<p>So many teachers in high level AP classes seem to like to employ the honor system for various aspects of their class.
For example, my AP Calc BC teacher doesn't check homework but asks for us to honestly tell him how much we did on a 1-100 scale. My AP Chemistry teacher gives take home tests; she even tells us, "don't look up the questions online because, well, the answers are online." Of course, in both cases, it seems like it would be very obvious if a student lies/cheats, which is one reason I believe the system works for the most part.
What are your thoughts on the honor system in an academic setting? </p>
<p>I think its a good thing, its more like college and prepares you for it. College professors expect people not to cheat because violating the honor code in college can get you expelled. My college has a 2 strike system. First offense, you get a trial with the honor council and they determine your punishment- could be failing the assignment, failing the class, suspension, etc depending on severity. If you get found guilty of a second offense, you are automatically expelled.</p>
<p>That’s perfect. It was guilt trip some students if they lied, and if they lied then they shouldn’t belong in that class.</p>
<p>homework shouldn’t even be counted; it should be 100% test/exam score. Homework is just padding that high school teachers give to boost kids scores in order to make it very difficult for them to fail. Most of my AP courses in hgh school and my current college classes had about 10% homework and somewhere around 60-90% for tests depending on whether they did quizzes and projects.</p>
<p>Also, it would not be very obvious if a student cheats. Many people just reword the answer enough to where the teacher may suspect they cheated but won’t actually do anything because they don’t know beyond a shadow of a doubt. Unless someone just straight up tells the teacher they won’t do anything about it.</p>
<p>My calc teacher didn’t grade homework, she said, “If you you don’t do it it’ll show up in your test grade.” Which is also what my physics teacher does. My chemistry teacher also did the same thing where homework was completion grade. He didn’t care at all about doing homework or even showing up or taking notes as long as you did well on the test. He even used one kid who was a genius who didn’t like taking notes as an example of this.</p>
<p>As you go on you will see teachers care less and less on what you do and care more and more on how you do</p>