Communicate (by phone or email) with someone who is from a different cultural, ethnic, or racial group (than you). Identify at least 3 similarities and 3 differences between you and the other person's group - for example role of elders, expectations, eye contact.

It should be plagiarism, it not only counts the text, but if you steal their ideas, it's still plagiarism. cheating is when during a test you look at others work. stealing ideas might not violate the directions, so it's not 'not following directions'