<p>So here's the situation: a few weeks ago, my English teacher had us pair up for this quote analysis assignment for A Midsummer Night's Dream. My partner did absolutely no work, but she was only a fairly new, casual acquaintance of mine--so I couldn't exactly "make" her work like I could with a regular friend. Anyway, we didn't finish in class and so we divided the work between us and planned to bring it in the next day.</p>
<p>Slackers that we are... neither of us did it. We kept saying we'd get to it, and this goes on about three days before I just do all the quotes and write my name on them. Long story short (or at least shorter), I felt sorry for her (I mean, it's a zero) and let her put her name on the assignment. Turn them in, it's done. No big deal, was my reasoning. She didn't do anything but I'm still getting my grade.</p>
<p>Here's an insider: I have an incredibly disorganized English teacher. She's kind of inept, too (we're skipping important parts of the curriculum, and it's an honors/pre-AP class). Her grading is sloppy and from observation usually done in a rush. She hardly ever checks the backs of papers, even with arrows and the words "please turn over" as big as day. (I don't know how many half credits I've recieved from that...) From what I can figure, she somehow saw my partner's name on the paper but glossed over mine. So today we get progress reports, and I see a zero next to the thirty-point quotes assignment. And my partner? 30 out of 30. Yeah, life's unfair. Even with the zero I have an 86 (B+), but there's only a few weeks left in the semester and we don't get a lot of major assignments. If I don't get an A, I will be highly ****ed off. </p>
<p>And the moral of this story? Should be pretty obvious. Don't cheat even if you're trying to be nice, poetic justice, what goes around comes around, etc. It tends to bite you in the ass.</p>
<p>/rant</p>
<p>While we're at it, why don't you guys share your lovely cheating stories? :)</p>
<p>My AP English teacher is the complete opposite… </p>
<p>He’s cool and always makes innuendos in class. When we have a problem, he wants to hear it outright. </p>
<p>If I had half-credit, no-credit on assignments because the teacher was like that, I’d be putting up hell… what’s the worst the teacher can do to you??? Suspend you for talking back??? Then I’d bring my parents and take it up with everyone higher up… life’s too short to take that kind of mistake from people. </p>
<p>Well… about your friend that put her name on the assignment… I let people do that a lot so I don’t see it as “cheating” I just see it as an extension of my good will… they are just trying to graduate high school… </p>
<p>Show her that it’s your hand writing. You’re letting this go way too easy. I used to make **** up to argue with my teacher but yours is actually legit! DO EEET.</p>
<p>I’m not the type to be like, “OMG TALK TO YOUR TEACHER AND IF SHE DOESN’T FIX IT TALK TO YOUR ADMINISTRATION RARARA” but uhhhh, if your teacher is denying you credit for something you did, and that’s making your grade a letter grade lower, you should probably do something about it…</p>
<p>You have to stand up for yourself and take actions into your own hands. If you don’t stick up for yourself, it won’t be done. Trust me, it’ll be awkward at first, but the more you do it, the more comfortable you’ll be (at this point I’m very comfortable with my AMAZING luck with English teachers -_-.)</p>
<p>And don’t **** the teacher off, the golden words would be something along the lines of… “Can you clarify to me why I didn’t get credit for assignment X? I worked hard on it (well not in your case, but you get the idea :P) and handed in, so I’m just a little confused.” You can’t come off to the teacher like “**** AND GIMME MY FRICKING CREDIT!” or anything offensive like that. If worst comes to worst, bring in parents. Worked with me :D</p>
<p>I don’t get it. How can the teacher not give you credit if your name is on the paper? Exactly what made her give you a 0 in the first place and then not believe you when you say you did the work?</p>
<p>Um, if just showing her the paper with your name on it doesn’t do it, then have your partner vouch for you? Either way, I agree it’s a little dumb to complain as there’s some pretty obvious solutions that your teacher will have to listen to unless she’s a completely brainless moron.</p>
<p>I think I’m more ****ed than you are OP. You can’t let this just slip by. Grab your partner and make her confess that you did all the work. If not tell an administrator or something. You don’t deserve.</p>