[ACow_Adonis]

You misunderstand (or perhaps I'm miscommunicating) if it comes across as vehemence. I meant it purely as a statement of fact.

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...

[jlev1]

I see, that makes sense. Though the phrasing of "how the world works" still makes it sound like you think it's shady and unethical, when I don't (necessarily) think it is.