<p>Dude, no French teacher is gonna be on this board reading the posts. LOL. Seriously. And I'm sure plenty of kids in French class have cheated. </p>
<p>OK, DON'T lie! You can still get a B in the class, and that's fine. Tell her you're sorry, you've learned, you were stressed, and etc. But be sure to ask how this will affect your recommendation. You definitely don't want her to mention you cheated in there. That's, like, instant rejection. Hopefully she'll be honest with you about what she'll include, and you can tell her you'd like another teacher to write it if she is going to knock you for it. If you don't trust her, just request that you have another teacher do it. Heck, she might even say not to worry about it. I wrote some stupid stuff in my "personal statement" (required at my school for teachers who do recs) and when I brought it up, my teacher said not to be ridiculous and that she was still going to write me a "lovely" recommendation, that I was a great person, and I deserved to go to a great school. Teachers are people, too. Everyone makes mistakes. The difference is some people own up to them.</p>
<p>If I were you I would just admit it. One year, a girl in AP french, had to write a 20 page paper in French and completely wrote it in English and then put it into one of those translator things. She was caught when instead of the essay saying Van Gogh it said the word for van in French. The teacher didn't end up reporting her but she recieved a zero. I made a terrible mistake, sophmore year in history, I cheated off of a girl sitting next to me, it turns out there were different tests. I still managed to get a 79 but I vowed never again to cheat, that was my first and last time cheating. What was worse, was that she wasn't even that bright and that I shouldn't of cheated off of her because I was top in my class in history. I just suffer from serious self-doubt.</p>
<p>It's like stealing or lying -- not good or acceptable, but your career won't die because you stole $200 or lied about your age at a movie theater. Cheating's certainly a bad thing, but we as a society have imposed penalties on it far more severe than the crime itself. I'm not defending cheating, but certainly people these days are a bit harsh about it.</p>
<p>Every one of you posting who actually thinks that cheating is acceptable needs to be smacked upside the head. Cheating is NOT okay, and many, many, many people do well WITHOUT CHEATING. Cheaters are frauds, and the fact that you have not been caught is hardly something to be proud of. Accolades earned through cheating are meaningless.</p>
<p>I really hope you self-centered cheaters grow up to realize the error of your ways. Unfortunately, I know that a number of you will not. Instead of using your intelligence to make the world a better place, you will be bringing it down. You can join people like Ken Lay in that special place reserved for those who think satisfying their own desires justifies screwing others. </p>
<p>Sorry to get on my soapbox, but someone needs to tell it like it is.</p>
<p>By the way, admit to the cheating. Promise yourself you'll have enough respect for yourself in the future to refrain from cheating. This incident is not the end of the world, but it might just be the start of your walk on the "right" path. If so, something good will have come from it.</p>
<p>But, if gets away with it, he'll be tempted to cheat again. No consequences.</p>
<p>He should take the hit (and get the B) and move on. His life won't be ruined if he admits to the act. It might be uncomfortable, but that feeling may get him to be a straight shooter.</p>
<p>Everybody doesn't cheat. Some of us want to get up in the morning, look in the mirror and actually like the person we see. Integrity is priceless. I'll get as far as I can on my own thank you, and I'll know its mine for real. I don't need to cheat. They're just grades for crying out loud!</p>
<p>You're asking for help from CC but you're actually still trying to figure out how to get away with it?!? You can only lose your integrity if you start with some. You sound like a coddled whiney loser who expects life to be easy and you have no qualms about taking something that isn't yours. </p>
<p>I'm sure this isn't the first and only time you cheated, its probably just the first time you got caught. Don't tell us you're in the top 10% like it actually means anything if you cheated your way to get there. Most of us bust our humps to actually learn stuff.</p>
<p>I really couldn't care less about you, but if you get away with it, the spot you take in a top college will be taken away from someone else who is probably more deserving, probably another CC member, probably someone like me :-). I certainly wouldn't want you performing surgery on anyone, LOL!</p>
<p>Seriously, to find your way, to make your self proud of yourself, you should apply to a college that you know you could've easily gotten into even if you hadn't cheated at all so that YOU know you're not relying on the fraud. Then with a fresh start, achieve honestly, for better or worse. You'd be surprised how good it feels. The thing is, you'll probably do fine anyway, and it will all really be yours.</p>