Why not? The teacher could pen a great letter of redemption about how this poor student cheated on the test, but was willing to take their punishment and stay clean.
Or they possibly would still hold a grudge.
I'm probably the most laid back manager in existence (short of being negligent). My employees know they can come in late or even take the day off if they need to (serious medical conditions at work) and no need to call in as long as i get the scoop later. Each one of them upon hire, however, get's the talk.
For five minutes I explain that, while I've never had reason to to suspect anyone of doing so, stealing or performing other blatantly illegal behavior that could get myself or the pharmacy in trouble will not be tolerated and, furthermore, I will make it my personal mission to bring down the full force of the law and the company onto the offender.
Cheating is, in effect, stealing. It steals the knowledge (worthless though it often is from some classes) from yourself and your patients who may need it. It steals the integrity from yourself and the profession. It can forever tarnish your record by planting that seed of doubt into anyone who finds out.
I have been in front my schools ethics and professionalism board many, many times, but each time because of some ridiculous rule that I had been bold enough to call out. Yes, I brought a toaster to class and yes, it is technically a weapon on school premises so what you going to do about it? It wasn't ever about questioning my integrity to myself or the school (although the school seemed to question it's own integrity often in those meetings) and it wasn't till my last year I heard about how 90% of the class tried to cheat their way to a higher grade in a class the first year (standing outside the class door during tests to compare notes/change answers using the answering remotes we were required to have). I was never brought in for that during the questioning period because everyone knew, Schwimmy don't cheat.
I've found over the years that with the level of effort and creativity that people use to try to cheat a system, it could be used to productively add value and instill character and (heaven forbid) learn the material.
Enough of my weekly rambling. I'm not going to tell you how bad you messed up, you know that already, but if you take the advice of this pharmacist, I hope I can impress upon the appearance that your school of pharmacy seems very lenient to me regarding this matter and that you use this opportunity to dedicate honesty in all the facets of your life, because the worst person you can be dishonest to is the one you always dishonor when you cheat: Yourself.
You deserve better going forward.
