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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Neurobio cheaters:

Hugh cheating scandal earlier this year (fall 2016-winter 2017) in the neurobiology class. [quote]The teacher who does not teach anyway gave freedom to students to come out with test questions for others. The cheaters formed a ring. The ring gave easy questions to each other and tough questions to others. Soon the teacher and the ring managed to pit class students one against other!
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Eventually, the ring was reported by other students. Ring members in that class were only given a warning/violation. As per TJ policy, colleges will not be informed of the cheating by these students in this class. Many of the ring members have high GPA and are gunning for ivy-league admissions. I know some of the families whose kids were in the ring. One family is so ivy-league crazy and aggressive that they are encouraging this type of behavior from their kid. Sadly, one has to wonder how this will end up down the road.

The administration sucks and so are some teachers. These two along with cheaters have created a pressure environment for others.

The administration and many of the teachers do not really care about the students. “Swamp the Drain” is truly needed but unlikely to happen any time soon.

Keep in mind that there are plenty of TJ students who are not cheaters. They study hard and want to learn the right way. They are victims or spectators or ignorant in these cheating situations. 
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Not trying to defend the cheaters, but that neurobio teacher should be reprimanded or even let go. How can a teacher not notice the easy vs hard questions? Which teachers in their right mind would let students come up with test questions for others? That is the epitome of stupidity and laziness. It is one thing to let students make up some questions and incorporate some randomly in a test, but letting students choose which questions to give to whom will inevitably lead to this kind of allegiance among students.

For us, one of TJ's main draw was the faculty who are supposed to be expert in their field. DD will be entering this fall, and if her teachers are acting this way, I will be fast to pull her out. There is no need for her to deal with lazy teachers who just don't care about leveling the playing field. [/quote]

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