Letters to the Editor
Suspicion of cheating leads to paranoid teachers
I agreed with many of the points made by Daniel Cucher in his April 12 column, "Distrust begets cheating." I am aware of cheating on campus, so it isn't hard for me to understand why many teachers would adopt the "cheat and I'll kill you" approach. Unfortunately, I have been on the receiving end of a teacher's paranoid suspicion. No, the teacher did not kill me, but I was nevertheless hurt and offended by his accusation that I changed an answer on a test and turned it in for a re-grade. Why would I change the answer to a test I got a 96 on? I wouldn't change the answer even if I got a two on it.
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