1 > Liars, Cheaters, and Thieves - Cheating is Encouraged - Columns by PC Magazine
In fact, children in school are trained to cheat better and better over time. Want to stop cheating in classroom testing? Put the kids in a supervised room of cubicles where they cannot see each other—and put a cell-phone jammer in the room. There would be no cheating. If there were any concern whatsoever about rampant cheating (as there should be), then every school in the country would have one of these rooms for testing.
2 > Test for Dwindling Retail Jobs Spawns a Culture of Cheating - WSJ.com
Many retailers have largely automated the hiring process with online personality tests such as Mr. Smith took. The system cuts the time store managers must spend in interviewing applicants. But the test also is creating a culture of cheating and raising questions for applicants about its fairness — even as it becomes a critical determinant of who gets a job and who doesnt in a stressful era of rising unemployment.
3 > Our View: Let’s face it: We’re all cheaters - wausaudailyherald.com | Wausau Daily Herald
In sports, politics and business, America has rewarded, admired and envied leaders who have made their way to the top by lying, cheating and stealing.
Is it any wonder, then, that in a survey released last week, some two-thirds of high school students confess that they have cheated on a test within the past year, and one-third admit that they have stolen something?
4 > True family values, or their lack, make a difference - chapelhillnews.com
At Harvard, the urban legend has it that a student copied a paper from a roommate on “The Nature of War” and used it in five different classes to get five good grades. Yalies tell of a student who pilfered exams directly out of the university print shop to prepare answers before the test was given.
Somehow, it no longer seems quite as funny as cheating seems to have grown rampant in a culture that requires good grades to get a good job.
5 > Where’s the integrity in our schools? - TimesDaily.com
was told that technology makes cheating easier. One student told me they know of kids who text a friend while taking a test to get answers, even though cell phones in school are forbidden. One guy told me plagiarism is rampant. The same guy told me of a social networking site that lists successful ways to cheat.
You immediately wonder: Why?
6 > Cause and effects of coaching syndrome - World - smh.com.au
THE Independent Commission Against Corruption has been conducting hearings into the case of a Chinese immigrant couple who allegedly offered a Sydney teacher $2500 in cash to help get their child into a selective high school.
Combined with the usual dominance of the selective schools in the HSC results - and a high proportion of Asian names among the subject toppers - this no doubt raises suspicion that the selective school system is being reported and that Asians are to blame.
7 > Student jumps from 5th floor to prove innocent in English test - Shanghai Daily
A SENIOR student of Shanghai University of Engineering Science jumped from the 5th floor of a school building after being accused of cheating in an English test yesterday morning.
8 > Cheating in school exams goes hi-tech - Gulfnews
Dubai: School exam cheats have devised new ways of earning themselves high marks, thanks to technology.
The traditional “long-sleeved shirt method” may still be effective in cheating during school exams and works well in winter, but devious pupils nowadays are continuously introducing novel methods by giving it a high-tech edge.
9 > Impersonators available for TOEFL
HYDERABAD: After giving attendance by proxy in the colleges, students seem to be extending the practice to tests that play an important role in their entry into foreign universities. If some students are to be believed, impersonation is on the rise in the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and premium scores are available for a good price of Rs. 30,000 and above.
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