That's why I always keep backup copies on my flash drive. But yes, you should still be able to recover the file, even if it means paying for a program to do it.

Normally I'm a dick in my comments, but I'll be helpful. There are programs to get files back that have been deleted. Try Smart Undelete. :)

OH MANDY AND YOU CAME AND YOU GAVE WITHOUT TAKING AND I SENT YOU AWAY OH MANDY

Well, this guy lives in Australia. It's somewhere around 7pm there now. Good luck to him recovering it in time to hand it in

if it's on a normal hard disk, you can recover it pretty easily.

A few solutions for the future: (1) Have a separate account on the computer for each user. Don't let your mom near your documents. (2) If your mom won't let you do #1, then look up how to protect a document from being deleted. (3) If you're on a Mac, use your "MobileMe" account to save a copy on iDisk. If you're on a Windows PC, look into online backup services so you can save a copy off your computer. (4) Flash drive backup. (5) Every now and then, e-mail a copy of the document to yourself. That way, you have a backup on the computer in your mail file (in case the Documents folder one gets trashed by mom) and probably a copy still stored on the e-mail server. (6) Force mom to call your teacher to explain what she's done. Your teacher will feel sorry for you (because teachers believe that its their duty to "liberate" intelligent kids from non-academic parents, whom the teachers think of as trailer trash, even though that may be far from the truth), and give you a good grade out of sympathy. He may start speaking to you more slowly, though, and start using smaller words.

Well she's hurting herself more if she pays your tuition.

YDI for writing a research paper on rape.

Also, on a different note, try using a deleted file recovery program.

1. password protect your computer. 2. always back up your files on a flashdrive.