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[quote=Anonymous]22:09, thanks. OP here.

We have learned a lesson.  But do I think the rules are fair and well written, I am not so sure.

Integrity and honesty are very important in my family and I have taught my kids to always tell the truth and to never cheat.  I think I have success in this area so far.

What I encountered here is that certain FCPS rules can be twisted and interpreted to charge a student with cheating, when the student herself had no intention to cheat but was unknowingly used by another student to cheat.  I continue to have difficulty in accepting that it is fair or the right educational concept.

Will the rule as interpreted by FCPS prevent more cheating? Yes. It will. But if we step back and look at the big picture, we are punishing a student for the conduct of another student, how is that fair to that student?  Isn't there a danger of changing a good student into a bad student by making him/her to feel the system is unfair?

As I mentioned in earlier posts, there were missteps by the school itself.  The teacher wrote on reporting card that DD copied the work of another student as justification for the F. The teacher did not communicated with me before making a referral to AP.  AP talked with DD and issued a warning to DD, all before they talked with me to let me know what happened and to hear my views. I think all these were not in accordance with FCPS rules and directives.  They apologized and I did not continue to take issue.

To me, cheating is if I copy others, or if other ask to copy my work and I say yes.  It is something I did or intended to happen. It is not something that I was done to.  If someone copied my work without my permission and knowledge, I am the victim, not the perpetrator.

Can you imagine that if a husband cheated on his wife, then they charged the wife with cheating simply because there is a law that can be interpreted that way?

Are we teaching our kids to be always on defense and wary about other classmates, to be not trusting of other people in general?

I also make a clear distinction between homework and test.  I am on guard when it is a test and would never show another the answers before the test is over.  Homework is something that I am less on guard about and would talk and exchange ideas with other students, or even showing them my homework.

This was a homework assignment, that the students were given more than a week to complete. It was not a test or quiz.

I don't think the rule is properly constructed and fairly implemented or interpreted. I am ready to move on because I don't want DD continues to be distracted by this.  DD needs to concentrate on her study.

Thanks to all who contributed to this thread.
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