Is cheating on my homework a mortal sin?

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Alright, so I’m in an economics class that is required for me to take. I absolutely hate it and am very bad at economics- I’ve spent so much time studying on it in the past, but still getting Cs on my exams and pretty low grades on my homework. The tutoring center doesn’t have people who are good with economics and I’m just so tired of putting so much time into it.
For our homework, we have three chances and 40 mins each chance. I’ll usually take one chance to just do it on my own, after those results are posted I’ll go into the review and see what I got right and wrong. Then, I’ll use the review to help with my next two chances. Basically, I’ll just look at the answers and enter them into my homework. I still go to class and study for exams, but I’m stressing. I do not do this on the exams.
Am I sinning?
 
That’s a hard question to answer.

Generally, you should avoid cheating, though I won’t deny that I did my fair share of it in High school, mainly because I was too lazy to do certain work on my own. It feels hypocritical to say you shouldn’t, but I do believe you shouldn’t.

Honestly, a system like that seems like it was set up for just this sort of use. It doesn’t make sense to give you three chances if they don’t intend for you to go back and revise the answers you got wrong.

Perhaps that is not their intent, I can’t say, but my wife is a teacher and it sounds similar to her test correction system.

As for it being a mortal sin, I can’t see how. It wold be venial at worst. Jut because it’s venial doesn’t mean you shouldn’t avoid it though!
 
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I would caution you on cheating. Yes it is a mortal sin if it fits the conditions; however, in these times you have not had such a good example because a major media priest was also found guilty of plagiarism of his scholastic works which also is a mortal sin. I would say confess your sins to a priest and follow their advice; provided the priest uses the licit formula for absolution.
 
I don’t think it’s a mortal sin. I’m not sure, though (open to correction).

My advice? Don’t stress it. It’s high school! Who hasn’t cheated in high school? Just don’t make a habit of it.

Other posters have given sound advice: confess to a priest if you’re worried.

P.S. What are you studying in economics? I took it in high school, and loved it.
 
I’m actually in college, haha. Just trying to survive this class at this point, it’s so awful. Right now we are focusing on aggregate demand and what influences its curve. We did just get done with calculating nominal and real GDP- sooo many formulas.
We learn a lot of information, it’s stressful to keep up with.
 
Honestly, I’d just ask your teacher outright if they’re comfortable with retaking, considering that they provide three chances.

I’d bet they are, and if they’re not then you’ll know. It really does sound like they set this up so you could improve on your score.
 
Oh, I took that in high school.

Don’t know about you, but I found it fun. 😅
 
i’ma bit confused on the set-up of your homework. why would results be posted if you haven’t used all your chanced yet?
 
yes, it depends on the system, in university we had an online system which gave us 5 tries to get questions right, but there was no rule saying we weren’t allowed to use class notes or examples, or the textbook or even google to try and figure out the answer, there were even tutorials where we could ask for help from the teaching assistants. this sounds like what the op is talking about. however, we didn’t get answers posted until we used up all our tries, therefore if we got it wrong, we got it wrong, we couldn’t then go back. but this is hardly cheating, that’s just how we were supposed to do the assignments and other toolds were allowed

some teachers didn’t use that system, some exams we had were closed-book, other teacher let us have open bookexams where we were allowed to use our notes and textbook.
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it depends on your teacher, did they say this is something that was not allowed to be done?
 
Learning right from wrong, learning honesty, is a life lesson that ought to have been learned in primary school. If someone thinks cheating in school is okay, establishing the idea that “the rules do not apply to me” as their mantra, this will not serve them well in life.

We live in a world where lying is noble and cheating is expected, that is why people think it is okay to cheat to get their kids into a fancy University.

Lying and cheating lead one way, and it is away from Christ.

It is right to have guilt and shame over cheating or lying. It shows that one’s conscience is well formed.

The beauty is that we feel the guilt, we repent, and we get back up again!
 
This is why I suggest asking the professor directly. It may be their intent that the students redo the homework to correct their answers. It may not be.

You shouldn’t cheat, but you also shouldn’t pass up an opportunity to improve your grade if the professor has allowed you to do so.

Ask your teacher. If he only wants you to attempt it once, then you should follow that guideline. If he’s okay with multiple attempts, then by all means, improve your grade.
 
yes, correcgt, cheating is definitely wrong, but whatever is allowed in the course by the teacher is not cheating.

I only bring this up because it’s not clear on how the homework system is supposed to work in this case
 
I know for a fact she’s aware that the system allows us to retake the homework assignments, as long as it’s done before it’s due.
 
No, she’s aware that we have three chances to do our homework assignment.
 
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It ain’t good - no matter how you look at it. Planning to sin increases the gravity of the sin. So, you pass with a B instead of a C. At what price to your soul?

Why not audit the class or simply withdraw? Is there another instructor or a night class? Consider also that you might very well be pursuing the wrong major or minor. It happens.
 
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