Taken advantage of...

[Seth O Scope]

I took a nutrition class this past semester and we had a small report to do (by small I mean the prof. said she wanted it to be under 2 pages). I did my report in good time, no problem. A fellow student who Im friendly with asked me to see my report cause he wanted to see how I approached it. I told him no problem but made sure to tell him not to copy my work and he agreed. Anyway 2 weeks later, the day of the final, he calls me and tells me that he spoke to the prof. and he told her that we did the report together and thats why they look so similar. I was appalled and felt extremely betrayed. But what bothered me the most was that by saying that to the prof. before she asked about it just tells me that he probably copied my work word for word. thank god it didnt affect my grade.

I'm a person with trust issues. Iv'e been burned and have close friends and family who have been burned in different ways and this experience just tells me that my trust issues are justified. I know alot of people are honest but I feel like putting up a wall around myself in order not be taken advantage of. Am I being irrational?

[morte, LPN, LVN]

In general I am happy to let other see my work, but they may not take it home with them, make a copy of it, or otherwise have possession of it out of my control. The reason is that this way they can get an idea about how I put my papers together, but they won't be able to copy my work as they would have to rely on their memory to be able to do it... and unless someone has a 100% reliable photographic memory, that's not going to work out well in the end.

I'm happy to tutor classmates in how to write, but I will not go over what to write. That's their job.

Watch out for cell phones with cameras!!

[DLS_PMHNP, MSN, RN, NP]

I agree with the fellow posters.. take it as a learning experience and move on.

Remember: Desperate people will do desperate things (even cheating)!