The tests you take should be evaluated equitably. It is not fair when a few students attempt to gain more time for a paper, or manage to miss a day on which a test is given so that they may "catch up" on study or seek assistance from those who took the test.

Teachers will attempt to provide different versions of tests--possibly even during the same hour--but students should not be too specific in helping students in later of earlier hours. don't be overly supportive of requests for information about a test.

Students legitimately absent (illness for example) may make up work or tests, but these students should not expect to receive the same test as those who previously took it. The makeup tests given may be different, but it should include the material covered during class or in the readings (not necessarily the same material covered in a prior tests/quiz).

Don't use material from other sources without identifying it. Paraphrasing another's sentences or paragraphs or borrowing another writer's organization is not academically honest. Students must be careful to attribute work by critics or other authors. Any passages that are directly lifted from another source without attribution will be considered plagiarism. We as teachers find it difficult to respect the student who cheats in this way. Distinctions regarding "copying verbatim" versus "reworking material from another source" will be clarified throughout the course. For some students plagiarism has been a painful lesson.

Plagiarizing is demeaning, deceptive and dishonest. Plagiarism is a form of cheating and this act diminishes you as a person. People in the work place who steal other people's work often suffer serious consequences, including the loss of the job. Codes of Conduct at most universities and colleges allow for expelling students who submit material that is not their own. Here at Huron High School, the consequences for plagiarism is an "E" for the assignment itself and a grade of "E" for the grading period.

What is Plagiarism and Cheating More Exactly?

What we mean by cheating or plagiarizing is simply passing off someone else's work--thinking or writing--as your own. We strongly discourage cheating and plagiarism because they subvert the purposes of the course, the learning of the subject matters, and the acquiring of a sense of community through shared values and experiences in the course.

It is cheating if you read another student's paper during a test, if you use books or notes when they are forbidden, or if you obtain advanced copies of the test to study.

It is not cheating if you student together for a test, if you share each other's notes, or if you obtain tests from previous years for use in studying.