Cheating in high school
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Anonymous
I tell my kids - and it’s true - that I remember who cheated in high school and college. They will always be dishonest in my mind. Would never invest with them, use them for legal work, recommend them for a job. |
Anonymous
| The fancy programmable calculators also get used to cheat in some STEM classes - preprogram key equations into the calculator before the test. |
Anonymous
| Does anyone have any information about the recent Chem IA class at Sidwell? Mr. Suphaphiphat has been much stricter about it this year as opposed to previous years, according to DD. |
Anonymous
Did you not read the earlier posts in this thread? Cheating has been rampant in Chem 1A this year. He’s probably stricter because students have been constantly cheating in his class this year. |
Anonymous
That doesn't matter since networks are highly diverse these days. |
Anonymous
To be fair, Sidwell brings this upon itself with the way they teach this course. No actual lectures is insane. Even MIT has lectures! |
Anonymous
How do they run a class with no lectures? Do the kids just self-study and show up for labs? |
Anonymous
Kinda |
Anonymous
The way the class is taught is not ideal (understatement), and Sidwell should definitely step in and revamp Chem 1A. However, the students who cheat should be punished. I have zero sympathy for them. My oldest child was recommended for that class but she turned it down because Chem 1A’s VERY negative reputation precedes itself. I have no doubt that the vast majority of Sidwell students know that class is a s-show, but they sign up for it anyway. That’s on them. You want “rigor?” Well, Chem 1A will give that to you, with a side of unnecessary frustration and tears. |
Anonymous
| At my 10th grader's school, the use of AI is rampant too, but the students are getting caught and are facing consequences. The way my child explained it to me is that teachers require you to also submit your working document along with uploading your final document. The teachers then use some kind of AI detector on the working document and the final version that allows them to detect whether AI was used on any of the versions and can also detect whether any large portions were copied and pasted. Last week, several students were caught, and they all received zero points for the assignment (which will account for a significant part of their final grade), are required to serve detention/suspension, and must meet with the department chair with their parents. They also lose special privileges and the ability to participate in some programs. Any 9th grade students caught cheating lose a lot of privileges, like participation in the foreign exchange program, etc. |
Anonymous
Kids are essentially expected to self-study and come to class prepared to engage with the material. Obviously, kids aren't going to generally understand chemistry this way, so many will just watch some Youtube lectures before class to self-teach the material. The kids who perform best in this class usually come in with a decent foundation in Chemistry, usually through self-studying the course in the summer. |
Anonymous
The problem is that those "AI detectors" don't work. I'm not saying that those kids did not use AI. I'm saying that those tools are inherently flawed and are unreliable. |
Anonymous
Many schools have these rules but students still do it. It's easy to take a picture of a test once you take it home or write down the questions on a sticky note after you see it. When the teacher turns their back it's easy to whip out a phone or go to a bathroom and use your phone there. Finally, there are many ways to write your notes when you're not supposed to (Water bottle, hand, skirt, glasses). |
Anonymous
I don't think that people really know every way it happens maybe? |
Anonymous
When I was in high school I had this one history teacher, Mr. Beebe, who had been old when my father was in school. Mr. Beebe gave oral exams. I often think we will have to return to that format. |