Online Class can be an easy "A" for cheaters

Flamewire
Wed, 13 Jun 2012 08:47:47 +0000

@tedders83:

“One of the real things that cause this, in my opinion, is the required courses that students simply view as a necessary hurdle they need to cross in order to get to the more interesting advanced courses. The solution to this would either be to make all courses interesting (not gonna happen) or change requirements and things around. This cheating problem in online classes doesn’t look like its ending soon.”

This EXACTLY. I’m taking Physics I online over the summer. It’s a necessary prerequisite to AP Physics (obviously). Why didn’t I take it in school? The teacher for Physics I in my school is terrible. She assigns time-consuming projects and lots of busywork. My friends have said that AP Physics is a better class, with a better teacher. I’m taking Physics I online to escape taking it in school. If the class was interesting, engaging, and fun, I wouldn’t have a problem with taking it in school. But by all accounts, it isn’t. That’s why I’m taking Physics online; that’s why many people elect to take required courses and annoying prerequisites online.