<p>My kids’ high school had strict policies regarding cheating and an honor code. I remember very clearly that the ASB President was asked to step down by the administration because he had used the internet to help him with his Spanish homework. There was some plagiarism involved. Another year, a few AP students in one of my kid’s classes had access to the AP exam in advance through an outside consultant. The tutoring company had received the test from abroad , where their company was located, and they were coaching students on the actual exam.
“Opportunities” such as this, if you could call them that, were used as teachable moments in our household. In the second instance, the boyfriend of one of the students who was using the dishonest tutor told the teacher of the situation, and he willingly took the fallout from his actions- which was mixed, as you might imagine.<br>
How one responds to encountering cheating is going to depend on each person’s view of the harm it is creating. Personally, had I been a student and known someone was using the net to do their Spanish homework, I wouldn’t have
reported it. But the AP test situation is one that begs to be reported, imo.</p>