Comments on: Buying your homework is just cheating yourself

By: FB @ FabulouslyBroke.com

FB @ FabulouslyBroke.com — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:26:58 +0000

Thanks for the link. Will check it out.

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:58:00 +0000

Yah they broke in. That website (check cheating part 4) I mentioned above also has a cool link to a business school prof from Tuck School (an Ivy B-school) discussing cheating at business schools. I don’t personally buy her argument on how to solve it, but she’s apparently quite famous, so might be worth a read

By: FB @ FabulouslyBroke.com

FB @ FabulouslyBroke.com — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 11:08:29 +0000

WOW. They broke in to steal exams!? That is crazy.

By: Sam

Sam — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 03:17:00 +0000

Buying your homework was pretty uncommon where I’m from. The smart kids tended to just give away their homework for free, as they didn’t care.

What’s really a serious sort of cheating is the type described http://higher-ed-reform.blogspot.com/2009/09/cheating-part-2.html
where a bunch of students physically BROKE IN to a school to steal exams. Now that’s worrisome.

By: FB @ FabulouslyBroke.com

FB @ FabulouslyBroke.com — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 12:24:10 +0000

Yes, agreed. I was speaking from the perspective of what I understood the situation to be in France.

And the site FaisMesDevoirs is a French site. Maybe the site came up as a response to the oppressive nature of career selection?

By: Concojones

Concojones — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 11:58:12 +0000

Hi FB,

Regarding exam scores determining schools determining careers in Europe, which determine the rest of your education/career: I think that applies to France and perhaps the UK, not so much other countries.