So I read the story and here are the facts:
A Harvard professor gave his/her students a take home exam. Upon grading these exam the professor found similarities in the words used. Based on this information the professor "assumes" that students, worked together to complete their exam with the possibility that they also used their textbooks and internet as a source for their knowledge.
The comments below the article mostly consist of two types of comments.
1) people hating on the Ivy League as this proves that all Ivy Leaguers are cheats and thus no better than everyone else as they are wont to think. - really? everyone is a cheat because of this?
2) those who are hating on our countries politicians, saying that now they know where those in government learned to lie and cheat. - perhaps a bit of a stretch.
OK now here are my thoughts on this:
1) to the people leaving comments- back off, you probably did the same thing at least once when you were in school. They made a mistake but we can't blame our governments entire political system on this one incident that has no "actual" ties to our politicians. It’s all speculation.
2) to the students that got caught- really? If you are smart enough to get into an Ivy League school shouldn't you have realized that writing pretty much the exact same thing or something so similar could get you caught? Think next time.
3) to the professor- duh! If you administer a test where the students are not monitored they will find a way to get the answers. There are so many ways to do this: in a study group, textbook or online. If you want to make sure they don't use these things then you have to monitor them. Get off your lazy butt, this is your job.
What do you think?
