<p>I have to say that the few times I have shared my password at work, I’ve changed it shortly afterwards…</p>
<p>Back in the day, I had lower grade when I knew I’d made straight 100’s. After checking with friends it seems no one in the class got a higher grade than his daughter. When I asked him about it, he lowered my grade another 5 points for attitude. That was when children didn’t question authority figures.</p>
<p>Wow, Consolation. What a story.</p>
<p>Must have watched too many reruns of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.</p>
<p>Had to cheat to come up with a 1730?!?</p>
<p>^^If all you had was a 1370, a 1730 would look pretty good.</p>
<p>Back in the prehistoric era (before computers!) the top 4 students in my graduating class were girls. I was #4. Two boys came next and they were both applying to competitive schools. </p>
<p>Suddenly, the two boys recieved a higher grade for physics and moved into spots 3 and 4. </p>
<p>Dad for one of the boys was an administrator.</p>
<p>Here’s how this turn of events was explained to me: these boys were applying for scholarships at prestigious schools and I was already set on my school and not seeking scholarships. And it didnt affect Val and Sal. And that since the administrator was involved, it wouldnt do to rock the boat. And sexism was alive and well in the seventies.</p>
<p>Oh yea, I had taken physics, too.</p>
<p>eggmom–how sad. It’s called CHEATING.</p>
<p>I am disgusted by that Eggmom. Ever gone to a reunion and see how those bozo’s turned out? Karma is a funny thing in this world. I’ve seen it come to fruition time and time again. What you put out in the world will surely come back to you ten fold. </p>
<p>I really hate a cheat.</p>
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<p>I agree that the cheating was disgusting, but without further facts I’d be hesitant lay the body at the feet of the boys themselves. The scam may have been engineered by the adults without the boys themselves asking for it or even knowing about it. Perhaps eggmom can tell us whether the boys were in on the fix.</p>
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<p>Here’s another transcript-fixing case from the San Diego area:</p>
<p>[Audit</a> turns acclaim into outrage at Preuss | The San Diego Union-Tribune](<a href=“http://archives.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20071212/news_1n12preuss.html]Audit”>http://archives.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20071212/news_1n12preuss.html)</p>
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Audit turns acclaim into outrage at Preuss
Review finds extensive grade inaccuracies at charter school</p>
<p>By Eleanor Yang Su
and Maureen Magee
STAFF WRITERS</p>
<p>December 12, 2007 </p>
<p>The academic reputation of the nationally recognized charter school at UC San Diego is being called into question by a new audit showing widespread grade tampering and instances where students received credit for courses they never took. >></p>
<p>I suppose that college acceptances of any students from Preuss up to and including the High Class of 2008 could be suspect, if they were based on inaccurate transcripts.</p>
<p>fireandrain – I wasn’t aware of the case in Cherry Hill, but there was a story about this time last year about six students at Fayetteville-Manlius HS near Syracuse who were involved in a scheme that involved computer tampering with their transcripts, including changing SAT scores. Several of these kids had been accepted by very prestigious colleges. I’m not sure how this was resolved, and the last I had heard none of the colleges had rescinded the kids’ admissions.</p>
<p>courer, I don think the boys were in on this. They were good kids. I always thought it was arranged by the dad. </p>
<p>moda, boys went to good schools and got good jobs. (So did I.) I haven’t seen either since graduation. One died in a tragic accident about 10 years later. i never considered karmic penalty, though.</p>
<p>The Pennsylvania mom was just unsophisticated. In our local HS, joining the school board is a half-point boost for your kid. Of course the parents of smart kids don’t even bother. They just send their kids to private high school. As the old basketball saying goes, no harm no foul.</p>
<p>Be aware that we are only informed of cases where those changing grades are caught. I wonder how often this is done and not caught.</p>
<p>^ I was kind of thinking the same thing. It sure is a gamble though and I for one cannot imagine anything being worth that kind of humiliation. Plus… what does that say about the faith you have in your kid? Boggles the mind.</p>
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<p>Well, it basically tells your kid that the way he really is isn’t good enough for your standards, and that the only way he’ll ever amount to anything is if Mom or Dad takes it into their own hands and cheats to get the kid ahead.</p>
<p>Great life lesson.</p>
<p>So many parents “hover” about their students today that we only fend shock when we hear these stories. If only we could have the typical CC student so parents will not go to these extremes.</p>
<p>Eggmom’s story reminds me of back in the 70s when I was in high school also and wanted to go to college, my grandmother told me that women didn’t need an education because we would be out in the workforce taking jobs away from men who have families to support. Thankfully, I didn’t listen to her. :D</p>
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<p>The thing I don’t understand is why parents would change grades or scores to get their children into a “better” school. Is that not setting up your child to fail, assuming they may not be up to doing the work at the higher tiered school?</p>
<p>Seems the parents are doing it for the “keeping up with the Jones’”, not for the benefit of the child.</p>