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So cheating is okay as long as I think what you're doing is "outdated"? Interesting ethics you have there.



Working collaboratively and using resources like the internet is okay, since that's what real people actually do. Labelling this behavior as "cheating" in an academic context is outdated.


This is a comical level of rationalization from someone who is obviously still in school (and if not, I don't even know where to begin...). The whole point of taking a test in school is to see how well YOU know the material, not how well you can look stuff up or ask other people for help. If you have so little respect for the material or education, just drop out now, because you're wasting your parents' money and you clearly think you're smart enough to make a living without the things that school is offering you. What the hell is even the point of going to school if you're just going to "collaborate" your way through it? Just skip the pretense and go get a job someplace if you don't need the knowledge.

You are theoretically there to learn your field, not to learn how to work "collaboratively", which is a vague enough description of cheating that it could be used to justify anything. Hell, if I rob a bank am I not just "sharing"? This whole concept of "theft" in finance is so outdated!


Yes, that's what I'm saying. The whole point of taking a test in school is misguided.

Also, it's obvious you are mentally disabled. Otherwise you wouldn't disagree with me, because I'm objectively right. You should go back inside your padded cell and take your medication. /s


The definition of "objective" isn't "because I said so". Or more likely it's a case of "caskance sucks at things like taking tests and not cheating, so he has erected an alternate reality where he shouldn't have to do those things and gets to be right". Mentally disabled, indeed.


Looks like you forgot to read to the end of the paragraph.


Nope. Read it all. If your going to accuse someone of being mentally deficient, you should work harder to not be obviously an idiot yourself. You failed at that.




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