In 1999 they were pushing us into Transportation and Logistics. In 1997 it was MIS. What is it now?
Ever cheat on a final?
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The major I wish i would have graduated with. All my friends that are in it make stupid amounts of money and live in awesome places.
I used to help a kid cheat off of me in high school. Our senior year he was football player and wrestler (I played fb and bb) and somewhat of a friend. He needed help to stay eligible. What was really good was that his parents owned the local bar and that was my beer supply for my senior year and summer after.:biggrin:
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Business = accounting, finance, supply chain management, marketing, management, MIS
Does anyone remember the Music 101 (or whatever the intro one was) in the mid-90s where the help sessions constituted the TA reading the questions and answers to the tests. I heard they stopped that more recently.
You took like 7 tests and the lowest 2 were dropped. I got a B+ on the first one on my own and then didn't do so well on the next 2 so I figured I should go to the help sessions. Jackpot! "A" in the course. :smile:
You took like 7 tests and the lowest 2 were dropped. I got a B+ on the first one on my own and then didn't do so well on the next 2 so I figured I should go to the help sessions. Jackpot! "A" in the course. :smile:
Wow, didn't know it is online now, but I guess I could see that. It was a fun course, especially as a break from computer science and engineering.
Had to go to a bunch of concerts in the area and write reviews. OR you could find out who's in the area, read the different reviews, watch the act on youtube etc. from the comfort of your living room.
I was never a great student. It was a challenge for me to earn As. Much of it was because I worked full time and went to school full time - but I never cheated. I truly wanted to know what my grade was.
I can't say I ever cheated on an exam but I would say it's an instructor's fault for writing a "cheatable" exam.
Exams that force people to simply regurgitate facts are asinine. If you can write problems that force your students to apply the knowledge they learned into new situations, then you're appropriately testing their understanding of the material.
Forcing someone to remember the name of the archduke who was assisnated that was the catalyst for WWI is appropriate for Trivial Pursuit, not a collegiate exam.
And instructors that reuse old exams are just lazy.
Exams that force people to simply regurgitate facts are asinine. If you can write problems that force your students to apply the knowledge they learned into new situations, then you're appropriately testing their understanding of the material.
Forcing someone to remember the name of the archduke who was assisnated that was the catalyst for WWI is appropriate for Trivial Pursuit, not a collegiate exam.
And instructors that reuse old exams are just lazy.
Sounds like someone has a problem with us dorks! :skeptical: Yes, I'm a dork, I admit it, deal with it. I'm so dorky I took a final in a grad class, 4th exam when only the top three scores counted, the professor told me I didn't need to take it, and the best I could do was increase my overall points in the class by a single point. Just because I wanted to see how well I knew the material, and, being the complete dork I am, it wouldn't have seemed like I finished the course unless I took the exam.
Just to show you I'm not a complete stick in the mud, let's just say that several of my high school classmates would not have graduated (or remained eligible for extra-curriculars) had I sat anywhere other than the middle of the room. It's fair to say I took absolutely no precautions to cover my answers. They reciprocated - I seldom paid for liquid refreshments - legal or otherwise. :smile:
CycloneErik
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I'll admit it, if this stuff is remotely true, I had no idea that people were all for cheating. Never cheated on an exam in my life, even with the chance to do it.
I'll go ahead and say there's an integrity problem at the core of cheating.
I'll go ahead and say there's an integrity problem at the core of cheating.
Depending on how you define cheating, I'll bet over half the students at Iowa State do in some capacity.
I've never cheated on a college exam, either. Certainly not a final. Now, in high school I cheated a few times but the risk/reward in college is simply a risk not worth taking IMO. If you get caught cheating in college, you will get the boot. That's a fairly big deal. I don't consider myself Mr. Morality but cheating in college seems reckless to me.
