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A School That Made The Grade - Literally
THE NEXT TIME someone complains about the alleged unfairness of national, standardized SAT exams in measuring students' readiness for college, here is a two-word response that should make us all stop and think: Fort Lee. The town atop the Palisades last week emerged as the focus of a bizarre cheating scandal in which high school officials routinely upgraded some students' transcripts to help them get into elite colleges. Equally important, perhaps, this scandal should be a re
13.06.2007: Cheating Cheaters Of The Chance: Test Proctors Ban Water Bottles, Ipods, Tying Shoes
The Washington Post June 13, 2007 Wednesday Correction Appended Met 2 Edition Cheating Cheaters of the Chance; Test Proctors Ban Water Bottles, iPods, Tying Shoes Ian Shapira; Washington Post Staff Writer METRO; Pg. B01 1089 words As students shuffled into Room 1117 at Battlefield High School this week for a Spanish final exam, they faced everything but a pat-down. "Fiesta de mochilas!" teacher Janine Byers announced in a festive tone that made her class giggle. Literal tr
Do Ghostwriters Help Students Cheat?
It's disappointing to read Caron Dann's article for the Times Higher Education supplement (below) condemning writers who ghostwrite for essay sites. There are many ways of cheating on your coursework. Copying from books, journals, and from the internet is one of the most prolific ways - more prolific than using essay writing websites. By Caron's reasoning, we should all stop writing books and journals and stop creating internet sites. You see the problem with this line of reasoning is, i
Is Cheating.....
A) NEVER ACCEPTABLE B) SOMETIMES NECESSARY C) A GREAT BRITISH ART FORM We all have to feel rather sorry for Oxford chemistry graduate Sam Kay. First, he missed out on funding for the postgraduate work he wanted to do. Then, as a direct result of this initial misfortune, his winning team has been disqualified from University Challenge. Now, his shame is bruited on the nation's front pages, accompanied ‹ on the grounds that femaleness trumps relevance ‹ by photographs of his team-mate Gai