Cheating?

[FAH]

I asked a friend what the answer to a particular part of a question was and he told me. Now I usually have a policy that when I overhear an answer or someone tells me I always check it first instead of just writing it down without thinking. I didn’t know how to check the answer he gave me so I asked him to explain, he did so but I still didn’t understand and just wrote down the answer he said, I knew this was wrong and thought ‘mortal sin’.
This wasn’t on a major test but nonetheless by submitting this answer, whether it was right or wrong, I have deceived my teacher. But does this deception constitute grave matter? As I want to go to Mass this evening and am a little unsure whether I should receive communion.

 

[Philotheatoo]

More importantly, you deceived yourself. Listen to God who speaks to you through your heart and you will know the answer. God bless you for having the conscience to stop right there and the humility to bring it forward.

 

[FAH]

More importantly, you deceived yourself. Listen to God who speaks to you through your heart and you will know the answer. God bless you for having the conscience to stop right there and the humility to bring it forward.

My heart kind of says venial. The answer he told be only effected the end result slightly and this was not a test simply an activity. Do I sound right?

 

[Jesus_123]

+Essentially . . . your answer was just a . . . “guess” . . . since you didn’t know the answer yourself . . . guessing isn’t a sin . . . sounds like you were just completing a homework assignment with information shared by a friend . . .

As long as the question and answer session wasn’t conducted during an actual monitored test . . . your honor is intact . . . and there is no sin involved whatsoever . . . and if the answer to this question turns out to be right . . . you will have learned something positive and helpful to your studies which you can research further for more complete understanding . . . and if wrong . . . well . . . you have learned you need to research further and learn the correct answer to the question being presented . . .

. . . all for Jesus+​

 

[kelvinf]

I asked a friend what the answer to a particular part of a question was and he told me. Now I usually have a policy that when I overhear an answer or someone tells me I always check it first instead of just writing it down without thinking. I didn’t know how to check the answer he gave me so I asked him to explain, he did so but I still didn’t understand and just wrote down the answer he said, I knew this was wrong and thought ‘mortal sin’.
This wasn’t on a major test but nonetheless by submitting this answer, whether it was right or wrong, I have deceived my teacher. But does this deception constitute grave matter? As I want to go to Mass this evening and am a little unsure whether I should receive communion.

You have deceived yourself. This is not a good practice. If you don’t know the answer to a question, then you don’t know. If you don’t make it, then you have to repeat it.

It’s all for your own future good. Your goal of learning shouldn’t be to pass tests rather to understand and gain knowledge. What you get in the end as a certificate with grades does not deceive all employers. The real ones are more interested in what you know and can do.

Don’t ask answers, ask questions.

 

[puzzleannie]

so far I don’t hear a story about cheating on a test, I hear a story about asking another person to explain the answer and aide in your learning. Unless you asked while the test was being administered, how is it a sin of any kind? If it was outside the test time, why not just ask the teacher to explain the subject further?