Concretely, maybe the question of whether the ideas are “my own” is too philosophical. Everyone remixes ideas they’ve found from other places. The fact remains

Concretely, maybe the question of whether the ideas are “my own” is too philosophical. Everyone remixes ideas they’ve found from other places. The fact remains that this still is not considered cheating. Many universities have a “writing center” where students can bring their papers for grammatical review, rephrasing suggestions, and even suggestions to revise an entire paragraph or reorganize the paper. Far from it being considered cheating, students were encouraged to use this service. Nor were they asked to cite the assistant.