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<p>Sometimes, the best way to get the attention of other students and to underscore the gravity and seriousness of a given offense is precisely to do what this teacher did. </p>
<p>In the academic context, cheating…especially on an exam is a felony-level offense. </p>
<p>Do it at the undergrad level…especially at institutions with honor codes that are taken seriously and one may find they could be suspended or expelled on the first offense depending on the severity of the offense and the given college. </p>
<p>Then again, what this teacher did wouldn’t have been considered worthy of criticism from most parents or unusual back then. </p>
<p>Especially considering NYC area private elementary schools could and did expel students for much less serious offenses…and weren’t shy about giving the students and sometimes their parents the third degree about it before doing so. </p>