CHEATING IS BOTH A MORAL OUTRAGE AND AN AVEIRAH (SIN) AND WILL NOT BE TOLERATED IN THIS SCHOOL.
WHAT IS MEANT BY “CHEATING” AT ASHAR?
Cheating is taking someone else’s work; with or without his/her permission, and letting people believe it is your work…
At ASHAR, when a student hands in work to a teacher, it is implied that the assignment is the student’s own work.
- Copying someone else’s work is cheating.
- Lending your homework to someone else is cheating
- Using notes or other materials (without permission) on a test is cheating.
- Plagiarism (copying directly from a published text or website without citing the source even when they are minor changes to the document) is cheating.
Doing homework with another student can sometimes be cheating.
- Dividing the work and sharing answers is cheating.
- Writing answers in anyone else’s words other than your own is cheating.
- Opinions or thought questions must be answered independently and must be written in your own words.
Studying for a quiz or a test and reviewing with a friend are not cheating in any way. These are very helpful to both students and are to be encouraged. Helping a friend by testing him/her on a word, or explaining your notes are all supportive and praiseworthy.
- Asking someone to explain directions is not cheating.
- Asking for spelling of a word is not cheating (unless it is spelling homework).
- Asking for the definition of a word is not cheating (unless it is a vocabulary assignment).
- Asking for the location of a place is not cheating (unless it is a geography assignment).
- Asking where to find an answer is not cheating, but the response must not give away the answer completely. (“I found it in chapter three” is a fair and helpful response, but “Look on page 14, in the third paragraph, on line fifteen” is not acceptable.)
All homework assignments are to be completed individually, unless you are given specific instructions by the teacher that you may work together.
It is not possible to list every type of assignment here. If you are not sure, ASK!
Cheating in our school results in serious consequences:
- Automatic 1-day suspension
- The work on which you cheated will receive no credit (0), and this grade is averaged into your grade for the marking term, and may not be dropped as your lowest grade.
- A memorandum of the offense will be attached to your school records.
- Subsequent offenses will result in further penalties.