Moral Dilema

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Hi,

I need advice to know what to do from the Christian perspective as I am stuck.

I am in my 3rd year of University and recently we have had to submit a piece of coursework. One of my coursemates requested an “extenuating circumstances” form as she claimed she had meningitis and had recently suffered a miscarriage. As you could imagine she was granted a 3 week submission extension.

However it has recently come to light she had been lying and infact didnt have meningitis nor suffer a miscarriage but applied for Extenuating circumstances because she had run out of time to do her essay.

I am stuck, do I ignore what has happened or do I inform the university of what she has done? A lot of my peers feel we should report her, but we know if we did it is highly likely she would be kicked out of the university and she would have wasted 4 years and as you can imagine this would have long term repercussions on her life?

It seems unfair she can get the extension and by doing so score a very high mark, but at the same time should I be getting involved in it all?

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Find a good Priest in Confession…and discuss the matter.
 
How exactly did this “come to light”? This sounds like something that came through a grapevine and could very well not be true.

Most colleges require medical documentation for things like that.

I feel like its probably a safe bet that you don’t know the whole story and should therefore stay out of it and not put her academic and professional reputation at risk.
 
pwhi15b7 said:
Hi,

I need advice to know what to do from the Christian perspective as I am stuck.

I am in my 3rd year of University and recently we have had to submit a piece of coursework. One of my coursemates requested an “extenuating circumstances” form as she claimed she had meningitis and had recently suffered a miscarriage. As you could imagine she was granted a 3 week submission extension.

However it has recently come to light she had been lying and infact didnt have meningitis nor suffer a miscarriage but applied for Extenuating circumstances because she had run out of time to do her essay.

I am stuck, do I ignore what has happened or do I inform the university of what she has done? A lot of my peers feel we should report her, but we know if we did it is highly likely she would be kicked out of the university and she would have wasted 4 years and as you can imagine this would have long term repercussions on her life?

It seems unfair she can get the extension and by doing so score a very high mark, but at the same time should I be getting involved in it all?

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It seems unfair because it is unfair. I’m sure your school, like nearly all, has an honor code. Honor violations not only include acts of academic dishonesty, but in being complicit in them. I would report this to the professor if I were you. It could have long-term repercussions, but perhaps that’s a lesson she needs to learn in the concrete before she, through her actions, does something that has worse consequences. Actions like that are usually the result of habits acquired through years of practice. And what if this gets reported by someone else, and you are called to account for not reporting it at all? It could have the same repercussions for you as well.

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Have you spoken with the person in question about your suspicions? Do you have solid evidence that her claims were false? A potential miscarriage is not something I would tread on lightly. But if you know for a certainty that she lied, perhaps you could speak with her in private and urge her to confess to the professor?
 
I know her fairly well, and there are text messages I have seen where he had admitted its not true… The evidence thing is true. All very confusing
 
If you can, speak to her and suggest she “fess up” to her indiscretion. Tell her how disappointed you are with her. No matter what she does, she will eventually suffer for her dishonesty. Things like this tend to come back to bite people…sooner or later.

I think by tattling on her, nothing will be learned by her…she will just think she got caught and may learn that she needs to lie better next time, A little peer pressure may go further than you think…even if all that happens is that she has a guilty conscience because her friends are looking down on her actions.😉
 
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