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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A student at my child's HS was caught in a major cheating incident that he coordinated.  He goes to a top 10 college (probably #1 in his field).  Not the way it should be but reality.[/quote]

This!  Schools don't report these infractions and they leave it up to the student to report it (which kid with half a brain will self-report this?).

A few years ago, DC's friend had reported a cheating ring in her HS and wanted to incorporate that experience into her essays (how she chose values over friendship).  Apparently everyone that advised her on the essays told her not to.  Don't remember why (probably did not want to show their school in a bad light). Go figure! [/quote]

Probably because no one likes a snitch.[/quote]
I think also because if it gets formally reported it’s becomes a big deal, a big hassle for the teacher and likely the kid gets expelled. So a total and extended PIA for everyone where everyone is left feeling disappointed . [/quote]

So.. cheaters should not be exposed?  If that's the preference, why wouldn't kids cheat?  Why bother with our morality pretenses then, about anything?  Why not cheat on the SATs, have someone else write the college essays?  Or is that what most kids do anyways and mine just didn't get the memo?[/quote]

No one is saying that cheaters should get away with cheating. [b]It’s just so foul that a student would report on other students. The teacher should be the one to catch it, and if they don’t, then so be it. The kids were smart enough to gain the system, good for them.[/b][/quote]

New poster. Wow. The bold is...appalling. And yes, despite what you say, you actually ARE "saying that cheaters should get away with cheating."

Do you teach your own kids that? Gaming the system is fine if you get away with it? I'm betting you also "game the system" on your taxes. Maybe pad your resume when you job-hunt. What's to stop your own kids from doing all that too? Hey, it's on the teacher/the employer/the IRS/the world if THEY fail to catch you, right?

Nauseating.

And are you just utterly unaware that a student reporting another student's cheating, especially an entire organized ring of cheaters, is far from "foul"? The cheaters undermine the honest student's actual WORK. But I'm sure you'd say it's worse to be a "snitch" than to hold people accountable for actually putting in the hours of effort they're supposed to put into a class. Or anything.

I really pray you aren't raising children and teaching your crappy lack of values to them. [/quote]

How self righteous can you be🤣[/quote]

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