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Eugene

(62,748 posts) Tue Dec 22, 2020, 03:55 PM Dec 2020

West Point faces worst cheating scandal in decades

Source: BBC

West Point faces worst cheating scandal in decades

22 December 2020

Dozens of West Point cadets have cheated in one of the biggest exam scandals to hit the elite US military academy in decades, officials say.

More than 70 students were accused of breaking West Point's Cadet Honor Code in a maths test while studying remotely because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Most of the cadets have admitted cheating on May's exam.

Instructors became suspicious when they noticed irregularities while marking the calculus tests.

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West Point faces worst cheating scandal in decades (Original Post) Eugene Dec 2020 OP

They should be better than this of course janterry Dec 2020 #1

Hell I'd have cheated on calculus if I could have captain queeg Dec 2020 #2

email someone else zipplewrath Dec 2020 #6

We are millennia removed from the greatest generation. NoMoreRepugs Dec 2020 #3

Is Pompeo presenting the prizes ? OnDoutside Dec 2020 #4

1976. 150 cadests caught in engineering exam scam. See cite. empedocles Dec 2020 #5

they all resigned or were expelled janterry Dec 2020 #7

How many extra chances to a m. flynn? empedocles Dec 2020 #8

I see on the board the Navy likely has a similar problem janterry Dec 2020 #9

janterry

(4,429 posts)

1. They should be better than this of course

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Tue Dec 22, 2020, 03:58 PM

Dec 2020

but remote learning is enticing (my daughter is in HS and her classmates consider remote tests 'open book').

It's good that they admitted it, that's at least the right step when caught.

captain queeg

(11,780 posts)

2. Hell I'd have cheated on calculus if I could have

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Tue Dec 22, 2020, 03:59 PM

Dec 2020

Though not sure how you could for the kind of tests I took. Always had to show all our work.

zipplewrath

(16,692 posts)

6. email someone else

Reply to captain queeg (Reply #2)

Tue Dec 22, 2020, 04:17 PM

Dec 2020

I suspect this is what's under this.

NoMoreRepugs

(10,628 posts)

3. We are millennia removed from the greatest generation.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Tue Dec 22, 2020, 04:02 PM

Dec 2020

OnDoutside

(20,672 posts)

4. Is Pompeo presenting the prizes ?

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Tue Dec 22, 2020, 04:03 PM

Dec 2020

empedocles

(15,751 posts)

5. 1976. 150 cadests caught in engineering exam scam. See cite.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Tue Dec 22, 2020, 04:03 PM

Dec 2020

https://thehill.com/homenews/news/531221-west-point-faces-worst-cheating-scandal-in-nearly-45-years-involving-more-than

janterry

(4,429 posts)

7. they all resigned or were expelled

Reply to empedocles (Reply #5)

Tue Dec 22, 2020, 04:25 PM

Dec 2020

these men and women are -mostly-given a second chance.

empedocles

(15,751 posts)

8. How many extra chances to a m. flynn?

Reply to janterry (Reply #7)

Tue Dec 22, 2020, 04:32 PM

Dec 2020

janterry

(4,429 posts)

9. I see on the board the Navy likely has a similar problem

Reply to empedocles (Reply #8)

Tue Dec 22, 2020, 04:38 PM

Dec 2020

I've not served in the military, so I don't want to weigh in on ethics too much. But I know if I promise not to cheat - and I sign off on that statement - I won't.

I'm guessing these institutions will be thinking about ethics - and the young men and women they are training - long past this/these incidents.

Flynn also needs consequences - though I think his need to be far more serious.

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