Should I Contact ETS?

memberofthevrwc · 05-12-2008, 12:18 AM

During my AP English test, my english teacher came in, walked around and was checking the questions/student's answers...As far as I could tell, he didn't say a word or give any non-verbal clues as to any answers. He never came over to me. However, I know that the teacher of the subject is not supposed to be looking at the exam or even be in the room. Should I call ETS and tell them this and if so what would be the repercussions?

Ykim917 · 05-12-2008, 12:22 AM

No. Why make the effort to be a tattletale and jeopardize your scores?

Mind your own business.

ithebigc · 05-12-2008, 12:44 AM

Well, some people have better integrity.

What was he doing there anyway? The proctor just didn't care and let him walk around as he pleased? I'm sure that would be distracting for some ppl (Hey! My teacher is standing behind me, and I'm stuck on this question!)

tmi · 05-12-2008, 12:44 AM

I agree with Ykim917!!!!!

w0oj0o · 05-12-2008, 12:58 AM

are you a freaking idiot?? Of course not!!!

memberofthevrwc · 05-12-2008, 01:04 AM

@ithebigc: I dunno why he was there. The proctor certainly wouldn't have said anything: he is a member of the school administration. It certainly was distracting for me, and he didn't even stand next to me.

@everyone else - I'm not trying to be a tattletale or an idiot. There are rules in place by ETS, CollegeBoard, etc... we're all (schools and students alike) supposed to follow them. I certainly don't want to jeopardize my score but I'd rather have the satisfaction of doing the right thing, not just trying to protect my best interests.

bco09 · 05-12-2008, 01:10 AM

doing the right thing may be studying for your next test and forgetting what happened in the past...

w0oj0o · 05-12-2008, 01:11 AM

"I certainly don't want to jeopardize my score but I'd rather have the satisfaction of doing the right thing, not just trying to protect my best interests"

Thats called tattling

Well, if you feel really strongly about it, then I guess you could call ETS.

Your english teacher will get in big trouble, and feel like ****.
Your fellow peers and friends will hate you for ruining their scores and wasting all their hard effort of studying. They will also feel like ****.
But at least you will get that great little feeling of happiness knowing you supported a minor rule, right? I mean, that totally outweighs the suffering you will cause for others huh

poetrygirl · 05-12-2008, 01:21 AM

I respect what you're saying. I think you're a very honest person.
But to me, that seems like such a minor thing that it's not worth it. I mean, if he'd been telling kids answers or something, then I would say yes, you should contact them. It's possible, however that he wasn't aware of the rules or forgot about them--one of my AP teachers was unaware that this was an official CB rule--he thought it was just something our school had set up (He's a new AP teacher and had forgotten or hadn't been told or something. He didn't come into our test room or anything, but wasn't aware about it until one of my friends mentioned it a few weeks ago.).

I just think it'd end up being a big hassle and not very practical. The rules are really in place to make sure no one gets help or cheats. If neither of those things occured, I wouldn't worry about it. You could also bring it up with a teacher, if you are concerned.

Gryffon5147 · 05-12-2008, 01:24 AM

You remind me of someone... He has no friends.

I agree with above poster. There are things in life to be honest for like uncovering REAL cheating, and some things in life where you just brush by the fine print.

GamaPasa · 05-12-2008, 01:36 AM

yeah unless he was helping you guys actively cheat, i wouldn't worry too much about it.

if you do send in a letter to ets....make sure it's anonymous or all those other kids who took that test with you might hunt you down, including ur teacher also.

memberofthevrwc · 05-12-2008, 01:53 AM

OK. Poetrygirl is right. I'm not gonna contact them. In retrospect, it probably wasn't that big of a deal.

apples · 05-12-2008, 02:09 AM

Well, since i'm the only kid in my school giving some aps, the proctor standing on my head the whole time, looking at the exam.
wth do i dO?

duckedtape · 05-12-2008, 02:20 AM

i say rat them out. i want to know what happens.

megabnx · 05-12-2008, 05:16 AM

I'm not sure if it's just a school thing, but every one of my teachers has always told me it was against policy to even be in the same building as us during the test, and if they got caught, our scores would be invalidated, regardless of what they actually did.