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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To the teachers on here: over the course of the year, can you tell who the non-cheaters are? I’m kind of hoping that info gets conveyed in college rec letters.[/quote]

Sure, I catch cheaters and refuse to write their recommendation letters. But those are the blatant ones (who do as a PP mentioned and literally copy version B's answers onto their version A). Or I catch them with a phone or a copy of the study guide under their test. Or their answers are formatted in some bizarre way that chatgpt suggests, totally different than how we solved problems in class.  "Oh no, my tutor does it this way!" "Explain it to me then." *crickets*

The reality is I cannot catch the ones who talk in the hallway to their friend after class and ask if xyz was on the test. I cannot catch the kids who copy their homework from their buddy. I cannot penalize the kids who are somehow *always* excused absent on test day, because it's "excused".

If they want to cheat, they'll find ways to. I have long conversations with the kids before the first test, and usually around the semester mark about how I still, to this day--30 years later--remember the one assignment I cheated on in my entire academic career and it gnaws at me. I don't remember the grade I got on a single legitimate test or paper or project though. I try to convey that strong morals and an ethical conscience are worth way more than a few GPA points, but I'm fighting a losing battle. The kids are glued to SIS to see their scores, that's the #1 priority for most.[/quote]

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