You should probably read my previous post before this one.
I feel the need to clarify, that while Mini-Pear felt the right thing to do would be to help her friend in the aforementioned scenario, she doesn't really have any concept of what it means to take a test in an academic environment. She's looking at it from a real world perspective. In the real world, there's nothing wrong with sharing knowledge.
There certainly are scenarios where you might not help a friend. However, in dreaming up such scenarios, they all seem to involve people whose requests reveal them to be less of the friend you thought they were. Friends who give you ultimatums or friends who ask you to cover for them when you both know that what's been done here is something really wrong. For the record, I'm not referring to having broken arbitrary laws and rules. Rules and laws are constructed, often by highly flawed individuals or systems. Hopefully, someone comes along and enlightens us. We've been misled. We've forgotten what's important. We need to let everyone sit where they like on the bus sort of thing, you know?
Before finishing the last post and before reading this one, I was with Mini Pear ALL THE WAY! You should be proud of yourself for raising a child with rockin values. She'll work out the concept of personal responsibility somewhere along the way, but in the meantime, she wants to help a friend. Let that be set in stone - the rest of it is just gravel.
Posted by: water | January 13, 2008 at 04:00 PM
I love everything you said. I laughed. I marveled. Yes, Mini P is so right. Help your friends. And she would. And she has a keen sense about what's "right" - that is obvious.
As if we needed more reason to keep doing what we're doing. But the motivations keep coming!
Posted by: Kate | January 13, 2008 at 11:37 PM