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It was rampant in college. From homework to quizzes and tests. I saw it everywhere. And because of my native abilities, I was... offered a spot. No thanks. With women, the opening was there. In my early days, women simply turned a blind eye. Some even offered a wink and a nod. But it just doesn't work well. Not as laws and morals stand. Messy. In Jewish times, I would have had several wives. It's just the way things are. But it doesn't work in these times, with my faith, as I know things. Even judging haiku.
Not cheating makes things much more difficult. It means you have to choose, then you have to deal with the consequence of your choices. Instead of an A or A+, I might have to deal with a B+, maybe even a C+. But I know I did the work, earned the grade, hit the books. I know what I got I earned. And, with haiku even... I know I thought things through. I even agonize over the choice. I could just do a random, or go with him or her for reasons other than what I know to be right in my mind. It doesn't even mean my judging would stand up in a court of law, but I am not in a court of law. Oh, no worries, I love foam. That's not what I mean. It's just... didn't she just win recently? I was thinking so. But I couldn't let that sway my decision. Only if someone is ill, or requests not to be judged. I have to go by the work and my senses of things.
I am sure, for a while, at times, cheating is easier. And, I know, in academia, that I am cheated against by the system itself. As a conservative, and powerful one (in their blind eyes albeit), I am treated as an enemy. I have had my grades sabotaged. I have had instructors and professors incorrectly lower my grades, or grade more harshly. That is on them. It doesn't matter what the whole rest of the world does. Noah was a prime example of not just giving in. And, yes, God knows if not another soul does.
Fact is, I live not just as if God knows. I actively include Him in my decisions as well as I am able. No, He has never helped me on a test. But He has been there, and He has been asked for calm nerves while I have answered some of the most arcane mathematical questions you might believe could be asked. A deep theory question on a calculus II test? My tutor was a bit surprised himself. That was graduate level theory. He was pleased with how well I answered it, and a bit surprised I got that far into it, after the fact. I just barely made it through two thirds of that particular problem... correctly anyway. Did good after the mistake. Then again he took an hour on it himself. Gah! Anyway... I leave room for God, right in there, right in life. I'll bet even my math classes bore Him, if that is possible, though. :p He knows some serious math-fu!
Just... thinking, grumbling, and rumbling as I slow the boat down to prepare for bed. I wasn't able to do much today. I just didn't have anything going. Tomorrow I hope to get the last of the dishes set to a soak, do a load or two of dishes, and hit the kitchen like a hurricane. I might really be able to do it. Every other day, unless I have someone helping, or even directing. At least I know my limits, if sometimes I can push them.
Good night.
I could never ever ever break my marriage vows. I never cheated on tests either. I've been moved around a few times because teachers thought I was cheating. I continued to ace the tests. My neighbors who weren't moved didn't.
ReplyDeleteAnywho, I scrolled back through my posts. The last time I won was Novemer 15.
Doesn't matter when you last won, really. I can't use that as criteria! If it makes someone else feel better though... Not my problem. When I decide something, that's that.
ReplyDeleteI still remember several classes, one in particular, physics. Not only did I see cheating going on, I was asked to join a particular circle (and declined). My notions got back to the professor. To "prove" no cheating was happening, he made everyone sit in assigned seats, and had a bunch of grads in as watchers. No score changes.
Either the cheaters were warned, or had a very good system down, or the professor was involved. All I know is that cheating was everywhere, and professors gave grades to some (athletes, at least). Often they would get last year's tests and quizzes, which were the same as this year's, or other material. Others cheated in groups, if I don't know the methods, exactly.
That professor wasn't teaching, and it wasn't in the book or assignments. Three of us jammed for every test and quiz and on the side and none of us did well. Hard jams, three times a week, to no good end.
Now, engineering school attempts to push some people out, randomly. It's a numbers versus paygrade game, like medicine. As well, they try to lower grades so students can't jump to a different/better school. It locks students down. But colleges, today, are rigged... hard.