I am angry. We will no longer be reviewing every quiz/exam after you take it. Too many copies of the Unit II Exam floated away in the possession of untrustworthy students. I had 43 copies of the exam. Seven students took the test today, writing directly on the booklet (as I instructed). I should have 36 copies left. I have only 19 blank copies left. You do the math. As such, I will be making a NEW Qtr 1 Final. It will have NO DUPLICATE questions from any quizzes or exams. I am sorry, but that is the result of dishonest* student stealing copies of the exam. You have betrayed my trust. I know of at least 4 specific people who walked out with the exam - I SAW YOU HIDE IT!!! If you bring it to me tomorrow, bygones. You made a bad choice, learned from it, and we move on in a positive manner. Otherwise, I go forward without trusting ANY of you EVER again. To say that I am disappointed is an understatement. I am sad, yes. But I am truly angry. And do not be surprised if I decide to give you the final tomorrow instead of Thursday. Great timing. Anger a teacher at the end of the quarter when final grades are going to be determined. Real smart. I see a straight F for at least three (one person turned it in) of you - maybe more. (UPDATE - no straight F for anyone. All 4 were turned in)
UPDATE: You will have a short essay to be completed in class tomorrow. The rest of the exam (80 MC) will be administered on Thursday. There are six versions and each has only 6 or 7 previously-used questions. I suggest you consume EVERYTHING in the textbook. You will NOT use clickers. I will hand-correct every exam, which means you will not know your final grade until Sunday. When you take the exam, you will separate desks so there are at least 3 feet between each of you - using up the WHOLE room. It is too bad that 20% of you had to ruin the trust that so many truly deserve. After every quiz/exam, I will hold an analysis session that day after school and the next morning before school (3:10 - 3:40 and 7:45 - 8:15). If you want to attend, great. If not - you're loss. That is what I am doing from now on. I suggest you try to figure something out as a group of seniors (100 at last count) to correct this matter.
I thought I had been fair and accommodating - only to be taken advantage of by weaselly characters using dishonest methods to prepare for the exam*. Dishonesty* hurts EVERYONE. I cannot trust the group. You cannot trust one another. People who "get away with it" will continue to skirt the rules and really abuse the system later on (google AIG, Enron, etc.), causing financial, emotional, and social turmoil for everyone. Don't even think about asking me for a favor or leniency. It's not gonna happen.
*I edited "cheating" out and replaced with "dishonesty" since that is the term used in the building. Remember "Honesty Before Grades."
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
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I know that you enjoy being a cruel person,
ReplyDeleteand that some IDIOTIC students crossed, of all teachers, YOU???
But please have a little bit of mercy on the rest of us who didn't commit a crime, and just don't make the test tomorrow.
[this is a perfect example of why greed is BAD]
I am making a similar appeal to Zach. I'm disappointed in the students who took tests out of the classroom, and I think the fair thing to do is not include those questions on the test, but still allow us one more day of studying.
ReplyDeletethats really a bummer... I thought the review was soooo helpful. Hardly any other teachers give us that kind of feedback on a test. Anyways I hope those who stole, come forward.
ReplyDeleteThis is a real bummer :(
ReplyDeleteWhoever took a test just needs to give it up tomorrow. He will forgive you. Dont screw it up for the rest of us.
ReplyDeletethis is unfortunate, I really liked being able to review through the answers. If you do decide to give the test tomorrow (which I hope you don't), I won't be there is it possible to take it Thursday?
ReplyDeletewow this sucks a lot! people should come forward who cheated. it just hurts the rest of us. why hurt your fellow students just to benefit yourselves?
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ReplyDeletehttp://fora.tv/2009/04/05/NewsHour_with_Legendary_Journalist_Jim_Lehrer
ReplyDeleteIf anybody wants so take a quick break from studying check this link out! Lehrer is a great storyteller and it even has relevance to our studies about journalism. You can select individual chapters and parts of the interview give some fantastic context into the future of the news media from a real veteran.
wow. lame. people are dumb. ruining it for the rest of us.
ReplyDeletebut yeah.. about the essay part now? won't be there tomorrow.. MCA's. when will people who are taking them be able to make up the essay part?
I agree with the general concensus here, it is too bad that a few people had to take advantage of the trusting system you had created and ruined it for everyone. I thought that the analysis was very helpful and helped me learn the information for real and not just so I can, as you so graciously put it "puke up all I know on to the test" and then forget it the next day.
ReplyDeleteIt's funny, this is like a real life "Is greed good or bad" debate. For the first time, the entire class, including Mr. Romo, is unanimously apposed. I probably would have done the same thing, had I thought of it. Those people are stupid for getting caught.
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