<p>Hi -
I was brought in by my teacher today to talk about the final exam. I thought he just had trouble reading my test, or something, so i was caught off guard when he suggested that he cheated on my final exam. The format was 45 multiple choice, and 6 free response with about 4-5 parts each. On two parts of a free response question, I had the same wrong answer as someone else. I will try to explain as simply as possible for those who haven't taken physics. The question had to do with a particle in a magnetic field and an electric field. The questions where we made the same mistake were:
What is the force from the magnetic field?
What is the force from the electric field?</p>
<p>We both mixed up the equations for the two types of forces. I don't see how this is indicative of cheating, especially because the rest of that question and the majority of the rest of the test were completely different. I am wondering how i should defend myself, because I do think the teacher has a little bit of a grudge against me and I don't want to be screwed over by his bias. Thanks so much to everyone who answers.</p>
<p>F = qE and F = qvB. How did you get “electric field” out of B? You were accused, but has he done anything yet?</p>
<p>I’m not sure what you did exactly. Did you just simply mix up F=qE for F=qv</p>
<p>I mixed up F=QE and F=QVB, yes. The student was on the other side of the room as me. We didn’t have to derive anything, just plug in. I simply just didn’t read the question well enough and did electric instead of magnetic, magnetic instead of electric. The work was the same, yes, but the only work there was was just writing the formula then writing the answer, so nothing too common. The other three parts had completely different answers, which I believe should be ample evidence against cheating.</p>
<p>@Laffy000 Nothing yet, I think i’ll have to wait until the fall for a ruling as the school can’t keep teachers any longer than the school year to review the incident. Which is highly frustrating, as I am trying to be recruited for lacrosse and I need grades for this summer, which is the time most D3 recruits commit.</p>
<p>Your professor must have something against you two if he can accuse someone of cheating if they’re all the way across the room from each other. Does he know that you guys don’t sit by each other? Did you do something to him that could’ve made him resentful towards you?</p>
<p>This seems like a pretty reasonable mistake for 2 people to have made independently, without cheating even if you were sitting next to each other. The fact that you were on opposite sides of the room makes this just absurd.</p>
<p>@smurray09 I do believe that he has something against both me and the other person (who I am not positive about, but I believe I know who it is.) I remember at an awards night in May, we made eye contact across the room, and he turned away. I walked over to the food table where he was, to “accidentally on purpose” say hi to him, and he turned the other way before I could say anything. As for the other person, he hates him. He has, and i quote, said to the other kid “what the f**k is wrong with you?” when catching the kid on his cellphone earlier in the year.</p>
<p>Call the administration on him.</p>
<p>Just found out today what his reasoning is. Apparently, on the test given an earlier day, the two questions were flipped so that my answers would’ve been right on the other test, but weren’t on mine. I solemnly swear this is down to coincidence, but is that alone enough for the administration to be convinced I did cheat?</p>
<p>Given how similar the equations are I would think not but I’m not part of your administration.</p>
<p>If you’re posting the entire truth here, then defend yourself and be confident. Talk with the other student, because the cheating doesn’t seem to be between you two, but rather each of you with individually with the earlier class period. That duo of questions was the only thing different from the class period before? You performed well on the rest of the test, this professor is ridiculous, makes me wonder what his grudge on you could be? Does he/she dislike the other “cheating” student too?</p>