Acquitted...*woohoo~*

phew~
i've just been acquitted of plagiarism or more like collusion charges... well... not really charges but more of accusations... a friend (more to acquaintance since she comes to me only when she needs the help) needed the results to a particular experiment conducted a week ago... somehow... she din ask for it through out the week before... also, she chose that weekend to start searching for her lab manual and found that she lost it... so three hours before the time to pass up, she comes running to me for the results... alas, the computer i was using at the comp lab did not read my thumbdrive otherwise i would have just written down the results for her... so, anyway... i went to her comp instead... and she chose to copy my WHOLE report into her thumbdrive... she assured me she was only gonna use the results... she said the discussion part would be from a senior's report... i din think much of it until that day i saw a NA (not available) at a spot where my marks should have been for that report... i panicked like mad... i called up another fren wondering if she'd passed it up for me... she said yes... then my nex thought was tht the other girl did more than just take our group results... true enough... had to go see the lecturer yesterday... with her... paragraphs boxed in red ink covered each page... about 75% of my report was filled with that... some sentences tht i used weren't even changed... they were word for word the same!!... she just copied and pasted them straight from my report... honestly... i was furious... but i couldn't do anything... it was partially my fault... i just shudn't have trusted her with my report... i'm just thankful that she was nice enough to admit tht it was her fault... i'm REALLY thankful... she could have mentioned that it was her work... but she didn't... i was worrying initially if i'd have to prove that i was the one who did the work... but instead the true challenge was to convince the lecturer that i did not allow her to use my work... he first explained to us the procedure to go thru with when encountered with such a case... then... he said that he actually had to bring this up to higher authorities... he said if he did that... her report can't stand on its own... it needs a comparison... it needs MY REPORT... and a big fat ZERO for me... when all i did was innocently helped a friend... i was ecstatic thinking to myself how i'd be failing the unit and all... my life flashed before me... i was dumbfounded... somehow... she managed to convince him that i had nothing to do with it... and so he said he'd let it go this time... he won't bring this up to the higher level people... but she'd get a zero... my marks remained... i really think it was very sweet of her to help me despite knowing she'd be penalized for it... i mean... she could have not bothered about speaking for me... i kinda feel bad for her... i wished there'd be kesian marks for owning up for her mistake... i did thank her after the whole thing... i noe she brought me into this but it took guts and a lot of courage to admit that you did something wrong... especially knowing that you'd be penalized for it... really respect her for it...

through this whole experience i think i was meant to go thru this... my God was there to see me thru... and i really thank God for frens too... the encouragement and strength to go thru this...

i just realized this is the longest post i've ever written... =P