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Category Archives: Cheating
Different Groups Have Different Moral Grammar
Different communities have different gifts and different needs in different times and different places. They have different moral grammars around specific practices, and that what counts as truth, cheating, as legitimate cooperation, as appropriate boundary maintenance, and as proper institutional … Continue reading
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NYT: Do Children Get a Subpar Education in Yeshivas? New York Says It Will Finally Find Out
I suspect the reactions of most yeshivos will be to try to cheat the system. Dennis Prager remembers that when he taught at Brooklyn College, teachers found that yeshiva kids were more likely to cheat than other kids. From the … Continue reading
The Truth
Growing up as a Seventh-Day Adventist, telling the truth was ridiculously important. If you got a reputation for lying, you were finished. You were lost. You were dead. The Christian commitment to truth went to extreme lengths. For instance, if … Continue reading
UPAC announces new tax-fraud charges against former contractors of the Jewish General Hospital
News: A group of former contractors who performed construction work at the Jewish General Hospital were charged on Tuesday with 78 counts of tax fraud and are accused of engaging in false billing and obtaining illegal tax refunds from the … Continue reading
Sailer: Do American Colleges Want Chinese to Cheat on the SAT?
Steve Sailer writes: “The College Board gives SATs in America, and then gives the exact same tests later in East Asia. It’s almost as if the American higher education system is so addicted to full tuition-paying East Asian students that … Continue reading
Chinese Cheating
My professor friends tell me that Asians cheat more than any other group (though Jews come close). People in business tell me that the Chinese will try to cheat you every way imaginable. Comments: * I’m sure most of the … Continue reading
Orthodox Judaism & Human Dignity
From Marc Shapiro: R. Ahron Soloveichik wrote: “Every human being, regardless of religion, race, origin, or creed, is endowed with divine dignity. Consequently all people are to be treated with equal respect and dignity. Anyone who fails to apply a … Continue reading
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Jewish School Offers Fake Report Cards To Those Who Want To Raise Their Kids’ Self-Esteem
It is wonderful to see Jewish schools leading the way! I fear this news will be used by anti-Semites to propulgate the slander that Jews tend to be less than 100% honest. Chaim Amalek writes: “If it helps little Menachem … Continue reading
Universities catch almost 50,000 student cheats
The Guardian: UK figures from last three years show non-EU students four times more likely to cheat in exams and coursework essays. One professor said he believed the use of professional essay writers, whose services are widely available on the … Continue reading
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