Is cheating a double standard?

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My nursing school took great measures to fix grades when not happy with outcomes. However, this nursing school took great measures to prevent students from cheating. They had a zero tolerance policy towards cheating and any students caught cheating would almost certainly be dismissed from the program. The clever, deceitful, and crooked way in which final grades were fixed at the conclusion of the final semester of the two year associates of science degree in nursing program was a grade fixing scandal of monumental proportions. I was dismissed from the program as a result of not achieving the 75 required to pass the final course of the semester only to have insider information disclose to me that 28 of 79 students initially failed the course with zero "A" students. Ultimately, only 5 unfortunate students including me were not passed and graduated and I strongly believe that I was used as a cover up by the school for their grade fixing scandal just so the school could make the outcome of the semester look realistic. Is cheating a double standard?

OP why don't you avail yourself of the large amount of expertise and experience here to help you formulate your plan for the future?

My plan for the future is currently

in progress. Since I left nursing school, I abandoned the world of nursing

altogether and moved on in a big

way. I started my own business utilizing

what I learned in nursing school. I

am the owner of an educational consulting company. The primary

goal/objective of my business is to

educate educators about the many

different ways to fix grades.

Specializes in Public Health.

What is the name of your company? Is there really a market for this? It just seems so ridiculous.

Specializes in SICU/CVICU.
My plan for the future is currently

in progress. Since I left nursing school, I abandoned the world of nursing

altogether and moved on in a big

way. I started my own business utilizing

what I learned in nursing school. I

am the owner of an educational consulting company. The primary

goal/objective of my business is to

educate educators about the many

different ways to fix grades.

How many different ways are there?

Specializes in Emergency Room, Trauma ICU.
My plan for the future is currently

in progress. Since I left nursing school, I abandoned the world of nursing

altogether and moved on in a big

way. I started my own business utilizing

what I learned in nursing school. I

am the owner of an educational consulting company. The primary

goal/objective of my business is to

educate educators about the many

different ways to fix grades.

Based on your postings and your inability to process things logically, I can't see a worse job or business for you.

Specializes in Pediatrics, Emergency, Trauma.
I'm not sure why you feel that you would receive closure from a public forum. What do you think we can provide, exactly?

I think you need to pursue further counseling, and move forward. Even your screen name is related to this case. STOP obsessing and move on with your life. You have your settlement, do something productive with it.

Like using the settlement to go BACK to school and become a nurse.

OP, you want closure?

You have that power.

I failed nursing school by one point 14 years ago; during that time, I dusted myself up, ran my own race and went back to a PN program, became an LPN, worked as a LPN, and went on to get my BSN; I have been an RN for two years now.

Whatever "backroom dealings"-if there were any-that may have happened had no bearing on the fact of what I wanted to do or the destiny I decided to set forth of my ultimate goals.

Failure stings; but what you do AFTER a failure; YOU need to figure out what you want to do-if you want to be in this business, then put that energy into completing a program and DO IT; otherwise figure out where you want to go in life; talking about this OVER again is NOT closure...because it's three years now, WHAT have YOU done? What do YOU want to do? What did you do with your settlement? If you have it, you have the ultimate use of those funds to go back to school; not a lot of people have the opportunity to use those funds and do something constructive with it; I paid for my failure, but you know what? I pushed forward for ME, and I have been in this business successfully as a nurse for 9 years. :yes:

Ultimately YOU have the power to do what you want and need to do...no one else.

Personally, this "business" you are trying to start is still in the vein of this; DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT-see the world, volunteer, etc; go back to school and become an advocate or something; do something productive that has NOTHING to do with your failure-because you already "won" allegedly; you are not the first nor the last to fail a nursing class; most go on to have successful lives, whether it be nurses or in another career of choice.

Best wishes.

Specializes in ED, Medicine, Case Management.
The primary

goal/objective of my business is to

educate educators about the many

different ways to fix grades.

There is absolutely no way possible that OP is being serious. OP is amusing him/herself. To what end, i am not sure, but we keep taking the bait. I'm out.

Specializes in Maternity.
My plan for the future is currently

in progress. Since I left nursing school, I abandoned the world of nursing

altogether and moved on in a big

way. I started my own business utilizing

what I learned in nursing school. I

am the owner of an educational consulting company. The primary

goal/objective of my business is to

educate educators about the many

different ways to fix grades.

I really think you need psychiatric care. Your reasoning is not logical and now you think you can start a business based on your perception of some fabricated plot to fail nursing students. Don't do this to yourself. Please get help.

Specializes in Maternity.
There is absolutely no way possible that OP is being serious. OP is amusing him/herself. To what end, i am not sure, but we keep taking the bait. I'm out.

I couldn't agree more.

There is absolutely no way possible that OP is being serious. OP is amusing him/herself. To what end, i am not sure, but we keep taking the bait. I'm out.

I'm out too- there is ZERO record online of any such suit filed or settlement. I can't believe I actually took time out of my life to search into this further?

Next time I want to torture myself with nonsense I'll watch the Bachelorette ?

What is the name of your company? Is there really a market for this? It just seems so ridiculous.

The name of my company, my friend,

is for me to know and for YOU to find

out. Big market for this out there,

BIG BIG market.

What can I say? The best advice I

can give all of you educators out there

is this...

If you're not happy with the results

of your course JUST FIX THEM!

I'm out too- there is ZERO record online of any such suit filed or settlement. I can't believe I actually took time out of my life to search into this further

Next time I want to torture myself with nonsense I'll watch the Bachelorette 

There not only IS a record of my

lawsuit out there but just to inform

you, 3 other students sued the school and

a faculty member filed AND won a

whistleblower lawsuit pertaining to

the same matter. That makes 5 total

different Plaintiffs out of 1 semester!

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