Sin to copy homework?

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I have a bit of a dilemma. Tomorrow is the last possible day to hand in outstanding work for my Physics course which I am failing. Due to both a lack of knowledge and earlier laziness, I am not going to be able to get some outstanding work in on time, unless I copy. I have done parts of the assignment, that which I know how, but it would take hours to learn the new stuff, and I don’t have anyone to teach me. Should I take the fail, or copy the rest I haven’t done and pass, with a very substandard mark? I know its not much of a justification, but I don’t need this mark to apply for anything, I just want to pass.
 
Is there a requirement that all the work you do be your own? I know in at least some science courses a bit of collaboration is permitted.
 
I’d say it was cheating & therefore a sin.

In any case though, if you are already failing will this affect your grade that much?

Catholig
 
these last two assignments will bring me up to a pass mark, but 50% so right on the border of pass and fail. I know copying is dishonest, but I’m not really being honest because I’m not trying to prove my capabilities, I just need to get through the course. If I were applying to a university with this course, then I would be totally positive its sinful.
 
CHCatholic said:
these last two assignments will bring me up to a pass mark, but 50% so right on the border of pass and fail. I know copying is dishonest, but I’m not really being honest because I’m not trying to prove my capabilities, I just need to get through the course. If I were applying to a university with this course, then I would be totally positive its sinful.
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Well…I still think that it’d be a sin. I’d recommend getting someone to help you, but you already said that you couldn’t so I don’t know what to tell you.

Catholig
 
where do you live? it’s not important, but as far as I know such cheating is frown upon in America (or England). On the other hand, in my country it’s quite common (teachers discourage it, but students simply don’t care).

I don’t think it’s a sin given the circumstances…
 
If you do not know how to do the work, then you did not earn a passing grade.

It is wrong to copy someone else’s work, that is cheating.

You should take the grade you earned, and then if you actually want to learn physics, retake the class.
 
CHCatholic said:
these last two assignments will bring me up to a pass mark, but 50% so right on the border of pass and fail. I know copying is dishonest, but I’m not really being honest because I’m not trying to prove my capabilities, I just need to get through the course. If I were applying to a university with this course, then I would be totally positive its sinful.
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It’s sinful regardless. It’s wrong to cheat. Sinfulness is not based on why you are doing a wrong act. It is based on the act being wrong, period.

You are just trying to rationalize to get your way. You didn’t do the work, you didn’t earn the grade, you should take your consequences for that.
 
Cheatinng is wrong. Period. Not only is it lying, it is stealing someone else’s work.
On top of that, you may want to remember that, for most teachers at least, the person you copy from is going to be in at least as much trouble as you are, when this comes out…And it will, you see, because, having grown up with a teacher mother, I can tell you that teachers always find out. Always. It is so obvious, the average student wouldn’t believe it!
I don’t know what your teacher would do, but I know what my mom’s standard rule was: Grade the work, and take off half the score for the copying… Better a 50 that you earned for yourself, than to get a 70, & have it cut back to a 35 for cheating…(No, kids did not cheat in her classes! They knew she would know!)
My two cents…
 
CHCatholic said:
these last two assignments will bring me up to a pass mark, but 50% so right on the border of pass and fail. I know copying is dishonest, but I’m not really being honest because I’m not trying to prove my capabilities, I just need to get through the course. If I were applying to a university with this course, then I would be totally positive its sinful.
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The answer here is DON’T DO IT!

You obviously already know this is wrong; you’re trying to find permission to do it anyway. The motivation for committing a sin does not change the objective nature of the action – that is, whether or not it is evil. There may be mitigating factors that reduce your culpability, but trying to avoid flunking a course that you have set yourself up to flunk is not good enough.

I say all this with profound respect, and from long experience. I was that student for many years, and I set myself up for failure by being lazy, too. You have to take your lumps – academic dishonesty is unacceptable (the English teacher in me).

Furthermore, you’re opening the door to committing graver and graver sins by rationalizing it.

Don’t do it…one “F” can be overcome more easily than can a habit of rationalizing evil.

Peace,
Dante
 
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If you do not know how to do the work, then you did not earn a passing grade.

It is wrong to copy someone else’s work, that is cheating.

You should take the grade you earned, and then if you actually want to learn physics, retake the class.
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Yep.

The purpose of homework is to help you solidify the things you learned in class. If you didn’t learn anything, you need to re-take the class. If you are not all that interested in physics after all–what does it matter if you pass or fail the course?

Don’t cheat. It isn’t worth it to start yourself on habits like that!
 
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Don’t cheat. It isn’t worth it to start yourself on habits like that!
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Gotta support that.

Cheating is a lie. You claim knowledge and work as your own that aren’t.

Even if it weren’t, its imprudent. Instead of cheating…cram like mad. And cramming itself isn’t wise (becuase no one really learns much by cramming)…better to just keep up with the course as it goes instead of waiting to the end.

There are some good websites out there that try to walk you through things…you can try finding those? (I’m actually a math major, so I know the feeling of having something that feels impenetrable that needs to be sincerely learned in a hurry.)
 
the seventh commandment states: Thou shall not steal.

If the work is not yours than you are stealing it. If the person who’s work it belongs to allows this copying of work, and you land up getting a passing grade, you did not earn the grade and therefor you have stolen the grade, because it does not belong to you.
 
CHCatholic said:
I have a bit of a dilemma. Tomorrow is the last possible day to hand in outstanding work for my Physics course which I am failing. Due to both a lack of knowledge and earlier laziness, I am not going to be able to get some outstanding work in on time, unless I copy. I have done parts of the assignment, that which I know how, but it would take hours to learn the new stuff, and I don’t have anyone to teach me. Should I take the fail, or copy the rest I haven’t done and pass, with a very substandard mark? I know its not much of a justification, but I don’t need this mark to apply for anything, I just want to pass.
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I would fail…and retake the class. It’s better to be honest…than cheat. Copying another’s homework not only will leave you feeling dishonest, it will not teach you a thing! ha

I failed two classes in college…SOLELY DUE TO NOT GETTING OUT OF BED TO ATTEND THE CLASS. I had a friend who said…c’mon Sharon, let me give you my work…you can pass then. I said, well, I just don’t want to pass…I really should just take the F and retake the class…my family made me repay for those two classes, and then I ended up with an A in one class, and a B in another.

Trust me on this…do not copy homework just to pass…you really will sell yourself short. Just take the F and retake the class…admit to your family (if they are paying your tuition) that you messed up, and will repay the retaking of the class.

It’s the higher road.:yup:
 
Can you ask for more time for legitimate reasons?
Will there be enough time even if you ask to learn the material?

If you answer “No” to either question - take the failing grade and that lesson will be far greater than any other you may learn - responsibility and accountability are character builders.

If you answer “Yes” to both questions than get with it, buckle down, learn the stuff, and promise never to procrastinate again. BTW, if you know you are not doing well in the class - drop it before the deadline so as not to have this issue. I dropped calculus 3 times before the light bulb in my head finally glowed dimly enough to pass it.

Good luck
 
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