Cheaters during a test!!!

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Hi everyone. I just wanted some opinions on this: my A&P1 class had a lecture exam yesterday, and there were these two girls who were cheating!!!!(One was sitting behind the other, and she was crouched down a bit behind the other girl's big hair).

Several students saw them, but the instructor (I don't think) did.

The thing that gets mad is that I bust my rump in that class to keep an A, and these girls can just cheat and still receive an A!!!!!

I know that it will catch up with them eventually, but in the meantime, they're still getting A's (i think).

Should one of us tell the instructor? or just let it catch up with them?

Thanks for any input.

Specializes in ICU, ER, HH, NICU, now FNP.

I think the word you are looking for in that case is not snitch - the proper word would begin with a B.

Catching someone cheating and letting the powers that be know is a whole different thing. The intent is different...defaming someone you don't like is something else.

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Specializes in Ante-Intra-Postpartum, Post Gyne.

To the OP, what has been done about this? I am just curious if any of the post have persuaded any decisions.

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Thanks for the heads up. I have corrected it.

P.S. And you spelled "spelt" wrong.

Not according to my Oxford English Dictionary:

Spelt(1): past and past participle of spell

S-P-E-L-T

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I think the word you are looking for in that case is not snitch - the proper word would begin with a B.

Catching someone cheating and letting the powers that be know is a whole different thing. The intent is different...defaming someone you don't like is something else.

What? You don't know the whole story. The snitch told on my friend to the instructor because my friend did not know how to do something in her clinical rotation. That is a snitch because she could have kept quiet about it. No lives where in danger.

Anyway, I hate rats. I remember when I was in elementary school, my classmates used to tell on me to the teacher because I said a bad word. Friggen rats, should mind their dam business! The same situation applies here about cheating. It is no different.

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Specializes in ICU, ER, HH, NICU, now FNP.

I was agreeing with you dear

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Specializes in ICU, ER, HH, NICU, now FNP.

But not the part about cheating - cheating is a deliberate choice!

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What? You don't know the whole story. The snitch told on my friend to the instructor because my friend did not know how to do something in her clinical rotation. That is a snitch because she could have kept quiet about it. No lives where in danger.

Anyway, I hate rats. I remember when I was in elementary school, my classmates used to tell on me to the teacher because I said a bad word. Friggen rats, should mind their dam business! The same situation applies here about cheating. It is no different.

Sure it is...If you stand by & do nothing....what does that say about you? Do you agree with it? What about if you saw someone abusing a child....would you mind your own business or rat them out??? If there is nothing wrong with cheating then why hide it??? Why would anyone get kicked out of school for something like that? That just doesn't make sense.

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I had a couple of gals cheating in my A&P class. The first time it happened, my friends and I approached the instructor after class and informed her. She said she'd keep an eye out on the two suspects. The next week at our first lab practical they were both caught red-handed cheating. They both had written notes in pen on their hands (how childish!). She calmly asked them to go wash their hands while all of us watched. They completed the practical and didn't show up for the next class. They had both dropped.

I've seen one of the two gals since and have resisted the urge to scream out and point "CHEATER!!!". Figure she knows she's one.

Point of it is, if you see someone cheating, it should be brought to the instructor's attention. Leave it to him/her to sort it out. Honesty is the right thing to adhere to.

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I had a couple of gals cheating in my A&P class. The first time it happened, my friends and I approached the instructor after class and informed her. She said she'd keep an eye out on the two suspects. The next week at our first lab practical they were both caught red-handed cheating. They both had written notes in pen on their hands (how childish!). She calmly asked them to go wash their hands while all of us watched. They completed the practical and didn't show up for the next class. They had both dropped.

I've seen one of the two gals since and have resisted the urge to scream out and point "CHEATER!!!". Figure she knows she's one.

Point of it is, if you see someone cheating, it should be brought to the instructor's attention. Leave it to him/her to sort it out. Honesty is the right thing to adhere to.

In a situational situation, you will probably be the one informing your boss that your co-worker came in late 5 minutes. :rolleyes: I hate rats..You think you are doing the right thing, you are just a stupid rat and always will be one..

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No question about it, I would speak directly w/ the instructor in person after the class. I would try to get the other students to stand w/ me and confirm what we observed; if they would not then I would still stand alone. As a RN your integerity is paramount. As far as some of the above responders so willing to call you a " RAT " then I would question thier integrity as well. Someone who would cheat on an A & P test and get away w/ it would soon be cheating on a nursin final, maybe even when trying to write thier boards. Is this the type of nurse you would want taking care of your family? Stand up for what is right and you will feal better for it. Good Luck.

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In a situational situation, you will probably be the one informing your boss that your co-worker came in late 5 minutes. :rolleyes: I hate rats..You think you are doing the right thing, you are just a stupid rat and always will be one..

why call people names here....come on, we are adults. Grow up.

Seriously....cheating is not right, and I see nothing wrong with her telling her instructor.

So if someone was a nurse and doing something wrong to a patient you would'nt tell on them? what is it was life threatening??:rolleyes:

It has nothing to do with being rats or a snitch, it has everything to do with being a decent human being and being honest...

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why call people names here....come on, we are adults. Grow up.

Seriously....cheating is not right, and I see nothing wrong with her telling her instructor.

So if someone was a nurse and doing something wrong to a patient you would'nt tell on them? what is it was life threatening??:rolleyes:

It has nothing to do with being rats or a snitch, it has everything to do with being a decent human being and being honest...

In the working world, I believe a good enviroment is being a team player. And that means helping other nurses out if there is something wrong with patient care. I am a nursing student now and I know how productive being a team player is. If you constantly have to watch your back on something you did that would not effect patient care in a serious way, then the environment would be terrible in my view. I would not rat a nurse out on something that was not serious but help the nurse rather than getting her in trouble.

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