Assignment: Cheating, not Cheating

Survey Says: In your opinion, which of the following are cheating and against the rules (Hint: not all of them are!) Write “cheating” or “not cheating” after each one. Use a different color font for your answer, so it’s easy to find.

1. Copying a few pages from Wikipedia and turning it in as your assignment.
Answer: Cheating. Only if you used words by yourself and explain information source.
2. Asking someone else to write a few paragraphs of your paper for you—but you still do most of it.
Answer: Cheating.
3. Asking someone to proofread your assignment and fix the grammar mistakes for you.
Answer: Not Cheating.
4. Having someone read what you wrote and tell you if they can understand it or not. You take their ideas and fix what you wrote.
Answer: Not Cheating.
5. Using an article from an English language learning website by copying it and turning it in.
Answer: Not Cheating.
6. Finding an article online that says exactly what you were thinking, so you just turn that in.
Answer: Cheating.
7. Reading an article that you found online, thinking about it, and then writing a response in your own words.
Answer: Not cheating.
8. Doing a writing assignment for one class and then turning it in for two, three, or even more classes because you are too busy to do another writing assignment.
Answer: Not Cheating.
9. Finding some writing online, but changing some of the verbs and nouns before you turn it in.
Answer: Not Cheating.
10. Finding a paper online, but changing all of the verbs before you turn it in.
Answer: Not Cheating.
11. Copying an article that you found, but you don’t get caught so no one ever knows about it.
Answer:Cheating.