Academic Integrity
"Cheat - verb. 1. to defraud; swindle. 2. to deceive; influence by fraud. 3. to elude; deprive of something expected. 4. to practice fraud, or deceit. 5. to violate rules or regulations. . . Cheat implies conducting matters fraudulently, esp. for profit to oneself."*
In this class cheating is defined as, "Any act that is intended to improve someone’s grade (yours or someone else’s) through dishonest means.”
Misrepresenting someone else's work as your own can have serious consequences. Many private schools and colleges expel students who are caught cheating. If you are caught cheating in this class the MINIMUM consequence will be a zero on the particular assignment and notification of your housemaster. (You will not be allowed to make up work if the reason you earned a zero on it is because of cheating!) It may also include detention(s) and notification of your parent(s). Meetings with appropriate people may follow. If there is a second offense your housemaster will determine the consequences beyond the zero you will receive on the assignment. Please save us all from this sort of unpleasantness!
Some examples of cheating follow. I am aware that new forms of cheating, plagiarism and other forms of academic dishonesty may arise and therefore, I expect every student to interpret the requirement of academic honesty and integrity broadly and in good faith. If you have any doubt as to whether a particular act constitutes academic dishonesty, ask before you do it!**
IGNORANCE OF THE LAW IS NO EXCUSE.
ON HOMEWORK
1. Copying someone else's homework
2. Letting someone else copy your homework
3. Copying the answers out of the back of the book
4. Copying the answers down in class and and handing the work in as if you did it at home.
You must do your own homework. "Working together" does not mean one person dictates what s/he has written down while someone else copies it. It means talking about how to approach a problem and then doing your own work OR doing your own work and then checking with someone else to see if their answers agree. If they don't, you work together to figure out who (if anyone) was right. If one person gets stuck, the other can give him/her a hint or even explain the general plan for solving a problem, but each person still needs to do the problem himself or herself.
ON TESTS/QUIZZES
1. Copying answers off someone else’s paper.
2. Allowing someone else to copy off your paper
3. Talking or passing notes during a quiz/test (people may try to exchange information.)
4. Having or using notes, formulas or other information in a programmable calculator,
mobile phone or other electronic device without explicit teacher review and permission.
5. Having or using a communication device such as a laptop, cell phone or iPod to send or obtain information.
6. Having or using a "cheat sheet" (a piece of paper with answers, formulas, information, or notes of any kind)
that is not specifically authorized by the teacher.
7. Looking at someone else’s completed quiz/test prior to taking a quiz/test that you missed.
8. Talking about a quiz/test that you must take with a person who has already taken it.
9. Altering a graded exam and resubmitting it for a better grade.
10. Working together on a take-home exam, unless specifically authorized by the teacher.
11. Using sources off the internet or from books without properly citing them.
In this class cheating is defined as, "Any act that is intended to improve someone’s grade (yours or someone else’s) through dishonest means.”
Misrepresenting someone else's work as your own can have serious consequences. Many private schools and colleges expel students who are caught cheating. If you are caught cheating in this class the MINIMUM consequence will be a zero on the particular assignment and notification of your housemaster. (You will not be allowed to make up work if the reason you earned a zero on it is because of cheating!) It may also include detention(s) and notification of your parent(s). Meetings with appropriate people may follow. If there is a second offense your housemaster will determine the consequences beyond the zero you will receive on the assignment. Please save us all from this sort of unpleasantness!
Some examples of cheating follow. I am aware that new forms of cheating, plagiarism and other forms of academic dishonesty may arise and therefore, I expect every student to interpret the requirement of academic honesty and integrity broadly and in good faith. If you have any doubt as to whether a particular act constitutes academic dishonesty, ask before you do it!**
IGNORANCE OF THE LAW IS NO EXCUSE.
ON HOMEWORK
1. Copying someone else's homework
2. Letting someone else copy your homework
3. Copying the answers out of the back of the book
4. Copying the answers down in class and and handing the work in as if you did it at home.
You must do your own homework. "Working together" does not mean one person dictates what s/he has written down while someone else copies it. It means talking about how to approach a problem and then doing your own work OR doing your own work and then checking with someone else to see if their answers agree. If they don't, you work together to figure out who (if anyone) was right. If one person gets stuck, the other can give him/her a hint or even explain the general plan for solving a problem, but each person still needs to do the problem himself or herself.
ON TESTS/QUIZZES
1. Copying answers off someone else’s paper.
2. Allowing someone else to copy off your paper
3. Talking or passing notes during a quiz/test (people may try to exchange information.)
4. Having or using notes, formulas or other information in a programmable calculator,
mobile phone or other electronic device without explicit teacher review and permission.
5. Having or using a communication device such as a laptop, cell phone or iPod to send or obtain information.
6. Having or using a "cheat sheet" (a piece of paper with answers, formulas, information, or notes of any kind)
that is not specifically authorized by the teacher.
7. Looking at someone else’s completed quiz/test prior to taking a quiz/test that you missed.
8. Talking about a quiz/test that you must take with a person who has already taken it.
9. Altering a graded exam and resubmitting it for a better grade.
10. Working together on a take-home exam, unless specifically authorized by the teacher.
11. Using sources off the internet or from books without properly citing them.
* taken from The Random House College Dictionary.
** Josephson, Michael & Mertz, Melissa. “Honor Above All: Character Counts
** Josephson, Michael & Mertz, Melissa. “Honor Above All: Character Counts