who is this guy?

<p>there was this one dude who last quarter used to always want to study with me. come test time he would always sit by me and copy my stuff. while taking exams he would always kick my backpack to get my attention so he could look over my shoulder. it was getting annoying. i didn't know him that well but we had mutual friends so i just brushed it off and was like "it's cool." if it wasn't for me he would have failed this one class. he would have bombed the final and a midterm. </p>

<p>ok. fast forward.</p>

<p>but this quarter i am the one who needs help. different class different quarter. come test time i don't really know anything. seems strange cause he doesn't really call me up or anything to talk about one of the classes we are in together. so test time comes and i notice that he is always buddied up with somebody else who i don't know. i need help but it seems as if is always copying off of somebody else... without me. it would be nice to get some help during our quizzes but there is nothing no offers.</p>

<p>same quarter but different class. he calls me up before class before our exam. remember that this is the same quarter but a different class.... this quarter. he wants to sit together during our exam so we could help each other out. turns out he doesn't really know anything. he is the one that is copying from me but if i look at his paper all of his stuff is wrong. but hes the one thats looking at my stuff. </p>

<p>as a matter of fact it has always been this way. he always claims to want to "help each other out" but he doesn't know anything while i do.</p>

<p>he calls me up to sit by him in one class before an exam and totally ignores me for a different class i need help with and sits by somebody else.</p>

<p>i guess my question is: who is this guy? im still trying to figure it out..</p>

<p>he works full time and he is also a full time student. </p>

<p>should i have sympathy for him?</p>

<p>and what should i do in a situation like this?</p>

<p>or better yet, what would you do if you were in my shoes?</p>

<p>Sounds like the loser's simply using you.
Why are you being such a wuss about it and letting him use you?!</p>

<p>I vote NO on the sympathy. Especially since it sounds like he doesn't even have the honesty not to cheat nor does he have the decency to do any of his own work. If you want to be confrontational, you could simply explain the issue to him, but I'd probably just suggest avoiding him and not answering his phone calls. He should get the hint!</p>

<p>hte guys a sociopath, cut him off and see him fall... jk...but I'd either turn it into a mutual help relationship (lol) or seriously cut him off</p>

<p>I'll have to agree with apumic.
The guy's just trying to cheat his way through, and you're nothing more than a means to that end for him. Just say no, you won't "help" him.</p>

<p>I wouldn't have let someone copied off of me in the first place. Nobody cheats off of me, not even friends.</p>

<p>Basically, I got a somewhat similar experience.</p>

<p>There was a girl, who is my suitemate's friend. She and I took a class together which I didn't plan to do so. She always need help just a couple days before the exam or before the due day of the homework. She would sit in my dorm and study ask for my help all day long. But during the regular day, I would see her and she would not call me at all. I also noticed that she did not put effort in that class.</p>

<p>So, after the mid term of the class, I felt like being used. Therefore, whenever she call me before the exams, I tried not to answer it. But she called like 3 times a day and really annoying. At the end, I did call her back and told her that I was not available.</p>

<p>I really hate people doing that. We help each other out and try to make some good friends. But the fact is that they don't even want to be your acquaintance, they just take advantage out of your ass. To treat this type of people, just ignore and reject them in their face. I don't need a friend like that.</p>

<p>There's a difference between "helping each other out" and cheating. It sounds like you need a good study buddy (or study group) to help you learn material throughout the quarter. That way, you won't find yourself a frantic loser at the end who resorts to cheating. You need a support network to help you learn material (remember, if you actually LEARN it instead of cheating you will retain the information much longer, and it will be useful to you), not a single rope that you grasp for at the end of the quarter.</p>

<p>This may be a little extreme, but I suggest reporting his cheating to a teacher or another authority. Yes, you'll have to admit the part you played, but it sounds like this guy needs some serious help and isn't likely to get it on his own. Maybe he needs some time off from college.</p>

<p>"This may be a little extreme, but I suggest reporting his cheating to a teacher or another authority. Yes, you'll have to admit the part you played, but it sounds like this guy needs some serious help and isn't likely to get it on his own. Maybe he needs some time off from college."</p>

<p>Man, do not even try that far. It doesn't worth to sacrifice yourself to damage the other guy.
If you do that, it is very likely that both of you will receive "FF" on the transcript (if your school have that policy). It will stain there forever and you will see how it hurts when you show your transcript to you employers.
I would say the best method is just stop help him to cheat anymore. If he kick your backpack or try to get answer from you at the exam again, just report him immediately.
I believe that is a better idea for your own benefit.</p>

<p>Cut off his feet and feed them to mutated piranhas...</p>