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by jlev1
2426 days ago
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The vehemence of this response surprises me. First, from the anecdote, there's no particular reason to think this student was the only one who was given a chance to take a make-up test. Second, re: the 'integrity of an education system', there are already all kinds of problems with using tests and exams to evaluate student skill, and one serious flaw is how sensitive they are to random fluctuations -- like being tired or sick the day of the test. Many educators hold this view, and professors often have a lot of flexibility in how they structure their tests (and classes more generally), compared to say, high school teachers. I am curious about the circumstances of the parent post. In a 600-person Psych 101 class, I would agree it would be inappropriate to offer makeup tests (unless they were available to all students). But in a 15-person upper-level class? There's no grading curve, the whole process is basically individualized. |
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I'm well aware of the problems of testing and assessment and standard education structures.
But the point I was trying to convey was that the way I was brought up, and the popular image of testing and grades and meritocracy I was indoctrinated with, would frame what your teacher did as cheating/academic dishonesty.
The idea that such an activity would be done (and not be seen by everyone else as an immediately fireable offence) would have literally an almost unthinkable thought until my late 20s/early 30s and I got a bit more exposure to the world and how academia/ society/ humanity actually works.
I think that's a highly relevant point/peice of context when responding to a story about how young students enter these institutions with different assumptions, experience and worldviews...