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Bobby, why is "getting your parents to help with coursework" a problem? I can think of ways in which a parent can help their child with no problems whatsoever. Moreover, if I happen to be, say, a professional mathematician or a highly qualified accountant and my child is preparing an assignment on mathematical approaches to depreciation policies in financial statements, are you saying that I am not allowed to help my child? Are you then saying that I am allowed to help someone else's child because I am not their parent? I know of a case where a child had an assignment for his GCSE Business Studies project and his father is an accountant and lecturer. It seemed natural enough that the father was used by his son as a resource and they worked side by side on aspects of the project. The teacher saw that the work the boy had done was good and asked if the boy had prepared it himself which, in the end, he had. The teacher then tested the boy on his understanding of key ideas and aspects of the work and the boy was able to answer all of the questions satisfactorily. That is, one person helped with the education of another. The other person accepted the help and was able to benefit from it. The student then was better able to respond to the assignment and demonstrated both in writing and orally that he had benefited from his efforts. The father had a web site that included matters appropriate to the assignment and the son included that web site in his references. Is there a problem here Bobby? Isn't there a phrase along the lines of sitting on the shoulders of giants? Duncan _____ From: Plagiarism [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Automatic digest processor Sent: 02 July 2004 00:09 To: Recipients of PLAGIARISM digests Subject: PLAGIARISM Digest - 27 Jun 2004 to 1 Jul 2004 (#2004-60) <http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk> JISCmail Homepage PLAGIARISM Digest - 27 Jun 2004 to 1 Jul 2004 (#2004-60) Table of contents: * [attachment removed see end <> notes] Bobby Elliott's Plagiarism FAQs 1. [attachment removed see end notes] Bobby Elliott's Plagiarism FAQs * Re: [attachment removed see end notes] Bobby Elliott's Plagiarism FAQs (07/01) From: Bobby Elliott <[log in to unmask]> _____ <http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html> <http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html> Powered by LISTSERV(R) <http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html> <http://www.lsoft.com/products/default.asp?item=secured-by-FS&host=JISCMAIL. AC.UK&wa=http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin> <http://www.lsoft.com/products/default.asp?item=secured-by-FS&host=JISCMAIL. AC.UK&wa=http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin> Anti-virus Filter <http://www.lsoft.com/products/default.asp?item=secured-by-FS&host=JISCMAIL. AC.UK&wa=http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin> Browse the PLAGIARISM <http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?LIST=PLAGIARISM> online archives. ************************************************************************* You are subscribed to the JISC Plagiarism mailing list. To Unsubscribe, change your subscription options, or access list archives, visit http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/PLAGIARISM.html *************************************************************************