re: #74 wheat-dogghazi

I’ve been teaching 30 years. The students are not getting any more clever about cheating. Cellphones, the Internet and cameras make the initial act of cheating very easy, of course. But the follow-through lacks any imagination or planning. They all put down the same answers (some missed a word or two) for all the questions, and did not stop to wonder if I would notice everyone getting in the 90’s.

I’ve taught writing courses here, too. Chinese undergraduates (and even some graduate students) have zero comprehension of plagiarism, what it is, how not to do it, and why it’s so bad. I made one guy redo his paper four times before he finally caught on to what i was trying to teach him.

I worked at a chem tutorial center in undergrad.

Someone carved formulas for an organic exam into a pencil.