Cheating at your school

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hi everyone.

I got pulled out of class on Friday and was told that the girl sitting next to me cheated during our test last week. The teacher wants me thrown out of school also...he says that I did not do enough to prevent her from looking at my paper. I now have an appointment with the dean to appeal this. I did not let her cheat, and I would never be part of that.

Has anyone experienced this? I am so petrified right now. My future could be over because of some stupid girl.

help!!

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Specializes in Peri-op/Sub-Acute ANP.

This seems to be to be very wrong. The prof is punishing you because they didn't do their job correctly! You were there to focus and concentrate on YOUR exam paper. If someone else was cheating by tring to look at your paper instead of their own, then that is the responsibility of whoever is there to proctor the exam. In this case, the prof was not doing their job correctly by keeping a careful eye on the class while they took the exam. They were probably catching up on some reading or grading while all this was going on.

Fight this to the end, you cannot be held responsible for what someone else does (or in this case what the prof didn't do). Your attention was where it was supposed to be - on your paper!

Go get 'um girl.

Angela

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Wow! I never go out of my way to protect my test. I can't believe this is happening to you! Definitely appeal it all the way - that's not right, if you dd nothing wrong.

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Specializes in ICU.

Here's what you do......

File a greivance with the Nursing dean

File a greivance with the Student nursing association (if you have one)

File a greivance with the Student government

File a greivance with the college provost

If necessary file a greivance with the college board

In every college I have been to (5, over 200 credit hours) every time a greivance is filed it has to be followed up on, usually a threat of filing a greivance with the nursing dean will get action.

Tell the dean you want a written account of what the professor saw and how he responded to the incident. Request your schedule to be shifted around in order NOT to have that professor again (in case of reprisal). In the written report you want to see documented proof of the allegation.

Unfortunately "some" professors think they are kings of their domains, and while the kingdom runs fine there is never a need to challenge it. But when a situation like this jumps up then you need to nip it in the bud and make sure that the facts are known. This way future professors aren't tainted by that professor's bias.

Remember this approach is pushing the envelope, but if your right then your right. More than likely you won't have to follow through with all of the steps outlined. But at least you now know what to do in case of problems. Good luck.

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Specializes in Geriatrics, Cardiac, ICU.

Ok, why did she wait to do something? If she saw the girl cheating off of you during the test, she should have done something right then and there instead of waiting til the test was over, let alone waiting til the next week.

I'd certainly bring that up. Also, it's HER job to keep people from cheating, NOT YOURS.

I'm really at a loss as to why she allowed this to occur. Unless the girl confessed or something, your teacher is the one who allowed cheating to occur, not you.

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Specializes in med-surg.

I agree with what everyone has said here - why should you have the burden of preventing cheating? That's not your job, it's the professor's. Your job is to make it through nursing school, which is challenging enough w/o all of this BS added on. File a grievance, fight hard & good luck!!

Please let us know how this tuns out!

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Ok, why did she wait to do something? If she saw the girl cheating off of you during the test, she should have done something right then and there instead of waiting til the test was over, let alone waiting til the next week.

I'd certainly bring that up. Also, it's HER job to keep people from cheating, NOT YOURS.

I'm really at a loss as to why she allowed this to occur. Unless the girl confessed or something, your teacher is the one who allowed cheating to occur, not you.

Thats a very good point you made.
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Ok, why did she wait to do something? If she saw the girl cheating off of you during the test, she should have done something right then and there instead of waiting til the test was over, let alone waiting til the next week.

I'd certainly bring that up. Also, it's HER job to keep people from cheating, NOT YOURS.

I'm really at a loss as to why she allowed this to occur. Unless the girl confessed or something, your teacher is the one who allowed cheating to occur, not you.

Very good point i agree with you.
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....and if the Dean disagrees, I would be contacting an attorney in addition to the State Board of Education.

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Specializes in Med/Surg, ICU, ER, Peds ER-CPEN.

Unfortunately alot of teachers hold this opinion, ours at least tell us on day 1 and remind us throughout, keep you papers covered, if anyone is caught cheating, them and the person from whom they cheated are both held accountable.

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Specializes in SICU, MICU, CICU, NeuroICU.

Our teachers make it almost impossible to cheat off one another, but we always get the constant reminder that we're all a bunch of cheaters anyway.

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Specializes in Peds, PICU, Home health, Dialysis.

If you are disciplined or kicked out, and the grievances do nothing... I would seek legal aid.

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