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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Churchill is a high school of cheaters.

My son came home telling me about a girl who's parents allowed her to skip a period because she didn't feel prepared for the test. She left school for just ONE period. In AP Biology and AP World History, many students memorize the answers of online test banks they found that they know the teachers draw questions out of. The teachers have no clue, or if they do have a clue, don't do anything to stop it.

And, honestly, many of the top students cheat on the SATs too. Not really conventional cheating - but they do study their asses off and take thousands of dollars worth of test prep. These are not kids who do particularly badly on tests. These are kids who got 210+ plus on their PSAT that are inflating the scores. It's directly causing higher and higher SATs to be necessary for top school admissions, because more "mediocre" (not really mediocre, just not ivy caliber) kids are inflating their SAT scores through prep.

Tons of students are getting 2300+ and 4.0s that they do not deserve. Are these kids smart? Yes. Are these kids capable of actually earning 4.0s or such high scores on their own merits? Hell no. But, no one wants to be left behind in the college race so they cheat and cheat and cheat.

The saddest part is the few remaining honest students feel like they have to cheat to stay competitive. [/quote]
You are conflating prepping and cheating.
[b]If a kid received a high SAT score - they deserve it, no matter if they studied with a CollegeBoard book or paid $$$$ to tutors[/b].[/quote]

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