Cheating in final exam?
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Cheaters should and can be caught. You're breaking not only academic code, but fucking up the grade curve for everyone else without doing any work.
Just study. You'll need the information later if you're serious about it.
Just study. You'll need the information later if you're serious about it.
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It is not a crime if you do not get caught. Sounds logical, isn't it? Unfairness can be found almost everywhere. You saw your classmates, your colleagues, or other people cheating or doing any unfair practices which then makes you think to do the same thing as them. You know it is wrong but you will still do it for sole purpose of passing your subjects.
Why do our academe train us not to cheat? I believe it is more of training our study habits, ethics, and moral conducts rather than acquiring the necessary knowledge from our studies. As far as my opinion is concerned, one is not any different from an uneducated person if he chose not to follow simple rules and policies, no matter how intelligent that person is.
Try watching the indie film 3 Idiots. One will not simply achieve success in life from a mere paper called diploma. It is gained from the combination of our gained knowledge, passion to do something, and most importantly, the work ethics that we must apply in practice.
"What is wrong is wrong, even if everyone is doing it. Right is still right, even if no one else is doing it." - William Penn
Why do our academe train us not to cheat? I believe it is more of training our study habits, ethics, and moral conducts rather than acquiring the necessary knowledge from our studies. As far as my opinion is concerned, one is not any different from an uneducated person if he chose not to follow simple rules and policies, no matter how intelligent that person is.
Try watching the indie film 3 Idiots. One will not simply achieve success in life from a mere paper called diploma. It is gained from the combination of our gained knowledge, passion to do something, and most importantly, the work ethics that we must apply in practice.
"What is wrong is wrong, even if everyone is doing it. Right is still right, even if no one else is doing it." - William Penn
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I've always seen test as a means for educators to reaffirm to themselves that you understand. That the beneficial effects, of test, are in accessing the quality of the methods and material used (S.A.T. in mind). But at the same time, I found them to be, incredibly flawed, being incredibly inflexible in expecting the same level of average "understanding" from all, and only to satisfy the questionnaire (more reasons but I can't word them well enough for me to type them out).
What is a college final (or any test) but an attempt to prove to another you are 1 step closer to deserving something they have to give, a diploma (in most cases), which represent that you had spent time at said school and received their certification. It's not an assessment of your ability but proof of being able to satisfy -blank-. Is how I see it.
In my personal experience I find test easy, as long as I understand it the first time around (liking the subject makes the difference in this case) I never need to study, which helped greatly to pass them, considering I was lazy as hell (still am). But I found many test relying more on memory rather than understanding. I hated history, for the most part, for this reason.
I consider the educational system having numerous flaws, one of which is forcing upon students more work than they need, or would actually help or even be retained by them. Though I consider all knowledge good, I'm against imposing and punishment upon failure.
So long story short, I don't think cheating on a test is a "bad act" for the individual. I do think test have their merits but most don't seem to, to me. What is most important to the subject, is what matters most. For example math, truly understanding how it works to a point you won't easily forget. (Anyone can last min cram.) The test doesn't contribute, other than creating an incentive to study and a time limit in how long you have, which if you can do on your own, without the test, would eliminate the need of a test, imo. I do think their are possibly ethical implications to cheating as well, but that's another discussion.
What is a college final (or any test) but an attempt to prove to another you are 1 step closer to deserving something they have to give, a diploma (in most cases), which represent that you had spent time at said school and received their certification. It's not an assessment of your ability but proof of being able to satisfy -blank-. Is how I see it.
In my personal experience I find test easy, as long as I understand it the first time around (liking the subject makes the difference in this case) I never need to study, which helped greatly to pass them, considering I was lazy as hell (still am). But I found many test relying more on memory rather than understanding. I hated history, for the most part, for this reason.
I consider the educational system having numerous flaws, one of which is forcing upon students more work than they need, or would actually help or even be retained by them. Though I consider all knowledge good, I'm against imposing and punishment upon failure.
So long story short, I don't think cheating on a test is a "bad act" for the individual. I do think test have their merits but most don't seem to, to me. What is most important to the subject, is what matters most. For example math, truly understanding how it works to a point you won't easily forget. (Anyone can last min cram.) The test doesn't contribute, other than creating an incentive to study and a time limit in how long you have, which if you can do on your own, without the test, would eliminate the need of a test, imo. I do think their are possibly ethical implications to cheating as well, but that's another discussion.