<p>You seem like you’re looking to report her to benefit yourself. Don’t ruin this girl’s life over something stupid like discussing test questions.</p>
<p>You seem desperate just to rise in ranking. Get over it. Everyone, and I mean EVERYONE does this. 
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<p>Can you honestly say you’ve never asked a friend what was on a test or which questions were hard? You be never talked about a test? if you have why did you even make this?</p>
<p>Community study will be an ongoing problem throughout University. Packs of kids sharing testing information, before, during and after the test. Is it cheating? Yes it is? Should it be reported? Yes it should. Will it help? No, probably not, especially when the need to win, at all cost, is so great.</p>
<p>Don’t report her just to boost yourself. I would ask a teacher to remind the class about the honor policies again.</p>
<p>If she does it again, however, definitely confront her about it.</p>
<p>Everyone has different opinions, I think after reading all the different options, you can probably pick which one to choose. But I would personally agree with @rmldad.</p>
<p>report it!!! there is no reason not to!</p>
<p>It is cheating to get questions from other people before the test. I do not believe everyone does it and it shouldn’t be acceptable.</p>
<p>@oldfort–is it cheating to ask another student if a test was difficult? That student will know to study harder, an advantage other students don’t have.</p>
<p>I am sorry, did you miss the memo or are you reading a different thread?
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<p>I am seeing so many high school students think it is no big deal to cheat a bit because everyone does it, but they are shocked when they go college and get caught cheating. How many threads do we have now about college students getting caught cheating and worried about getting F or expelled.</p>
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It is in fact a common occurance in some form or another. Be it asking simply what the emphasized points were, the difficulty level, or specific questions. But she shouldn’t report the girl if she’s just as guilty of asking for answers/hints before, and is only doing it to advance her position. If she’s not willing to report everyone for this infraction (including herself if she’s ever been guilty) then she needs to let it go.</p>
<p>Do not report someone because their plight is your advantage - report them because you find what had happened to be ethically wrong. (Which it seems like you didn’t since you did nothing to stop the hour long conversation…)</p>
<p>^Agreed, and nothing to add.</p>
<p>You guys would consider asking about the difficulty level of a quiz/test cheating? I always do that with my friends during a conversation in passing…“Oh, how was the English quiz?” “Really hard, and I studied my butt off last night.” or “Easy, you’ll do fine.”</p>
<p>I don’t think that’s considered cheating, because you don’t actually discuss the answers and you’re not gaining an upper hand; it just comes up casually. I feel like it’s the equivalent of asking how the weather is for students.</p>
<p>Snitches get stitches.</p>
<p>Tell the teacher not to be so lazy, and to stop reusing tests. It is unfair to the honest students. Complain to the administration if the teacher continues doing it.</p>
<p>I am surprised that you only want to report the student getting the information and not the one giving it as well. Both are equally culpable. The fact you are focused on just the girl ahead of you in class rank shows that this is really about finding any way, whether ethical or not, for you to cement your own class rank. And it is interesting you want to remain anonymous-- you want all of the advantages you might get from this situation without the bad parts as well. Don’t worry though because your name will end up outed any way – it always does. </p>
<p>If you are sure it was cheating then report both of them and sign your name.</p>
<p>Also I find it interesting that you listened for an hour and then took the test yourself. So you also had the benefit of their conversation when you took the test . You should have confronted them then, or told the teacher before the rest was administered in your period.</p>
<p>True story here, my teacher Mr. Vinci gave us a reading quiz on All Quiet On The Western Front with four questions on it, so getting one wrong drops you down to a 75%. Apparently, he made the quiz so hard this time that 1st period had a class average of 31%, 2nd period had an average of 40%. However, my period, 4th (after lunch) had an average of 87%! He asked us to raise our hands and admit that we cheated (lol no one did it), so from now on he’s gonna make different quizes for each period.</p>
<p>Anyways, point of this story is that EVERYONE cheats, not saying that I do, but class average of 31% vs 87% is pretty suspicious, meaning that almost everyone got help from their buddies during lunch.</p>
<p>EDIT: Think about it…why do you really want to snitch on her? Is it for personal gain??? Or you think it more good than harm.</p>
<p>I personally wouldn’t say anything just yet, but if you see her doing this again, by all means tell someone. If cheating is the only way for her to compete for the #1 spot, then she’s clearly not worthy for the valedictorian title.</p>
<p>You know this type of “cheating” happens all the time. If someone has friends in the former class, it’s very common to ask them about the test. Don’t snitch on her.</p>