I'd turn a cheater in. I feel like the person cheating isn't just doing themselves harm, but also doing ME harm in the overall sense of justice.
College is competititve. Students have to compete to even get into college. And if someone gets in there who shouldn't be in, or gets to stay in simply because they're cheating well, that just pisses me off.
It may be aligned with the power structure of the institution, but by allowing it to go on, I'd be hurting myself as well as the institution by not reporting it.
They frown on drinking too, but it would not occur to most college students to report that.
See, I was an RA, so, well...we can see where this is going... Guess I'm just the reporter type.
And no, she's a no-show for the third week in a row. Guess I'll call her.
Rude.
(Also, I thought "you have e" meant I'd failed some class, and there was a tiny moment of raw shock before I figured it out.)
Hee!
If you knew of someone who was lying to get ADC or food stamps, would you turn them in?
Nope. The Gypsies that lived downstairs from me in Boston were all working welfare/SDI scams. You think I wanted a Gypsy curse on my ass?
Rude.
Not really. This is my old supervisor, who was oceans better than my new supervisor, and she really just keeps forgetting, and I never call her because I'm always thinking, "Oh good, I can get this thing done instead."
Well, if you're an RA, that's different. It's your job. I step into personal situations here all the time which I wouldn't as a coworker, because I am the HR person and it's my job to do so.
You think I wanted a Gypsy curse on my ass?
Those are only *really* bad if you're a vampire.
See, I was an RA, so, well...we can see where this is going... Guess I'm just the reporter type.
Well, I was an RA too, but I felt my role was to counsel my freshman and enforce a semblance of peace. They had to answer to my authoriTAY.
Yeah, I'm not so righteous (note: righteous, not self righteous) in my moral choices that I'm going to fuck somebody else's life up to enforce my values.
Even if you've agreed to an honor code that demands you do? Most of them if you don't squeal
you're
in violation.
I kind of think that, even though it was dictated by circumstance, vw ended up with a pretty good response. Alert the prof to the fact that this is going on - he/she can choose to be more vigilant, or to consider assignments that don't lend themselves to copying, etc.
But I wouldn't turn someone in by name, especially for something that wasn't impacting me specifically and directly. It'd be different if someone turned in, say, the paper I'd just written so that there would be a risk that I either wouldn't get credit or would look like I was the one cheating. (Which actually kind of happened to someone I know recently, and who got some flack for reporting it.)
ETA: I think in this case I'd be saving some of my outrage for the professor who apparently accepted late submissions after categorically stating that he wouldn't.
