<p>I am being accused of cheating on a test by my AP Chem teacher because I wrote down the correct answers without showing any work.</p>
<p>Does having academic dishonesty on my permanent record kill my chances? Will it put all of my grades in all of my other classes into question?</p>
<p>You need to find out about your high school’s policy on academic honesty, and contact your counselor just in case. I assume your teacher would do whatever he or she wants but if you did not cheat then you really need to prove that you did not. Because At this point of your high school career, academic honesty is very serious (compared to, for instance, cheating in 9th grade). </p>
<p>I’m not sure how any college would review academic dishonesty, but I think this can screw up your chances. I don’t think you want to tell any college about it yet. Just focus on vindicating yourself.</p>
<p>Gonna guess that there’s more to the story than that. I have heard of teachers giving you no credit for answers without work, but accusing you of cheating? </p>
<p>It’s going to look very bad if this gets on your transcript. Find out your school’s policy, and find out how she is going to proceed with this.</p>
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<p>A question on this test was identical to one on a homework worksheet that my teacher had said the test was based on. I was reviewing for the test during the class period prior using the homework worksheet. When I took the test, I recognized that a question on it was the exact same question as a question on the homework, so I wrote down the answers to the question without showing any work. Because of this, my teacher believed that I had looked at someone else’s paper, when in fact I had just recalled the answers from memory.</p>
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<p>If that’s the only evidence the teacher has, appeal the case. That’s not enough to get you for cheating. Also consider getting your parents involved. If you were my child and this was in fact the case with no other evidence, the principal would receive a call from my lawyer.</p>