The chapter eight is about helping vs cheating. In my opinion I agree with the author because one should not allow others to copy your work since thats how the teachers evaluates the students and know de capacity of them. A problem that the author found in the school was that the teacher were the ones that inculcate the students to cheat. "The teachers not only let them cheat, they teach them how, they encourage them". Therefore that was the reason why the students think that they were helping others.
Another problem that the author found was that from the earliest childhood the Puerto Ricans were taught to be cooperative, not competitive. He was so amazed that made a comparison between the Puerto Ricans and Americans. The author mentioned that "A Puerto Rican student will let his neighbor look at his test paper because he wants to help him get a good grade. An American student will hide his paper from his neighbor because he is only interested in getting a good grade himself".
Therefore in my opinion it was not the fault of the students since they were teached to help others. The problem was that they were not aware that they would not pass the course if they let others to copy. Therefore the work of the author was to explain the students that it was good to help others but that they should not help them on an exam.
