Cheating Culture
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Anonymous
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When did it become so pervasive? I knew people who cheated in college but few and far between. I don’t know anyone who cheated in grad school.
My daughter reports back from college at UVA that everyone cheats, all the time. I feel like she is trying to get me to say it’s ok, which I refuse to do. (If she cheats, which I doubt, she doesn’t do it very well because her grades aren’t fantastic.). I’m just shocked at how pervasive it is and it seems the school is aware but lets it go. When did the culture change? |
Anonymous
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Cheating was big back in the day there too…and I know someone caught and kicked out for it.
But- now all these unprepared grade inflated kids are there and we gave AI and tools, etc I bet it’s even more pervasive. |
Anonymous
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If she signed thr UVA Honor Code, at matriculation, which everyone does, she is obligated to report. Honor violations are a very big thing at UVA.
https://honor.virginia.edu/course/honor-code#:~:text=The%20Honor%20Code%20of%20the,lie%2C%20cheat%2C%20or%20steal |
Anonymous
| Cheating starts at an early age and continues. Cheating/scamming are promoted and respected for some cultures and groups. This will eventually lead for companies to give tests during interviews. And ultimately devalues the degree from that institution. |
Anonymous
She has no actual evidence. People just mention that “everyone” uses Chat GPT for the online test they just had, etc. People have told her the prof in that class knows but does not know how to fix it. I feel like they have this honor code but it is a bit of a smokescreen. It’s my understand kids who cheat get a 0 on the exam and have to write an apology letter. It does not sound like kids are getting expelled. They just get perfect GPAs and get into McIntire and Batton. |
Anonymous
| Aren’t all of these “ADHD” extra time blah blah diagnoses a form of cheating? Yes. They are. |
Anonymous
No. They are not. If a kid has a legitimate diagnosis from a qualified professional, that is not cheating. Sounds like maybe you are trying to justify your kid’s cheating through someone else’s disability. |
Anonymous
| If your not cheating, your not trying. |
Anonymous
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Since when did we believe 18 year old when they said "everyone" is doing something? Come on. Yes, people cheat. But the idea that every single person is doing it is far fetched.
The fact that she doesn't think it's a big deal is more about her than about the school she just got to two months ago. |
Anonymous
Really? At UVA? Not at all my DCs experience there. |
Anonymous
What kind of test is this...and isn't an easy way to fix it to make everyone take the test in-person and not online? |
Anonymous
| Cheating is pervasive these days. It starts in 9th grade or perhaps even earlier. It is very easy to cheat these days with online tests and ai |
Anonymous
My son’s Catholic HS was tough on that. Written tests and in class writing. Scanned AI for papers. He’s always been honest Abe (Catholic guilt  )- but wouldn’t even run his college essays thru ai merely for grammar edits. At an Ivy and highest grade in class on first paper- he actually learned to write himself!
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Anonymous
Financial Accounting. Over 700 kids and it is an online class with online tests. |
Anonymous
Same. Mine cheated on a chemistry test and was suspended. He got a 0 and his grade was already low. He had to retake the class during the summer and he had to pay for it. Plus he couldn’t get a summer job because the class was from 8-12pm everyday with a few hours of homework. I was happy about all of the above. I teach in public school and I have 7th graders who care barely compose a grammatically correct sentence. Our writing rubric mentions nothing about mechanics of writing. It’s pitiful. I am now an intervention teacher and I teach students who read many grade levels below. I’m shocked that kids in MS think that what makes a complete sentence is s capital letter and a period. |