Tuesday, 26 January 2010

Tuesday, December 29, 2009 - Cheating on a Test

So the test weeks have started and today the talk in the teacher’s lounge was about a boy caught cheating during a computer science test. He was kicked out of the university the same day – that day being yesterday.

This kid’s whole life is now ruined and in the teacher’s room they were kind of subdued because of it, since the boy had actually been in one of the teacher’s classes.

And the most uncomfortable point to be made about it was the following. This kid was turned into an example. The sentencing was harsh to discourage others from doing the same. At the same time, however, rich people or government officials paying for their offspring to get a good grade is a well-known and almost accepted practice. What then is the lesson here?

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