Today in class...

My name is Amanda, and I'm about to recollect an event that happened to me today in class.
Today, in my Sociology class, someone asked me to do their Algebra II homework for them... I basically (and bluntly) said no. They quickly came back with the reply that they would pay me to do their homework for them, and again I said no. It wasn't as if I had never been asked the question before and I didn't quite no how to reply, I just wasn't going to do it. As I pondered on this after the event, (as many people do and then realize they should have said this or done that differently, I also fell prey to this scenario) I realized that I should have replied that I would help them with their homework. We didn't have anything else to do in class except watch the movie that was playing, and we weren't going to be tested on it. I should have helped them, but no I didn't think of it in time. Shortly after I said no, another person, or should I say accomplice, came and sat down in front of the student who was asking for their homework to be done for them. Obviously they asked the student and they ended up doing the homework for them but they didn't help the student learn why or how the problems are done.
Moral for the story is that when you care what happens to someone, including their future in this case, you should have enough courtesy to help them with their work instead of just saying "no" when asked something like this. Now I am not saying that you need to help everyone with everything, I'm saying that when you think its right... then maybe you should help.
P.S. I've decided that I'm going to ask this student in the next Sociology class we have if they need help with their Algebra II.