Assignment--“cheating” or “not cheating”

Last week we looked at some penalties for cheating at universities around the US, and you have responded to various related topics on your blogs. But we’ve skipped an important step: we haven’t talked about what cheating is and isn’t. What’s acceptable and what’s not? Take this brief survey and give your opinions.
Survey Says: In your opinion, which of the following are cheating and against the rules (Hint: not all of them are!) Write “cheating” or “not cheating” after each one. Use a different color font for your answer, so it’s easy to find.

1. Copying a few pages from Wikipedia and turning it in as your assignment.

Cheating. We have to write the assignment by our own ideas.

2. Asking someone else to write a few paragraphs of your paper for you—but you still do most of it.

In my opinion, it is OK. We can refer to others idea but we have to make the change.

3. Asking someone to proofread your assignment and fix the grammar mistakes for you.

Not Cheating. It is similar to the teacher to help the student to change the grammar.

4. Having someone read what you wrote and tell you if they can understand it or not. You take their ideas and fix what you wrote.

Not Cheating. We can refer to others idea but we have to make the change.

5. Using an article from an English language learning website by copying it and turning it in.

Cheating. We can’t copy down from the website.

6. Finding an article online that says exactly what you were thinking, so you just turn that in.

Cheating. We can’t copy down from the website.

7. Reading an article that you found online, thinking about it, and then writing a response in your own words.

That’s OK. We can’t copy down from the website. But if we make the change. Writing a response in our own words. It is OK.

8. Doing a writing assignment for one class and then turning it in for two, three, or even more classes because you are too busy to do another writing assignment.

Not OK. It is not very good action. You will lose a chance of learning.

9. Finding some writing online, but changing some of the verbs and nouns before you turn it in.

Not OK. We have to write the article by ourselves.

10. Finding a paper online, but changing all of the verbs before you turn it in.

Not OK. We had better write the article by our own ideas and words.

11. Copying an article that you found, but you don’t get caught so no one ever knows about it.

Not OK. We can’t copy an article from other.