<p>I did not know which category to put this under, sorry.</p>
<p>I attend a public university, and in one of the classes that I am struggling in, I took a multiple choice exam. I struggled with the whole exam, but pushed through. I did not pass the exam. I was very upset. Then later that day, I received an email stating that I had violated the academic integrity policy. I was dumbfounded and did not know how I violated it. I emailed my teacher and asked her how did I violate the policy, and she said that I cheated on half of my exam by copying someone else. I thought that her accusation was stupid. How can someone cheat on half of an exam? So, I set up a meeting with her to try and resolve this issue. I go into her office, and the first thing she says is sign this paper. She did not even want to hear anything I had to say. I was pissed. I sated to her "My mother told me I should explain my answers", and her first comment was "Did your mother call me this weekend arguing on my voice mail, bc I got a voice mail that I couldn't hear but there was arguing involved" I responded No. Then she let me explain why i chose these answers. I was only able to explain why I chose 3 before I was belittled by her. She preceded to call me stupid because of the way I explained why I chose the answers and said that they were wrong. Then she said if I did not cheat that I really needed to study. I know this. She then said she thinks that I cheated on my first exam by 70%, but did not say anything. I then signed a paper saying that I did not agree with her. I have an appeal that I have to do, but I'm scared they're going to believe her. I honestly didn't cheat and do not want to get kicked out of college because of these false accusations. This appeal will be of my pears and some professors at my school. My teacher is also going to be there. I'm scared to even go to the appeal and tell them why i chose the answers bc I don't want to be called stupid again. I know im not stupid, but when someone yells at me it causes me to studder, which could be taken as a form of lying. I dont know what to do.</p>
<p>She said that there were 3 copies of the exam and I had answers to one of the copies and not the one I was taking. She did not tell me who I cheated off of, but that I had similar answers to another form of the exam. If I have taken this other form, I would have gotten most of the answers correct. This is how she thinks I cheated. No one else was accused also. If I really did cheat off of someone, with my schools policy, two people are supposed to be accused. The one who cheated, and the one who let them cheat. I was the only one accused. This is besides the point, but if I cheated, wouldnt I have to cheat off of somebody and why isnt that person being accused also. </p>
<p>I sat in the very front of the class in front of the teacher. There were also five other proctors around, and no one saw me cheat. </p>