Cheating in high school

[Anonymous]

My DC is in an MCPS high school. I’ve recently discovered that many students are cheating on so many assignments and tests. I think that it began during virtual learning and is continuing now that they are in person. Having tests and assignments online makes it easy to share answers. They can easily take pictures or videos of their screens and share it.

Have other parents or teachers discovered this?

[Anonymous]

My son told me the same thing. A friend just got caught using a phone/calculator for a math test (magnet program). The teacher said that they will report to parents but don't know what happened after that. My son's AP teacher had to create different versions of tests and quizzes to combat cheating in the classroom and also between class periods because students were sharing answers. I hope my kid is not cheating too and I tried to place the fear of God in him. He is risk-averse but who knows.

[Anonymous]

Cheating has always happened and will always happen. It's unfortunate, but it's not going to stop.

[Anonymous]

My older son who is 23 was discussing it with my 15 year old son. Oldest son says there was some cheating in honors/AP classes but nothing like what my 16 year old is describing. Younger son says there is rampant cheating in AP and honors classes and it is so frustrating to see kids who cheat get such good grades.

[Anonymous]

To what end? It's high school, not rocket science. If they put same effort into just learning the stuff for the test that they put into cheating, they would also get a good great but they would actually have an education instead of an empty brain.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To what end? It's high school, not rocket science. If they put same effort into just learning the stuff for the test that they put into cheating, they would also get a good great but they would actually have an education instead of an empty brain.

That’s my concern. That my child and classmates are missing kit on an education. Cheating is rampant. I think some teachers are on to it though.

[Anonymous]

Between the grade inflation and cheating it's so hard to know if kids are really learning.

[Anonymous]

I’m a HS teacher and it is very difficult to control. Cell phones have made the problem so much worse. Kids are texting answers to each other while in class.
Many kids don’t want to bother putting in any effort because they know they can copy off friends. It is a depressing situation which is hard to manage

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m a HS teacher and it is very difficult to control. Cell phones have made the problem so much worse. Kids are texting answers to each other while in class.
Many kids don’t want to bother putting in any effort because they know they can copy off friends. It is a depressing situation which is hard to manage

I am a parent (not a teacher) and I’m depressed about it too. My DD is so proud of her gpa and I know that she is cheating. We’ve disciplined her but I think the problem is really widespread across many classmates and across her classes. I have another child who I am certain has never cheated. That child is much better educated.

[Anonymous]

I tell my kids the story of how my friend gave me the answers to a math test, and the teacher told the entire class the next day how we had both got the exact same WRONG answer and she knew we had copied off each other, and everyone knew I had copied off my friend, since she was usually much stronger at math.

Parental humiliation anecdotes have a way of teaching kids moral lessons in an amusing way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DC is in an MCPS high school. I’ve recently discovered that many students are cheating on so many assignments and tests. I think that it began during virtual learning and is continuing now that they are in person. Having tests and assignments online makes it easy to share answers. They can easily take pictures or videos of their screens and share it.

Have other parents or teachers discovered this?

This has nothing to do with virtual learning. It has always happened. Focus on your own child. There are so many apps and online resources that its easy to look up answers.

[Anonymous]

I really don't care. The old saying "when you cheat, you only cheat yourself." Good luck explaining why your SAT scores don't match your GPA. Good luck doing well in college when you missed all the foundational stuff. Mind your business and keep moving forward.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I tell my kids the story of how my friend gave me the answers to a math test, and the teacher told the entire class the next day how we had both got the exact same WRONG answer and she knew we had copied off each other, and everyone knew I had copied off my friend, since she was usually much stronger at math.

Parental humiliation anecdotes have a way of teaching kids moral lessons in an amusing way.

You get off on this? Wow. You're really a sick, disgusting person.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I tell my kids the story of how my friend gave me the answers to a math test, and the teacher told the entire class the next day how we had both got the exact same WRONG answer and she knew we had copied off each other, and everyone knew I had copied off my friend, since she was usually much stronger at math.

Parental humiliation anecdotes have a way of teaching kids moral lessons in an amusing way.

You get off on this? Wow. You're really a sick, disgusting person.

Jesus lord calm down lady.

[Anonymous]

Is this only happening in high school? What about middle school?