And I will do so tomorrow as well.

  • a_blanqui_slate [none/use name, any]
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    3 years ago

    I do that tons and it’s not because I cheat. Usually it’s because I study things on my own on the Internet or books instead of the lectures. I wouldn’t be too quick to assume that they’re cheating just based on that.

    No that's true, but it does warrant further investigation, like checking Chegg myself, and when I find that exact same notation there, that's pretty conclusive.

    No, it really is cool and good because people gotta find work somehow

    Then push to fix the system, don't pretend hackneyed solutions like this are "cool and good", especially when it's literally a gamble that could get a student expelled. You can soberly acknowledge the reality of cheating in the current system without pretending it's the bees knees for internet points.

    No, I think the entire concept people have about that signal is kinda wrong and pointless.

    There's also plenty of merit to be mined out of this premise, but once again, that doesn't require celebrating academic malpractice.

    • Pezevenk [he/him]
      hexagon
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      3 years ago

      Then push to fix the system

      Yes, that's obviously also a thing to do but until that happens people have to get a job somehow. Like, yeah, the ideal solution to poverty isn't stealing from supermarkets but if someone who is poor steals from a supermarket, that's cool.

      If someone snitches or never ever helps anyone out ever even though they can, then these things are not cool or good.

      especially when it’s literally a gamble that could get a student expelled

      Well you can't really get expelled based on that here...

      Anyways sorry for not being somber enough in this shitposting site I guess?

      • a_blanqui_slate [none/use name, any]
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        3 years ago

        Anyways sorry for not being somber enough in this shitposting site I guess?

        You're welcome to shitpost all you like, but there are lots of high schoolers and undergraduates posting here, and boosting cheating is setting them up for trouble if they get found out. I'm required by my contract to report academic misconduct, and so the last thing I want is for my students to make dumb decisions on with long-term ramifications on the basis of shitposts.

        The same goes for something like shoplifting. Shoplifting is cool and good except for the fact it sets the stage for someone to possibly get shot. Which is bad.