[nfb-talk] cheating for students in junior/high schools and in college?

[David Andrews]

Technology has provided us with some new opportunities, however there 
is one thing that hasn't changed.  Most of the times I was able to 
cheat in school came about because the teacher/professor totally 
trusted me and/or couldn't believe that a blind person would cheat.

I had to take a course in the "foreign press" in college.  We had to 
regularly read a foreign publication non-English, in its original 
language, and summarize one article per week, in English.  I told the 
professor the only Braille Spanish publication I could get was 
Reader's Digest.  She believed me, it never occurred to her that I 
would lie.  I then went to the Library with a reader, and read "I Am 
Joe's Stomach" in English and summarized it.

I have also been given take home tests when no one else was, even in 
Grad school

Dave

At 07:39 AM 12/14/2006, you wrote:
>All,
>Thanks for your wonderful responses.
>It seems that technology has opened the dorr for much easier ways to cheat.
>I assume blind students might be able to slip print papers behind 
>there tests with notes, but I wonder how much of an occurrence that is?
>Does anyone have suggestions for punishment for students caught cheating?
>Your responses are wonderful! Thanks!
>
>Thanks,
>Brandon McGinty
>
>
>
>Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E] wrote:
>>Josh;
>>That does not explain what you had against studying.  Nobody likes to
>>study, but we all had to do it.  What made you think you did not have to
>>study like all your class mates and other blind friends.  My mom would
>>test me on my spelling words before the test.  It was not my cup of tea.
>>I spelled phonetically.
>>
>>Terry Powers
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Josh [mailto:jkenn337 at gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 
>>13, 2006 7:38 PM
>>To: NFB Talk Mailing List
>>Cc: LuAnn Kennedy
>>Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] cheating for students in junior/high
>>schoolsandincollege?
>>
>>I was taught right from wrong. But you wana know why I cheated? Because
>>my parents always expected me to get straight A's and maybe B's for grades.
>>C's and below were not acceptable. So I put my mind to work and came up with
>>
>>ways to cheat.
>>
>>Josh
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy Jones" <nfbwatac at earthlink.net>
>>To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 6:54 PM
>>Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] cheating for students in junior/high 
>>schools andincollege?
>>
>>
>>
>>>Hi, Brandon,
>>>
>>>This is an interesting, and scary subject for us as parents to think about,
>>>and trends today show that cheating is not only on the rise, but many
>>>
>>kids
>>
>>>believe they have to in order to get ahead, that cutting corners is
>>>
>>okay.
>>
>>>Plus, with all the info on the internet, plus text availability on
>>>
>>cell
>>
>>>phones, information is almost too available.
>>>
>>>I believe any person, blind or sighted, can find a loophole somewhere,
>>>
>>or
>>
>>>justify in their own minds why cheat, even if calling it by other
>>>
>>names
>>
>>>makes the act not feel so bad.
>>>
>>>That's why it's so imperative to teach values--absolutes such as right
>>>
>>
>>
>>>from
>>>wrong, high standards etc.
>>>
>>>Judy Jones
>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Brandon McGinty" 
>>><brandon.mcginty at gmail.com>
>>>To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 5:29 PM
>>>Subject: [nfb-talk] cheating for students in junior/high schools and
>>>incollege?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi All,
>>>>I'm new on the list.
>>>>I am writing a paper on cheating in school, and how the methods and
>>>>level of difficulties differ from blind vs. sighted students.
>>>>For instance, how easy is it for a blind student to cheat on a test,
>>>>with the loopholes he or she is given (taking the test home, due to
>>>>
>>time
>>
>>>>constraints, is one example.)
>>>>Also, what should be done with a cheater once he or she is caught?
>>>>A talk, detension, suspension?
>>>>I'd love to here your thoughts, posative and negative.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Thanks Much,
>>>>Brandon McGinty
>>>>
>>>>
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