tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262551075134931921.post1033348369157779287..comments2023-12-21T05:31:14.877-05:00Comments on Culture Shock: The Fine Line Between Cheating and HelpingJeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13195572180857424144noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262551075134931921.post-58914731509334515562015-11-30T10:54:10.529-05:002015-11-30T10:54:10.529-05:00Thanks for weighing in, Lea! Sounds like you'v...Thanks for weighing in, Lea! Sounds like you've done a great job trying to understand the situation. I have no idea to do with Rule #2 (or #1 for that matter) in the school context. The one thing I've managed to do is create a "policy" that's in tune with the private school I work with and make it abundantly clear that I will not accept cheating in any form well ahead of the exam. I think the fact that I'm a foreigner makes it easier for them to accept a rule that's strictly enforced. Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13195572180857424144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262551075134931921.post-58297427113759678142015-11-23T14:35:10.513-05:002015-11-23T14:35:10.513-05:00We get the same thing here. A guy I know had elab...We get the same thing here. A guy I know had elaborate and intricate methods of cheating while he was in high school. When I asked him why he would "help" someone if it hurt his grade, he told me that it created a debt for the other person, which he could collect if/when he wanted. One of my classes told me that there was a competition between the students and teachers; the teachers would try to get the students to learn stuff, and the less the students learned, the more the students "won". Our daughter said that some of her classmates would spend 30 minutes trying to get out of doing 15 minutes of homework. <br /><br />One thing that worked for me (at least twice) was to separate everyone, like you did, and tell them I need to know what they have learned. I didn't tell them it was a test or quiz or anything. Only after I looked at their papers and realized that they had mastered the concepts did I tell them that they were so good that I decided to make it an official grade. I don't know if that will work any more; I assume they will figure me out after a while.<br /><br />Rule #2: It's not better, it's not worse, it's just different. But really?? I don't know!Lea Coppagenoreply@blogger.com