So yeah, as the title states, Im almost sure (like 80 percent sure, 20 percent not sure) that my world history professor saw me cheating on my test. This happened a few days ago. Today I got my test back and got a good grade, with notes correcting my mistakes.
The test was multiple choice with a few essays. I made a tiny cheat sheet to help remember some key points for my essay.
So my question is do you think I’m good to go? Or is he going to surprise me at the end of the semester with an F.
I do regret cheating, I seriously do. I even told me mom cuz I suck at remembering history related things. And my professor is a great professor who helps us out alot and I feel I let him down.
Whenever I see one of these posts about cheating, I just want to send a howler on behalf of Mrs. Weasley. Don’t do this anymore. There are lots of memorization techniques you can find on the Internet or in books at the library. Pick some, practice, and they will serve you well when you need to take a test now, or give presentations in your future career.
Hey mommabear, could you send me a link to some memorization techniques you recommend?
I want to look more into that.
I do remember advanced math concepts well but when it comes to literature and history. I forget easily. Even with studying for hours before a test lol
If this is the response you have to people telling you that cheating is a Very Bad Thing, I have to wonder why in the world you’re in college.
Seriously, as a college professor, the very least I do to students who I catch cheating is failing the assignment. That’s because I work at an open-admission institution, where the vast majority of our students are underprepared, and don’t always have the cultural capital to know what’s crossing the line. Fine—flunking an assignment rather than the entire course for a first offense gives them a chance to learn that lesson.
But if they’ve done it before? (And nearly every college keeps track.) F in the class. (And when I taught at a more selective institution, that was the penalty for a first offense.)
I have no sympathy. None at all. Those who cheat ruin the worth of their college’s degrees for those who show more integrity. Cheaters aren’t just harming themselves, they’re harming everybody.
You really have to find what works for you, but one memorization technique is associating facts with a picture in your mind. You can look up descriptions of different ways to do this. Also saying things out loud rather than just reading them can help with memorization. Good luck!