Penalty for this?

Question

Well this is what happened.(I'm in 10th grade by the way) I did a research project on a author and my friend did it on the same author.(We have different teachers and he sent his to turnitin.com and I'm afraid I might have to do the same thing) I did my project and he didn't so I let him copy mine. He didn't get caught yet but now I'm afraid they're gonna catch him soon. I need to know whats gonna happen to me and him? Will they go easier on me or worse?

Answer 1

This is what my school would do:
1).Issue a warning (highly unlikely)
2).Provide an opportunity to redo the work (with or without an adjusted grade)
3).Record an "F" grade or an equivalent percentage for the work
4). Record a "0%" grade for the work
You'll probably get as much punishment as your friend since you deliberately allowed him to cheat (sorry) or he could get an "0" and you could get half the credit.
Hope all goes well, but you shouldn't let anyone take credit for all the hard work you did-even if they are your friend.

Answer 2

As an English teacher, when I catch someone plagiarizing someone else's paper (and that's what copying a paper is) I become angry. For me, choosing to cheat is worse than choosing to be lazy or choosing to remain ignorant. So, it sounds like either you got your paper from a website somewhere and it's going to be checked for plagiarism, or your friend did and he got caught. So you let him copy your paper since he's in another class. Odds are you won't get caught unless the teachers compare papers with one another. If you do get caught, the consequences will be based upon the school's student handbook. When I catch someone I download the paper, copy it and the student's work, and give it to the student's parents. I also give copies to the discipline principal and the principal. The person I catch gets a 0 on the assignment.My best suggestion is to confess before you get caught. You'll have better options in that situation.

Answer 3

Your school probably has a student handbook. In the section on academic honesty or plaigarism what does the handbook list as possible consequences?

You provided the material to your friend, so made this particular instance of plaigarism possible. Personally I see no difference between the two. When I served on the conduct board at my university I would have had to determine responsibility and sanctions based on what was outlined in the student handbook. The only thing that might lead me to sway towards leniency would have been if one of the involved parties came forward before being caught. I would be much more likely to apply a lesser sanction to someone who turned themselves in than someone who did not.

Answer 4

You should have let his lazy *** suffer the consequences of not doing the project.