How to avoid getting caught for plagiarism again?

[bingbongbangbung]

I got a 0 for my first Java assignment (there's 4 for the course) cause I was caught plagiarizing. But the thing is the professor accused me of copying another student when I just got the solution from Chegg. I changed some of the variables to make it less obvious but she somehow still found out. I suspect it's cause the other guy used Chegg too and both of our code was similar enough while not fulfilling assignment guidelines properly. She told me in my feedback also I was supposed to import JavaFX and not swing, which probably also gave it away that I cheated.

I did try to go to her for help and initially was against cheating, though at the time I had a shit ton of other assignments and exams to do. She sucks at communicating and often just ignores what I ask or reply to her in person and online. At least this and all the other assignments are merely worth 5% of my final grade each, and I already did pretty well on the midterm exam (which was open book). The labs may be worth 3% each, but there's 10 in total so focusing more on those will improve my grades over the assignments.

Do you guys have any tips for me to do better in the course, hopefully without cheating again? My current Java assignment doesn't have a solution on Chegg, and also the professor generously provided some reference files anyways. My course average before getting the 0 was at 73%... now after it has dropped to 65% which sucks. I've been through worse though; I remember failing my statistics course after the midterms yet making a comeback and passing it with over 80%. If she wasn't so shit and provided more help, I wouldn't have felt to use Chegg.

Updates

1 y

Anyone who gives useless advice and is a rude little shit will be blocked and have their answers removed, like that feminazi bitch

Updates

1 y

The bitch ass professor refused to give me proof when I asked for it and insisted I shouldn't copy from another student when I didn't

[SnowedIn]

The way to avoid getting caught is to not plagiarize in the first place. @confusedgirl100 advice is the best: study and practice more to which I would add four other pieces of advice: 1) go to the professor's office hours whenever they are available; 2) make friends with the best student in the class and ask them for advice; 3) find a tutor -- they are usually everywhere.; and 4) ask the professor for help.

[ConfusedGirl100]

Did I not say in my advice to study and practice more or did that go over your head when you read my opinion? Never once did I ever say to plagiarise! Maybe reread what I wrote.

Please don't tag me next time. There is a reason for why I made sure only the asker could reply to my opinion

[SnowedIn]

@ConfusedGirl100 I'm very sorry -- in no way did I mean to office. I did read your opinion and you were exactly right which is what my reply said -- or what I intended it to say. My first sentence told the asker not to plagiarize. I ended that sentence with a period. The new sentence started with tagging you meaning that your advice is the best. I wanted to give you credit. I left off the apostrophe and an 's' when I tagged you; that might have alleviated any lack of clarity that I caused. Again, I'm sorry. My intent was to underline that you gave great advice.

[SnowedIn]

*offend, not "office".

[ConfusedGirl100]

Respect my wishes and Stop tagging me. Grrrrrrrr. Tag me again and I am blocking you since you have no respect for anyone's wishes

[bingbongbangbung]

The professor doesn't have office hours after she merged it with the lab session. She did that cause it was inconvenient to have to go to another classroom in another building. And she was somehow able to convince whatever department was responsible for hosting the classes in the classroom during the office hours and lab time to be given to her. So now the lab session happens right after the lecture instead of there being a 1 hour break which was her original office hours.

[bingbongbangbung]

You can always prevent others from @ mentioning you in your profile settings iirc

[Jamie05rhs]

@confusedgirl100 Calm down. Geez. No one is persecuting you. Eat a Snickers.

[SnowedIn]

Thank you for mho!

[slatyb]

There is anti-plagiarism software that compares your code against publicly available solutions. It is smart enough to tell when you make trivial changes.

Why are you taking this class? What is your career goal?

[bingbongbangbung]

To get a job in computers or tech cause that's the future

[slatyb]

How well do you think that is going to go if you skate through your courses to make a grade, but don't learn to program by yourself? I've been in high tech for almost 30 years. I'm at one of the FAANG companies and interview candidate programmers. Half of the interview is writing code. You can't fake your way through that. I've rejected many MSCS graduates who couldn't code at all. If you aren't motivated to learn to solve these problems by yourself you might want to reconsider your career plans.

