How can I cope with classmates attempting to copy my work?

I can't take it anymore. I swear some people spend the day shopping and there I am researching answers, and they come and find me and ask me 'sweetly.. innocently' if they can photocopy what I've done. It's like to them the research isn't the work.. only writing up the assignment is the work. I want to be straightforward, but I'm scared of isolating myself amongst my classmates. I may need other people's help.. but I'd never copy! What are people's methods of getting these people off their back?

How can I cope with classmates attempting to copy my work?
Most schools these days make students sign an "Honor Agreement" or something similar stating that you will uphold moral and ethical guidelines and that any breach thereof shall be cause to fail the class and/or be expelled from the school. I would either be upfront about your desire to keep your word, or say that you would be more than happy to show them where to find the answers, but you've heard rumblings of school officials cracking down on this policy and you are not taking any chances.
Reply:Just say no... photocopying is bang out of order... who cares if you are liked... you will have more respect saying no!





Plus accept that this is life.. people do what ever it takes to get where they need especially at uni... but please for your own self respect, tell them to go do one!
Reply:next time they ask!


say yes after you give me xyz a good trade is good! and dang it i deserve that respect


and have them reseach the same thing they are copying in a round about way!





or ask for something in return!


say hey i don't mind doing this but frankly i feel that your using me so to put that lame thought out of my head go get me a pop! Thanks !!! don't do this every time they ask but toss in a few items of respect in their you deserve at least that!
Reply:tell them to get there own answers. if they isolate you b/c of that then you should know that they are only using you for your answers in the first place. ask then if they would like to work together on the assignment with you but that your not going to do it for them.
Reply:I used to have this issue back in high school with a basketball player always copying my math homework. It stopped, though, when I gave him a fake homeowrk assignment that I had made up (didn't have anything to do with the actual lesson) and he flunked the assignment.
Reply:Well if you're in college, YOU (as well as the ones copying your work) are cheating. YOU could get kicked out of college for helping them cheat. And if you get kicked out of college, good luck finding another college to accept you as a student.





All that said, if you feel that you'll create social problems, simply tell your teacher the problem and ask if you can turn your assignments in late or early to avoid being accosted by your classmates. That way, when they ask, you can honestly tell them "I've already turned it in."





Or you could be mean. Fill out your answers (ALL WRONG) and give them that. Then you turn in the right answers. It's sneaky...but it'll make you smile.





Personally, I wouldn't involve the teacher. I'd hose them down with the wrong answers... repeatedly. And when my classmates asked why I'm getting 100's and they're getting zeroes (how can that be), I'd look 'em square in the eye and tell them "because I wrote the wrong anwers to f*ck with you guys...the teacher curves the grade (even if he doesn't), so the worse you guys do, the better I come out. I was getting a free grade boost off your dumb ***.... and thanks for the boost guys.





When they protest (and they will), tell them if they don't like the F's, they're always welcome to do their own work. But in the meantime, please...copy my work. Your stupidity makes me look like a prodigy.





What I'm saying is that YOU took part in all this. If you don't like it, end it. And guess what...if that makes you an outcast, your being cast out from a group that values you, not as an individual, but as the dopey guy who does all their homework, isn't a *bad* thing.





Maybe I'm wired differently than you. But I firmly believe in just telling people like it is...and if they don't like it, or they don't like me...for being honest...I don't care.
Reply:just smile back sweetly and innocently no if they need futher explanaiton tell them you dont like copying





note: This is so bad but as you are in high school its really important to make friends an not be an outcast-you have all the time in the world for your morals in college and later in life when people like you for you and not what you wear or let them get away with. so as your in HS I'd let them and try to make friend for now. besides those people are going to be losers in college when no one will want to help them or let them copy.
Reply:i was doing my mock SATS today, and in maths i noticed the lad next to me was copying, so i put my calculator over my answer, because it took me ages to find it, and i wanted him to figure it out himself, and he moved the calculator off of my paper, and i pulled a face at him and he said, i didnt know the answer, so what! and i was like.. the cheek, couldnt even say sorry or thanks.. it really winds me up!


Well.. thats my life story! lol..
Reply:Tell them the research and finding their own story is actually the fun part - they should try it, they might like it. It exercises the brain. I personally found researching topics the most interesting part of college because it allowed me to uncover challenges to what was being taught - and, to bring points to the class that hadn't been covered.





Tell them to do their own forensics like on tv.
Reply:Tell them no, charge them to do the work for them, tell them you don't share your findings (unless it's a group project), give them the wrong answers. These classmates aren't your friends...they just want to use you. If you're truly in a bind (which I doubt will ever happen), your instructor or other classmates will be able to help you.
Reply:This is serious, why because it is called plagerism and you can get done for it. This happened to me someone at college said they wanted to look at my assignment ,could they have it over lunch .I didnt think much of it, was a bit flattered. Next thing i know the college write to me and all hell broke loose. This guy photocopied my work and sent it in as his own when the assesors looked at our work picked randomly they realised they had read the same thing twice. when we were questioned the other guy said we did the work together. You could hand in joint pieces of work and if i had agreed Iwe would have both passed our course. But I knew he was lying we didnt do it together and i didnt give him permission to pass it off as his own. I took me 3 yrs to clear my name and it affected my career the bastard. he is out there practicing as a social worker I have now left the profession. Be unpopular and stay true to yourself.