"Acel copil stătea acolo ca să copieze."

Translation: That child was staying there to copy.

[Schattenparker]

What is the idea? Like the child was waiting in front of a xerox photocopier?

[potestasity]

The verb "a copia" is used for cheating (on a test). That was my interpretation after reading the sentence/

[Coriander18]

Maybe he hadn't finished copying what was on the board, so he stayed while the rest started their next activity.

[Renardo_11]

What is the rôle of "ca" here? My first try was something with "as if."

[Lng52-._]

Or, maybe the kid was in a drama class and wanted to copy an actor/actress reading their lines.