I had a test today and after this test this one student was chuckling and told me he copied some answers off of my sheet. I didnt realize he was doing this till he told me so i asked how much did he copy and he said four MC quedtions. After I told him not to do that because it risks my hide and his as well. However i didn’t report it because i didnt record the convo and plus if it’s MC questions it would be impossible to know. But at the same time i dont know really how much he copied either. Should I wait and see what happens before i say anything or should I say domething now? College by the way. Also I didn’t notice he was cheating because I was very much focused on my test and i turned off my hearing aids to further remove my mind from the environmental distractions. I am afraid my school would accuse me of cheating when I know i did not.
I would report it.
If there is surveillance in the classroom, that’ll likely be used as evidence. You’re not expected to “record” the conversation during an exam, right?
After the exam was when he told me. There is no surveillance. If I report it do I need proof that he did it? I
The honor code might require you report it. You can check.
My problem here is that I dont have evidence to back up my claim. If the issue is brought up by school then it would be my word versus his.
You’re not claiming he cheated. You’re claiming he TOLD you he cheated. Report that and let the authorities sort it out.
Personally, I’d shoot one of my parents an email with the facts of what happened and ask if I should report it because 1) “I didn’t cheat” 2) “I had my hearing aides off and didn’t know he was cheating” and 3) “didn’t have any evidence against him beside his word–my word vs his”. You do this so that if stuff hits the fan, you have a paper trail to bring up in a student judiciary hearing (if he lies and accuses you of helping him cheat, for example).
(edit: doesn’t have to be a parent; it could be a trusted friend, a mentor, etc. you just want to have all of this written down somewhere, and emails are reliable.)
If you’re REALLY worried about it and want the other student to get punished/if there’s any chance you’d get caught, I’d shoot your honor council/student judiciary people an email that looks like this:
"Dear ___ Honor Council,
(Intro)
(relevant facts of what happened) (you didn’t help him cheat, hearing aide stuff)
However, pursuant to our honor code, I was wondering if I am required to report this incident and the other student’s identity to this body. As I have no evidence, etc. etc. etc. etc."
Thank you all so much I found this very helpful. I will do the email part to my parents.
We’ve seen situations like this described here before, but I can’t really come up with any rational reason why a student would voluntarily admit to another that they cheated off them.
Maybe they think it’s an icebreaker.
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I tell this to every freshman I meet to see if they freak out and post about it on CC
What’s the count so far?
Honestly, I wouldn’t do anything or report it, not because it isn’t wrong, but because you really can’t prove it. Even if the case goes to the Dean, it will really just boil down to your word against his with no conclusive evidence.
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Nowhere does this say that the test was the SAT. The OP is in college already.
This is what you do: Go to your professor and tell them what the person told you.
Tell them he said it was MC questions, so their may be no particular evidence.
Probably nothing will happen, and that is okay.
This will be useful, however, because next time the prof will keep a closer eye on the person.