[bingbongbangbung]

I'm in my third semester (3/4), and previously only learned intro to Java aka OOP course. The current Java course is about data structures and algorithms.

[bingbongbangbung]

I can code in Python and JavaScript fine, React/Native still gives me trouble and Java same thing. SQL... yeah, I'm gonna pretend I never learned that.

[bingbongbangbung]

Also I'm not taking computer science nor am I in university. I'm in college (what Americans call community college) and I'm enrolled in computer programming.

[slatyb]

I'm just saying that if you plan to cut & paste your way into a grade, you are wasting your time and money.

[bingbongbangbung]

Well the professor is being a bitch so I've complained to the dean and I'll contact the faculty for help on dealing with her

[slatyb]

Data structures and algorithms? That's one focus of interviewing at top companies.

[bingbongbangbung]

Don't a lot of companies have dumbass HR Karens demanding people have mid to senior level qualifications for entry level jobs?

[slatyb]

A company that acted like that wouldn't be very successful. My company happily hires people who can program, regardless of whether or not they have a degree. There are two people on my team of six without computer science degrees. They went through one-year programs, interned, and got hired.

[bingbongbangbung]

Damn then your company must be a gem cause a lot of companies do that and then cry about how they can't find anyone to hire.

[Anonymous]

People per hour or fiver, and pay them to do your work for you.

https://www.fiverr.com/sajid_munawar/do-your-python-programming-tasks?context_referrer=search_gigs&source=main_banner&ref_ctx_id=6c85e92911b21c6ddaeed7a715b4140e&pckg_id=1&pos=1&context_type=auto&funnel=6c85e92911b21c6ddaeed7a715b4140e&seller_online=true&imp_id=ac4ba9f7-f565-4850-a84b-7c1ad758095d

[bingbongbangbung]

Alex is that you?

[Opinion Owner]

I don't know who that is.

[bingbongbangbung]

Sorry I don't need help with Python, it's Java

[bingbongbangbung]

Oh 😳 sorry wrong person

[Opinion Owner]

There are other people on Fiverr. He is not the only one on the website.

[bingbongbangbung]

I don't wanna pay someone so much money just for some assignments completed

[FunkyMonkee]

Become a democrat. They get away with EVERYTHING!! Just ask the plagiarizer in chief!

[bingbongbangbung]

Didn't that pedo Clinton also plagiarize?

[FunkyMonkee]

I wouldn't doubt it but, I haven't heard about it.

[bingbongbangbung]

I heard he exploited some loopholes to avoid being drafted to Vietnam, but so did Trump

[FunkyMonkee]

A lot of people back then fled the country, burned their draft card or just flat out refused to go! But, a lot of them still live here and get along with everyone. Besides, it was an unjust war we had no business being involved in!

[bingbongbangbung]

What about the Korean, Iraq, and Afghanistan wars?

[FunkyMonkee]

Trump and slick Willie were too old for those.

[FunkyMonkee]

The BOP needs to prove his accusation! There IS such a thing as two (or more) people getting the exact same idea at the same time!! Just because you both said it doesn't mean one copied from the other.

[cryscrys1]

Oh men sounds hard I hope you pass it
Good luck
I have no idea how to help

[bingbongbangbung]

You don't need to give advice on how I can cheat again without getting caught. Just advice on how to improve for future assignments without needing to cheat.

[bingbongbangbung]

Labs are done in class and the professor is completely fine with plagiarizing for that lol.

[Jamie05rhs]

You got lucky. You could have had academic suspension.

[bingbongbangbung]

I'm not attending university so their academic policy regarding plagiarism isn't as strict

[bingbongbangbung]

But if I'm caught plagiarizing again then I'll automatically fail the course

[Jamie05rhs]

Oh; okay.

[Dinosaursandanime65]

Don’t do it. That’s the best way

[Anonymous]

not plagiarizing lol