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[quote=Anonymous]OP here. I respectfully disagree with 08:06 and 08:19.  If you have concluded she cheated, then of course your position is right.  I am simply stating my opinion that I don't think she cheated, within the intent of meaning of the word "cheat". Cheating should be something that one can either control, or have consented to let it occur.

08:19, it can be difficult for the teacher to know if both student lied, I agreed.  But in this instance, DD told the teacher she completed the homework first, that the teacher should know that DD did not copy from another student, like how she put on the report card.  Normally, it may get difficult if the student who did the copying denied.  But in this instance, the other student told the teacher and AP she did the copying without DD's knowledge, and showed tons of remorse.  How can the school just ignore the clear admission of one and punish all? It is far too easy and convenient to just punish everybody, but is that just?

My DD screwed up?  In what way did she screw up other than letting another student see her homework? Did the teacher not screwed up by not telling the students this was a test and not to show each other and help each other for this particular assignment, if she had intended it to be a test?

This brings home the issue of what FCPS and the parents expect the students to do.  Do we want to forbid all exchange of ideas and work amongst students for homework assignments? Do we want to place limits and restriction what formats the exchange cannot occur and what formats the exchanges cannot occur?  We are in an ever changing world technology wise.  The kids today do not communicate the way adults used to. Some of PPs mentioned would it be better for them to talk over the phone?  Yes. It would be better, in my world.  For the kids, they text, they iM, they snapchat.  One time my kids invited some friends over, and I had a good laugh when I noticed that they text each other while they were sitting on the same sofa next to each other.  I don't know if it is the same in your household, I noticed my kids use the phone infrequently.

What safeguard should we establish that can be used to prevent misconduct.  At the end of the day, I want my kids to acquire knowledge through education, to have compassion for other's needs, and to say no to misconduct. But misconduct should be defined properly and enforced correctly.

It is far easier for me to tell my kids to just not show other classmates their work, and when others ask for help in understanding what the teachers taught, to avoid the possibility that it can be construed as cheating later.  When I grew up, that used to be okay.

I am raising a question here that I hope parents and educators alike would think about.  If you think that this is my way of justifying "misconduct" and/or "cheating", I feel sorry that you think that way, but I disagree.  I hope we are not in a world where we should have a sinister view of others by default.[/quote]

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