2010-03-15, 06:23 PM
High school grading systems are terrible. In most (the following describes 4 out of the 6 classes I'm currently taking) of my classes in college, homework is worth 10% of my grade, and tests are worth 90%. I typically have one assignment every week or two that has about 5 or 6 problems that cover the material that we've been learning. I hardly lose anything by not doing my homework, but not doing it means I do worse on my tests. This makes much more sense than the typical high school system where you get assignments every day and you're always expected to do SOMETHING, no matter how pointless.
That said, I still think copying homework is cheating. You should always try to figure things out on your own. But in most cases, it only hurts the copier.
That said, I still think copying homework is cheating. You should always try to figure things out on your own. But in most cases, it only hurts the copier.