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Originally Posted by archuleta7
Thanks again for that. I'm done with my arguing, I just felt the need to get my point across, because I feel that respect is so important in the world we live in, but I'm sure you guys are great people. I'm sorry for any frustration I have caused. And I hope you guys get into the colleges you all are hoping for. God bless  |
Welcome
archuleta7 to our lovely TM community! I have to say this is usually a very tense time on this board (lots of people waiting for admission results) and this probably led to the very edgy comments people are making. I know most of these posters over the last few years and they are all usually very helpful, many of them might have just spent all night studying or been checking admission websites 24/7 and are on the crabby side. All the moderators are volunteers and we try very hard to keep this place clean, intellectual and respectful. Erin actually does not profit from these boards so considering we are all doing this out of the goodness of our hearts and the desire to serve the community, we do feel like we can do whatever we like within reason.
I'm sorry that people just started to call you a cheater (I think that was unnecessary), but considering that most of us have a few years on you, it might benefit you to consider listening to some of us. Schools and professors often treat "cheating" differently and define "cheating" different but in the strictest definition, your behavior would be consider cheating, whether it's one problem or six, whether it matches your answers or not. When I was in high school more than 10 years ago, I compared my take home exam with a classmate at school and someone reported it to the teacher. Though my classmate did not change ANY answer on his test and I only changed ONE answer, the teacher still gave us both a F on the test. And because my friend didn't fess up right away, he was dropped from the Honors program from our HS. We were actually A+ students when this happened, but the teacher didn't care whether or not we were A+ students nor the fact that only one of us changed one answer. We were both perfectionists as you can see and really didn't know we were "cheating" or else we wouldn't do it so publicly in another class where we could be reported. So, all this to say that you may not consider your action to be cheating but professors might disagree.
I know your case is slightly different because your professor said you can work in groups but that is usually limited to your classmates (regardless of the fact that they are confused) and not Econ Ph.D students. I'm not questioning your morality but I have to warn you that some professors would consider your action cheating (getting help from people outside of your class) and will fail you in the class. Hope that was helpful and not disrespectful.
Welcome again!!!