<p>So there was this huge test that we took in AP bio and there's this group that went hardcore cheating on the test. Should I... just shut up and not do anything, tell them, or write an anonymous letter to the teacher?? </p>
<p>btw. I completely understand if it's like 1/2 questions, but they went like full-on... or am i just an a-hole ? (i probably am.. )</p>
<p>In our high school, if you don’t report cheating, you’re technically colluding</p>
<p>report it, anonymously if you feel its better, but you need to report it.</p>
<p>I would report it anonymously. </p>
<p>Report anonymously, or blackmail anonymously. ;)</p>
<p>To be honest with you, I’d leave it alone if I was in your position. Cheating will eventually come back to hurt those kids who did it but I feel it isn’t my part to punish them for it (or cause them to be punished.) </p>
<p>School’s already started for you, AsianTiger? And you already have a test? That’s pretty early!</p>
<p>@HeyItsNick It is your part. If your not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem.</p>
<p>Don’t report it. I mean what if they’re having a hard time. Don’t be a total snitch about it, forget it and move on. It’s not hurting you in anyway. </p>
<p>I mean sure, you’re doing the “ethical” thing by doing It, but it’s not going to benefit you in anyway. If you can’t even do it “straight in their face” then don’t do it at all. </p>
<p>You are obligated to report cheaters. @lululemonxx having a hard time has nothing to do with it (you get help if you’re having a hard time- you dont cheat) and that is not being a snitch. In fact speaking that way is very immature. It is hurting everyone because it can affect curves, class average on the exam, etc. Cheating affects everyone.</p>
<p>Report it. Cheaters never win. They will be found out eventually.</p>
<p>@guineagirl96 would you tell on your parents to the police if they committed a crime? Why?</p>
<p>@lululemonxx Im not gonna even justify that with a response…</p>
<p>I actually agree with guineagirl96. I mean, yeah, I guess telling the teacher may be an unpopular decision, but in the long run, it’d be best for the person cheating as well. They’d probably take more from the class if they tried harder to understand the material. Plus, the way you make it sound, “hardcore cheating,” it sounds like it’s more than just one or two questions that they are concerned about. </p>
<p>Like honestly, I can see situations where you could be disadvantaged by them cheating. Last year, I almost didn’t get an award for AP Biology because one student in the class was cheating on all of the tests. He also ended up as the Valedictorian of his class…</p>
<p>There was an incident when I was in 8th grade where one of the girls in my geometry class stole an algebra 1 test and shared it. Turns out 3/4 of the GT class/team (about 100 people) knew about it and 2 days later 3 people came forward and told the teacher. The teacher was devastated and punished the whole class for it and took away many privileges we had. Why? Not because the person did that- I mean that was bad too, but because approximately 75 people knew possibly more and only 3 people came forward. The rest weren’t going to do anything about it. That is one of the reasons why reporting cheating is such a big deal.</p>
<p>@guineagirl96 @awakeningvenus the thing is we are taught to tell on these cheaters and that it’s bad for them, but ultimately they’re our classmates. Would you really sacrifice “human relationships” just to be “ethically right”? Why do we feel like such a snitch telling on them? Why do we have to be anonymous when telling things like this?Because we know deep down it’s the wrong thing to do, just like turning your parents into the police station.</p>
<p>It’s more important to live ethically as a human being than to follow some stupid ethical school law.</p>
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Can’t you see Jim Carrey putting air quotes around “ethical” before he shoots Batman?</p>
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What, if anything, can this possibly mean?</p>
<p>I feel like defending cheaters or even colluding with them with the knowledge that they are cheating is putting you along a slippery slope to where your own ethics lie.</p>
<p>What I would do is approach the cheaters and say “Hey, that’s not cool. I can help teach you some of the material on the test, but it’s really not fair to others who have worked hard when the actual test comes around if you are cheating on the test.” I actually did this once. Some took me up on my offer, others looked away ashamedly. None of them did it again. If they did it again, I would report them because it would seem like they only cared about themselves despite my offer. If they would hate me because of it, so be it. I don’t need friends like those anyways, I have very little respect for cheaters.</p>
<p>@lululemonxx I’ve never personally turned anyone in, to be honest, but I do believe that @guineagirl96 has a valid point. Also, how is it the wrong thing to do? I legitimately do not understand your point there. Turning in a classmate that’s “hardcore cheating” is drastically different than “turning your parents into the police station.” The thing about ethics is that they can be as controversial as stem cell research. </p>
<p>@WasatchWriter I don’t get your Jim carrey thing.</p>
<p>Look, telling on somebody is a form of “betrayal” and that’s a taboo in our human ethics as far as I’m concerned.</p>
<p>And a school rule/law is plainly just a rule/law. Trying to maintain order from a group of students.</p>
<p>What’s more important to follow? I mean if you want to be an empty human being floating around carrying your “prestigious” law books, than be my guest*</p>