Honor Code Violation

pelicularities
Sun, 05 May 2013 15:58:21 +0000

Kennedy2010, that seems really counterintuitive. Firstly, assuming the students did cheat, it seems like just one person from the first section cheated whereas most of the second section cheated, so why only punish the first group?

Secondly, the consequences for the offender are potentially higher than just a 0 on the exam. If I were the cheat and I knew the kids in the second section would cover me (and why not, since if that were the case they would also be implicated in cheating), and I came forward, who knows what could be on the cards - fail the class, suspension, expulsion? I mean, I’m certainly not getting my grade back!

Thirdly, doesn’t the teacher have to be accountable too? In my first year at my high school, students could simply walk into the staff room. Some student walked in and stole a look at exam papers, was caught, and from my second year onwards, students had to be buzzed in by a teacher. Maybe the teacher inadvertently left the test lying around?

And lastly, this wouldn’t necessarily explain an orders-of-magnitude improvement in the second section alone, but to give everyone the benefit of the doubt - isn’t it simply possible that the extra day of preparation made all the difference? What is puzzling to me is that - students talk, and if this had been an actual cheating case across an entire section, I’m sure someone would know. Since no one has come forward or been reported maybe this simply isn’t cheating, just a fluke result.

tomsgirl, good luck. Hopefully the video vindicates your daughter.