<p>Many people actually, just for their record.
However that the student would be able to enter the unlocked office, find the gradebook, in a drawer (it’d not be there since it’s just a personal record), erase it (grades aren’t written in pencil), do it once and not be discovered (… reminder: the REAL grades are online, the notebook is just a personal record, so any discrepancy can’t be erased), do it again, and the professor NOT realizing it’s been done both times AND writing a letter of leniency…
I call ■■■■■.</p>
<p>However, in case it isn’t, the student is looking at a lot more trouble than a zero.</p>
<p>A bad ■■■■■, too…no clever double-entendre screen name, no well-crafted build-up, no believable backstory, clearly dubious “facts”. If I were running a class for trolls, @jcostello0302 would probably get a D in that, too. ;)</p>
<p>This looks like a ■■■■■, but let’s play this game. If true, then own up to your actions. This wasn’t an one time “mistake”. Even if it were a “one time mistake”, it’s a big one. I think, it’s totally fair that you fail the course, get expelled and lose the scholarship. Severe? Yes, but you screwed up big time. Especially if this is your SECOND time changing the grades.</p>
<p>most people here are un-evolved and have very little abstract reasoning ability. Suffice to say, you would not see Plato debating here. Most folks here have animal-like brains and can only follow very explicit directions.</p>
<p>This from a person that flunked out of his graduate program. Yes stay classy @texas0101</p>
<p>I have a lot more respect for a not-so-clever ■■■■■ than I do for a not-so-clever cheater.</p>
<p>If the account is true, this was not a “mistake” nor was it a “first-time offense.” A mistake is something that happens by accident or ignorance. This was willful dishonesty, which involved not one, not two, but three deliberate acts (changing the grade twice and not showing up for the final). The OP knew that it was cheating and would have had no problem benefiting from behavior that took advantage of the professor and put fellow students at a disadvantage. </p>
<p>That may sound harsh, but recasting a deliberate act of cheating as a “mistake” is not fair to the students who have done the work and earned the grades honestly. And as a taxpayer, I would not want to encourage that kind of behavior among the people who are benefitting from a scholarship program that my money is funding. </p>
<p>If not, you should be expelled. Changing a grade book is a serious violation and you did it twice. I agree with previous posters that your behavior does not merit an ROTC scholarship.</p>
<p>@TigerCC2014, At least I have a job and am not living off the government, Most people here are wives who are living off others. Or professors who are living off government money. And your personal comments are not “classy”</p>
<p>Wives living off others…oh you mean mothers? So your not only ignorant in the classroom but believe stay home moms are leeches. Time to come out of the cave. </p>
<p>@texas0101 You work on reports to the FDA and don’t think the funding for your job has to do with government? If the FDA didn’t exist, you wouldn’t have a job.</p>
<p>And your comment on professors getting paid by the government is also far, far out of line. If you’re talking about professors working for state or city universities, they’re paid less than the professors working at private institutions and work just as hard. </p>
<p>Or, if you’re talking about professors getting government grants, those are very competitive and are awarded through a rigorous peer review process. The funds support work that’s been closely vetted.</p>
<p>Finally, your comments about someone who committed a serious breach of the honor code are ethically flawed, whether or no the OP is a ■■■■■. </p>
<p>It’s actually quite funny. The more you post the more ignorant you look. Do you mop up after the chimps in the lab? I mean you did flunk out of your graduate program so I’m guessing your not in charge of anything of significance. </p>
<p>Mom taught me to not cheat and to study for my exams. The ■■■■■ op made up a story of cheating and was remorseful when he got caught and you flunked your last exam and busted out of graduate school. I’m old enough to know I don’t want to ruin my future like you did yours. </p>