I (18F) had mock exams recently and one person who has a record of using their phone during tests ended up cheating. All of the previous times they’ve cheated no one ever commented on it even though we all knew.
However, this time not only was it mocks, but this student’s classroom accidentally got an unfair advantage and due to the teacher’s mistake got an additional 30 minutes on the exam. Due to this unfairness the teacher will most probably not grade any test.
This might actually be extremely based as I’m basically the only student who’s happy with their performance. But this is the last important grade we get for this semester before we send applications to universities, which somewhat justifies my selfishness.
Snitching on the cheater just might be the tipping stone for the teachers to agree to make them redo the test, and put the grades up.
Its a tough spot but honestly if this person has cheated multiple times and everyone just lets it slide, thats not helping anyone. You´re not the asshole for wanting fair grades specially for university applications
I’m not sure how this person cheating turned into another class getting 30 extra minutes on a test? Also why would a teacher not grade any test for whatever reason if it’s being graded and not a mock exam?
It sounds like the cheating and the extra 30 minutes have nothing to do with each other? So I would say YTA
Do you need this test to majorly improve your grade? I wonder if you could just ask your teacher to grade yours individually
Yeah… YTA. You’re sending university applications? Cool. Your applications don’t have anything to do with anyone else’s application! You’ll be competing against literally every other person that applied, and a few extra points on an exam in one class is exceptionally unlikely to cost you a spot you’d otherwise get.
You wouldn’t gain from this, is what I’m driving at. Your basic premise is flawed. Your GPA isn’t calculated in real time, and from what you say, other people are unhappy with how well they did and the only reason they’d be unhappy is if they did badly.
The “funny” thing about cheating on tests? Either it’s truly meaningless for your field of study and thus it doesn’t matter, or the cheating makes you confident you can skirt by on minimal effort and your first continuation class is going to fail them or make their life miserable trying to learn the stuff they should have the first time. Cheating, especially in Uni, is a self-regulating issue.
YTA – I promise you, the results of one test are not going to be a tipping point of your college exams. Or do you just enjoy watching other people struggle because you get an advantage?
So just to clarify, you had mock exams but one class had an unfair advantage of 30 more minutes, so to be fair for all students, the teachers agreed that this mock test would be ungraded?
But you want the mock test to be graded because it will look good on your university applications? So you are hoping if you snitch on the cheater, the teacher will make EVERYONE redo the test again and grade it? Is my understanding correct?
In general, I think doing the right thing (turning in a cheater in this case) for the wrong reason (personal gain) gets you an AH vote, so in this case ESH.
Like most other people, I don’t think it sounds at all likely that turning him in will actually result in personal gain for you. But that’s a side issue anyway.
I’m just trying to figure out, how does their cheating affect your grades and in turn your likelihood to get accepted into your university of choice? Like the logic doesn’t make any sense…
So, you’re okay with cheating if only other people are harmed by it? And you’re not okay with cheating when it harms you?
NTA – Cheaters shouldn’t prosper. If you were the teacher I think you’d want to know if someone was cheating.
NTA. Cheating is bullshit.
INFO:
How is a student managing to cheat **by using their phone** during a test, and all the other students know they’re doing it, but the teacher / invigilator remains blissfully unaware? What kind of half-assed operation is your school running here?
YTA. I see this at work with adults. People spend more time trying to game the system than just putting in the work. Good luck in the future. You are either smart or you’re not. And if you need to pull shenanigans like this, I think we know where you fall.