PSA: don’t cheat

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You're naive if you think somehow cheating doesn't happen in medical school or that only honorable people should be doctors.

 

[LoveBeingHuman:)]

You're naive if you think somehow cheating doesn't happen in medical school or that only honorable people should be doctors.

Never said that.

 

[Matthew9Thirtyfive]

Yeah that's my point. The professor said it was cheating but it was ambiguous.

My point is that it's naive to think that there isn't a grey area when it comes to cheating.

It’s not though. If he doesn’t tell you that you can’t use the textbook (again, who the f says you can’t use your book on homework?), then it’s not cheating since that rule was not made known to you.

 

[libertyyne]

I've had professors give online homework and then halfway through the semester claimed that using the textbook while doing homework is cheating.

That's called an exam.

 

[Thor123422]

I teach general chemistry courses as part of my Masters degree.

The students who attempt significant cheating are super obvious and 99% of the time end up failing the class anyway.

That being said, anything not explicitely stated to be forbidden is fair game. For instance if there's a take home test and your professor never mentions outside resources, then it's fine. He's EXPECTING you to use outside resources, thats why it's a take home test.

This is not a matter of turning a blind-eye, it's a matter of having a clear and consistent rule set for how the course will be scored. It's up to the professor to make his expectations known. Chances are they've been teaching long enough to know all the things he/she doesn't want students to do, and will announce them as necessary.

 

[JonathanHusky]

in my intro psych class I got a practice exam from a friend who took the course the previous year to study for the final and it ended up being like 90% of what the actual final was... I had no idea that's what the final was gonna be, I just got the practice exam to do just that, practice for the final, he gave us a practice final but I just wanted more practice, it wasn't like he said don't accept past years practice exams or anything... so yea I mean it was kinda cheating cause I basically had the questions beforehand but I was cheating without realizing I was?

 

[It's lupus!]

Had a case when taking o chem where a kid (nearly 10 years younger than me) cheated on nearly every exam. One time we got scores back most did poor and he proceeded to brag about his relatively high score. I pointed out to him the fact that he cheated. His response? "You mad bro?" I did not formally report him after that but I did mention to the professor that he might want to keep an eye on that individual. By the end of the semester he was caught for cheating. I feel I handled that situation fairly well.

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[Thor123422]

Had a case when taking o chem where a kid (nearly 10 years younger than me) cheated on nearly every exam. One time we got scores back most did poor and he proceeded to brag about his relatively high score. I pointed out to him the fact that he cheated. His response? "You mad bro?" I did not formally report him after that but I did mention to the professor that he might want to keep an eye on that individual. By the end of the semester he was caught for cheating. I feel I handled that situation fairly well.

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Like I said, it's easy to spot. I've spotted 3 or 4 students cheating while I was teaching. I didn't attempt an XF by the simple virtue that the one page they got the right answers on was never enough to bring them past a D.

Also it's fun to stare at them until they make eye contact, then they get this "My life is over" look because they know you've been watching them cheat the whole time. Never gets old failing them on merit without ever having to file paperwork to do it for dishonesty.