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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Wow I guess I am the only one here who doesn't think sharing assignments is THE WORST.[/b]

When I was a kid in high school, I borrowed other people's notes on days I wasn't paying attention in class, and I'm sure I even copied occasional homework assignments or let friends copy mine.  I was a dedicated student who took school very seriously, but if a good friend was having a rough time, I would help them out, as they would me.  This will happen in real life, too -- something goes wrong at work and you ask your colleagues to help you or cover for you til you get your sh!t together.

If this were my kid I'd be a little worried, maybe, that he asked his friends for the answers instead of for help, and that none of his friends, seeing that he was in trouble at 10pm, offered to help talk him through it.  I'd also be worried that he was offering to pay his friends for help instead of them helping just through friendship.  What has high school turned into if kids aren't allowed to talk one another through assignments?  But I wouldn't go off the deep end because he had a weak moment.  I don't know what the school rules are, so maybe it's a bigger deal if schools are really strict now about helping one another.

But it's not crazy to panic and make a bad choice the night before a big project is due because you're stressed.  This is a normal thing for your kid to be going through.  You're not wrong to talk to him, but please do show some compassion.  We put a lot of academic pressure on our kids now, it's a lot to deal with.[/quote]

You're not.

I'd be way more worried about the reason why my child was in such stress about a freaking school assignment that he was ready to bribe people with money to have the solution to it.

That would give way, way more pause, even tho I'd make it clear that it's not ok to behave that way.[/quote]

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