<p>At my test center today (there was only one room) one of the kids constantly kept working 30 seconds to a minute after the proctor called stop. The proctor was an older teacher at our school, and whenever he was reading the instructions for the next second, this kid kept working.</p>
<p>He even continued writing his essay another 50 seconds after the proctor said
"pencils down." Additionally, he used a TI-89 on the math portion.</p>
<p>I didn't want to be a jerk and say "Um, excuse me, but that kid's using a banned calculator.", but TI-89's really do give an advantage. They can solve equations instantly, including ones with multiple variables.</p>
<p>This frustrated me a bit, but hey, life goes on. What do you guys think?</p>
<p>I agree that those type of cheaters are very immoral, but do you consider me a cheater if I might have realized after Reading was done that I didn't answer one question and quickly filled in something when Science started when the proctor wasn't looking? </p>
<p>Most likely that kid won't affect your long term goals so it's not worth to ruin his long term goals. Another way to look at it is that if he didn't finish, he's probably not going to be getting a 36 or anything because people who score high usually know what they're doing and can finish a section without cheating.</p>
<p>as with any cheating, it's not cool. you're earning something you didn't work for, or getting something you didn't earn. other people will work hard to get the score that person got - while he may have cheated himself up a handful of points.
I know a few people who constantly cheat.. and honestly, I hope one day they get caught, and it becomes kinda serious. as in cheating on a college test. maybe then they will learn a lesson. it's really not fair, and kinda disrespectful to everyone else who works hard.</p>
<p>Like I said in an earlier thread, eventually cheating will get really serious in 10 years maybe when kids bring really small cameras that can fit in their hair or have extremely small headsets in their ears and have someone tell them answers via a live call or camera feed. I think some public schools have the ability to block all communications, or maybe just from specific phone companies like ATT and Verizon.</p>
<p>You should have definitely reported him. It wouldn't have made you a jerk necessarily. When you witness such actions, you definitely should not bypass them, JUST BECAUSE it will hurt YOU AT THE END. (in the long run... like scales, etc)</p>
<p>Well just imagine how you'd look in front of 20 other people reporting him because of a calculator? You can say they'll support you for reporting cheating, but I think you can get what I mean. Plus if the old proctor never does anything about it, that kid will really have something against you, not that it matters but it's not like he had a camera phone and had someone on the other side of the nation doing his test for him.</p>