<p>Here's my problem - until just a couple days ago, I was going to be rank 2 in a class of about 350. I am very proud of this, because i have worked hard to get my grades to where they are.</p>
<p>now the actual problem - there is a girl at my school who cheats on everything, from tests to homework to projects - and she never gets caught. She even got a few teachers to bump up her grades from Bs to As. I found this out recently (apparently, the whole school knows already, but no one cares because they feel like no matter what, she'll still be ahead of them in ranking).</p>
<p>Anyway, i found out that she's getting a bunch of classes changed from 'regular' to 'GT (gifted and talented)' so that her weighted GPA goes up. I know that if this happens, she'll end up as rank 1 for sure, because GT classes carry a lot of weight at my school. Even though the vice principal knows that she is lying, he will let her get away with changing it because her dad emailed him a bunch of times.</p>
<p>So i'll probably end up as 3.. not that i mind being ranked 3; its just that i deserve the grades that i have while it seems like she is taking something i worked so hard for so easily</p>
<p>also, the reason the school let her get away with changing her courses to GT is because her dad emailed the vice principal a bunch of times.. </p>
<p>Seems odd to me that teachers, administrators and even a Vice Principal are so blind to a student who cheats so flagrantly. I’m not saying she doesn’t cheat…but changing grades…altering “a bunch” of class levels, that’s not stuff that can generally be done just off the cuff without merit or proof to support it.</p>
<p>well most teachers at my school respect academic integrity… the two that changed her grades were ones that were softspoken and easily moved by fake tears. they also happen to be instructional team leaders so they dont have to report grade changes to anybody but themselves.
i don’t know how it is at other schools… but it’s like at my school, if your mom or dad gets involved, the administrators will do whatever you want.</p>
<p>Don’t worry about it. Just keep doing what you’re doing, and you’ll end up fine. Not worth the time or aggravation to worry about how someone else is screwing up their life.</p>
<p>I agree that if your rank is as high as it is, don’t worry about someone else being slightly ahead of you. It is frustrating, though, and I believe you. I know kids at my school who have been kicked out for the smallest stuff, while there are kids still at school who I know have done much worse, and the school turns a blind eye because of their parents or whatever. </p>
<p>The only thing I do know is that you will only shoot yourself in the foot if you try to become the police. I also agree that what comes around usually goes around. You just have to wait long enough.</p>