Who hasn't cheated on a test before? Everyone cheats on a test at some point in their lives when they were in school. Nobody is perfect, but everything is a learning experience.
But rarely, when I was a kid. Usually I did ok or well even then, so long as I studied. I still recall classes where some would want to see my answers so they could pass.
But once when we were grading our own tests after the fact, I mis-heard a statement that the teacher made about an answer that was not acceptable. And because I didn't trust my classmates to tell me the truth about that, I didn't accept their warnings to me about it. (Coming as they did from those guys, their "warnings" sounded like threats.)
The next morning, I went to the teacher in private to ask about the answer. He appreciated my coming to him about it, and then--at the earliest opportunity--he canceled the daily lesson and turned it into a debate about whether that answer should have been acceptable or not.
Imagine my shock and outrage when I found myself summoned to appear before the Honor Council about four weeks later, over an issue that I thought was resolved.
But when the Honor Council heard from me, they were horribly embarrassed, and practically stammered their verdict at me: acquittal on the basis of insufficient, and mis-construed, evidence. And that was positively the last time that they ever summoned a defendant out of class. Never again were they going to risk provoking a chant of, "Honor Council! Honor Council!"
My profile will tell you that I am fifty-four years old. So the next time anyone tells you that high school never makes a lasting impression on someone, you can cite them my case and ask them what they think of that.
Oh, yes. On Spanish and English Vocabulary tests. It wasn't ofter, I promise. Just when I was desperate and my grades were on the line. I did feel somewhat guilty in the end.
Yes, and then the next day I went to my professor and told him what I had done. I couldn't handle the guilt. I had 3 final exams in one day, the first day of finals, for Physics, a Law class and Accounting. I couldn't study for all 3. In the Accounting class I went in, pretended to take the test, and at the end of class I saw someone had left their test on their desk instead of turning it in. I brought up their paper and handed it to the professor, telling him that someone had forgotten to turn it in. I had put my test in my backpack before going up. When it came time for the grades, my professor called me into his office, apologizing that he mis-placed my test. He said he remembered me turning it in because I turned in the other student's test at the same time. He said hewould average my semester's grades and give me a B. I felt awful for cheating, and told him what I had done. He allowed me to take the test at the end of the week, and I got a B. At least in the end I had earned it.
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The next morning, I went to the teacher in private to ask about the answer. He appreciated my coming to him about it, and then--at the earliest opportunity--he canceled the daily lesson and turned it into a debate about whether that answer should have been acceptable or not.
Imagine my shock and outrage when I found myself summoned to appear before the Honor Council about four weeks later, over an issue that I thought was resolved.
But when the Honor Council heard from me, they were horribly embarrassed, and practically stammered their verdict at me: acquittal on the basis of insufficient, and mis-construed, evidence. And that was positively the last time that they ever summoned a defendant out of class. Never again were they going to risk provoking a chant of, "Honor Council! Honor Council!"
My profile will tell you that I am fifty-four years old. So the next time anyone tells you that high school never makes a lasting impression on someone, you can cite them my case and ask them what they think of that.
I STUDIED!