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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's the THIRD week of school.  Why is this one assignment so important?  Is this the right class for him?  Should he be talking to the counselors and switching out?

If he's this stressed and contemplating cheating during the third week of school I think you've got a problem.  [/quote]

This is what I was thinking. Is he a good student who can't handle failure? Is he a poor student trying to turn things around? One homework assignment isn't a big deal. Especially if he completed it, but did it wrong. I know my 11th grade teachers would have at least given credit for effort. I also know I was an overachiever wound way too tightly, dealing with undiagnosed depression and I would have flipped out if I realized at that hour I'd made such a big mistake.

The phone isn't the issue. If I did anything about the phone, I'd just require it go on charge overnight in a common area at a certain time every night to encourage him to sleep. I wouldn't come down on him with the wrath of god over the cheating either. I'd be finding out why he attempted it. If he's struggling, I'd let it e a wake up call and get him help. It seems to me that if you come down too hard, you'll only teach him to be sneakier. If you come at this with compassion and grace and try to help him, you might be able to get your message across without making things worse for him. [/quote]

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