My AP Gov teacher lets us e-mail homework assignments to him in an effort to go paperless. It won't be counted as late, so long as he receives it by six o'clock that evening.
Arriving home later than I expected Friday night, I e-mailed him about a half hour late with the assignment, apologizing for its lateness. He responded, giving me full credit for the homework, stating that "eight minutes isn't too bad". It seems that he forgot his own deadline. I told him I was supposed to send it by six, not six thirty, and my grade was cut in half.
When I told my sister (stupid move), she couldn't fathom my move to tell my teacher the truth. And I doubt anyone in my class would either, come tomorrow, if they were to know about it. Well...why did I do that?
For lack of a better phrase, truth be told, I wouldn't be able to live with that grade. It's bad karma. Letting myself get away from a perfect score on a homework assignment means I'm going to get bit in the rear later on, and in a worse way. And it feels like cheating.
I get it. I am suuuuuuuch a goody-two-shoes. But it just doesn't seem fair. I've watched so many people cheat in my school, heck, my grade, and get away without punishment. Kids have cheated on AP tests, and not once have scores been cancelled. Regents exams are treated like classwork. Answers are traded like Pokemon cards. The 2nd highest ranked person in my grade has never done an honest days work in their life. All the students know this, but we have no proof, so it's an unresolved issue. It's ri-dunk-ulus.
I recently spoke to my principal, and we're starting an ethics committee to kill the cheating epidemic at my school. And I was just elected co-president of the National Honor Society. If I considered this cheating, wouldn't I be a hypocrite for letting it slide?
What do you think about cheating in the school system? Or in life in general? How big of a wuss do you think I am? C'mon now, be honest!
Regards,
Kanika
I would have done the same thing for the same reason.
I would have done the same thing but...
I don't see how your teacher can give you full credit for an assignment, after acknowledging that it was late and he was ok with it, and then take the points away. It doesn't matter how late it was. Whether it was 8 minutes late, or an hour, he had already told you it was fine.
It's great you were honest, but I would request your grade be raised again. Because unless he found out you cheated or something, there is no excuse for giving you full credit, despite it being late, and then taking it away, because it was late.
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I have done the samething but when the instructor deducted my late points he added extra credit points for honesty to the same amount as the penalty. I would have done it either way. Those peopel that get by sliding will ultimately fail in life, or go into politics. You have done well for integrity.
Keep up the good work.
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I most likely would have been the same. I admit to cheating on occasion, but only on nights when the homework load is humanly impossible to complete. Other wise, I'm a very honest student. It's really hard to live with myself for a while after these crazy nights, but the trade off is my grade, which is kinda important.
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