{"id":1392,"date":"2021-05-13T10:09:05","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T15:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/gazette\/2021\/05\/13\/random_thursday_2\/"},"modified":"2022-04-19T12:05:32","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T17:05:32","slug":"random_thursday_2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/2021\/05\/13\/random_thursday_2\/","title":{"rendered":"Random Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Note: This is an abbreviated edition of RT because alert Gazette readers deserve a break.<\/i><\/p>\n

Today’s edition of the Wall Street Journal has a report<\/a> about the significant increase in cheating in schools and colleges as a result of…well…many things, including the pandemic-induced shift to online classes. I was struck by the lengths that some students are going to in their attempts to improve their academic standings without actually improving their knowledge. Take this quote from the article as an example:<\/p>\n

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I grudgingly credit those students in the last example for having commendable creativity along with their disappointing ethics. (Unless, of course, the exam was in a drama class, in which case I hope they got A’s.)<\/p>\n

Most disappointing to me personally was the revelation that “Texas A&M University had a 50% increase in cheating allegations in the fall from a year earlier, with one incident involving 193 students self-reporting academic misconduct to receive lighter punishment after faculty members caught on…”<\/p>\n

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Alert Gazette readers will recall a recent post <\/a>describing some of our recent trip to South Padre Island. Here are some additional photos from that trip, and I will devote a future post to some discussion about these pictures. For now, please feel free to enjoy the brevity of this offering.<\/p>\n

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