Last two weeks were filled with projects. Two of them I had with group where one of the member was Spanish. Each time I wasn't content about his part of work. Everyone knows that Spanish aren't very good in English. So when the Spanish boy showed us what he had done, we knew that it was copied from one of the Internet page (probably Wikipedia). Different people talked with him that he can't do it and he has to change it. The boy was very patient and corrected his part every time we wanted. But I couldn't understand why this situation is repeated.
Once, he explained me and everything became clear. In Spain, students can copy text when they do projects. This is the reason why he couldn't understan our expectations. There is some kind of permission from professors. It's very strange for me and it's witness of lower level of education in that part of Europe. But I can't criticise it because I don't know more about education system. Since that conversation, I've seen that every Spanish student copied something at least once and other students who have to cooperate with them, have problem with it. But for them it's normal behaviour. It's one of norms which is acceptable for everyone in Spain.
