<p>everyone here already suggested that he come clean.
But in some cases, if someone shows sincere remorse and regret, I'd be willing to cut them some slac - provided of course that they actually learned something from it -</p>
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All of us cheat at one time or another. Why punish/make people feel bad about one tiny mistake that we've ALL done before.
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I've never cheated on a test or quiz once in my life and I find it deeply offensive that you're accusing me of such an act.
Nothing justfies cheating. If you're going to get a bad grade, then suck it up and take the bad grade. Cheating is an insult to your teachers, your peers, and yourself.</p>
<p>Absolutely, the OP should face the consequences. I never suggested otherwise. I think we agree on this matter. However, I don't think was necessary to insult the person by writing that they should get used to being treated like a "low life" as you wrote.</p>
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<p>You'd be every college cheater's dream then. There are NO second chances in college PERIOD. You either flunk the exam/paper, flunk the course, or get thrown out of the university. (Also professors will push to have the cheating incident noted in your record.) Let this be a lesson for the OP because high school isn't as harsh as college in terms of cheating.</p>
<p>I would have reacted the exact same way like 3 years ago. That was the first time I cheated.
But no one, no matter who, hasn't at the very least contemplated cheating. The overwhelming majority acts upon that while very few do not.</p>
<p>And I'm not saying that it's okay. Of course it's wrong and I stopped doing it. But everyone desers a second chance.</p>
<p>^ I beg to differ. I have thought about cheating, but I never acted on it because honestly I'd rather just have the bad grade than risk having it on my record. Colleges don't see test grades, they look at your permeneant (sp?) record.</p>
<p>Brighty: My point is that the OP has acted as a "low life" and will be thought of and treated as such,unless and until he redeems himself. Redemption can take a long time, and,in fact,may never be granted by some. I'm trying to help a young teenage mind think in a more responsible fashion. Sympathy posts will only delay maturity and lead to rationalizations.</p>
<p>that's what i said. some people don't act on it, which is, needless to say, the right thing to do. But just because someone didn't show good judgment once or twice it doesn't make them a low life. Sympathy and communication are a good thing sometimes.
P.S I've responding to the post above garrit's</p>
<p>stuck-on-1700: You miss the point. A "second chance" doesn't come from us.</p>
<p>I didn't call the OP a low life. Actually, I think that was another person. Yeah, try asking the dean of your college for sympathy. He/she will just laugh in your face. </p>
<p>The OP is a collegebound student, almost an adult. If he was in middle school, then I can understand the sympathy. But come on, a 17/18 year old should know better than that. And if I was an adcom and I recently found out about this, I'd be a little reluctant to accept him/her. </p>
<p>That's life.</p>
<p>stuck-on-1700: You mean well,but I suspect that you are a teenager. Your advice will only hurt the OP. Perhaps,well not perhaps, you are looking for rationalizations to excuse and justify your own behavior.</p>
<p>I know you didn't call him a low life I was responding to you and garrit.</p>
<p>okay, college is a different story. By then people are mature enough to know better.</p>
<p>people can still make mistakes and learn from them in high school. but sympathy should be within certain boundaries. too much - or to little - of anything is not healthy.</p>
<p>"my own behavior"? I already said I stopped cheating. And you're saying it like I'm the only one who's ever done it.
besides, I wouldn't go as far as to steal the test from the teacher. There are limits.</p>
<p>Call the OP what you will. His teachers,classmates and others knowledgeable about this theft and lies will think of him as "exercising ungentlemanly conduct". And our sweet little angel will say "I'm sorry. Ireally didn't mean it. Everybody does it. I really,really,really,really didn't mean to get caught. I swear."</p>
<p>Why are you sympathizing with the OP? He wasn't "forced" to cheat, he chose to do it. </p>
<p>Just because you're in high school, and you make a mistake, a really STUPID mistake, that doesn't mean I should feel sorry for you. The OP is almost an adult now and you are coddling him. The fact that he/she is asking us how to solve his problem, shows me that he/she isn't mature enough to be in college yet.</p>
<p>And then we forgive the little angel for his "transgressions" and he learns to never,never,never,never,never get caught again. At least not without a more believable fallguy.</p>
<p>I think the teachers will be able to tell if he'd just giving them what they what to hear.
I never said that he should just be excused. He should be punnished for it...other wise he won't learn from his mistake. But since, as he says, it was something out of character, being lenient won't hurt.</p>
<p>stuck-on-1700:You have a good heart. But your pattern of thought is stuck-on-17.</p>
<p>maybe it's because I'm only 16 8)</p>
<p>Just because you were "out of character" that doesn't mean what you did wasn't equally as wrong as a kid who normally cheats, lies, and steals. Both the kids should recieve the same punishment.</p>