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Anonymous wrote:Lots of cheating in Sidwell US, much worse since Covid

The cheating in Sidwell’s Chemistry 1A class (current sophomores) has been terrible this year!

My DC has told me about so much cheating in the 10th grade Sidwell class. It's kind of hysterical and the administration seems so frazzled and have no idea what to do about it. I just tell DC to just not cheat and at the end of the day your brain is growing more. So many kids have not gotten caught. And FYI, they have empty threats to do anything about it.

GDS is the exact same. Some students get caught, but its really a hassle for the teacher to deal with. DS says that it is out of control, and the teachers either do not know or do not care.

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Anonymous wrote:GDS has the worst cheating of any

What's happened? Besides the Physics cheating mentioned by the PP.

And I mean this in a genuinely curious way, it's not sarcasm.

Anonymous wrote:GDS has the worst cheating of any

What's happened? Besides the Physics cheating mentioned by the PP.

GDS has the worst cheating of any

Anonymous wrote:At the school where my DD goes some of her teachers do this. How this is bypassed is that students steal exams/teacher's notes beforehand when in detention, Helping the teacher after school/class. or go in when the teacher isn't there. There will usually be around five kids per scheme. They then give it to AI and it does the rest.

How far kids go to cheat instead of doing the work in scary. Because what do you mean kids will steal the notes instead of just study.

Anonymous wrote:I hear GDS cheating is out of control!!

There was a pretty bad cheating scandal in the UL (Upper Level) Physics class. The main part of the problem was that the guys refuse to work with the women in the class and pass around the answers for tests, but ONLY tell the other men the answers. The girls got wind of what was happening and told the teacher, but it sounds like not much punishment is going to be done because they don't know who exactly was involved in the cheating. (Although I know the son of a so called "VIP'" [according to this forum] was involved) The girls weren't really mad that the guys weren't giving them answers, it was mostly because of the way they look down on/discriminate against them despite not even being capable of earning the grades that they receive. I do hope this forum doesn't turn into "reason 16787 why xyz private school is better than xyz other school", because this happens at every school across the DMV. It's disappointing, and something we need to teach our children to never do instead of placing pressure on them to constantly be the best, because that is definitely the trigger for it.

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Anonymous wrote:Unfortunately, there is a bunch of cheating at NCS. My DD regularly reports it to teachers and has rarely seen it addressed. Even with the honor code and .policies, there are typically few repercussions

NCS doesn’t enforce anything. It’s a ridiculous place.

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+1 Heard the same - even when egregious.

Anonymous wrote:That story is true at Bullis. Over 20 kids.

Nobody gets in trouble for cheating at bullis. Pretty sure that’s what parents are paying for. This year was really bad and a slew of teachers are leaving because admin doesn’t care about academics and integrity . It’s actually really disappointing and sad.

Are any privates not like this?

This is so disheartening ........

That story is true at Bullis. Over 20 kids.

Nobody gets in trouble for cheating at bullis. Pretty sure that’s what parents are paying for. This year was really bad and a slew of teachers are leaving because admin doesn’t care about academics and integrity . It’s actually really disappointing and sad.

Are any privates not like this?

Large group of senior AP students caught cheating on their lit mid-term at Bullis. The exam was electronic and a firewall was not activated, so a number of kids used AI. Many threats made by administration, but no consequences. In fact, the cheating kids could retake the exam. One of the cheaters one a year-end award. Ridiculous.

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Anonymous wrote:Unfortunately, there is a bunch of cheating at NCS. My DD regularly reports it to teachers and has rarely seen it addressed. Even with the honor code and .policies, there are typically few repercussions

NCS doesn’t enforce anything. It’s a ridiculous place.

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