just automatically assumed u were a guy… But anyway it’s fairly simple. She leeches off of you because she needs help and she knows you give it, if you stop giving out your help, she will stop coming to you for help. Now all you have to do is find a way to stop giving out your help without being rude. Just say “I’m not sure, I got stuck on that one too, try to ask so and so” or “Yeah I have no idea what I’m doing either”. It might take a few weeks but she’ll eventually detach from you.</p>
<p>Haha, I have a classmate like that myself. It’s still entertaining for the moment, but, it’ll get old fast. </p>
<p>I heard somewhere that you remember some of what you hear, even more of what you read and even more of what you teach to someone else. I don’t give answers, but I’ll tell her what page something is on or share my review notes. But, I’m a pushover and that’s why ever class I have a couple “What’d you get for question 12?” clingers…</p>