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Well I'll go against the grain here and say .. "What is academic dishonesty, anyway?"
I'm paying a university to instruct me, not for me to learn. Most bad college instructors know this, and realize their only duty is to teach you, not for you to learn. If they teach me and I am not learning, I shouldn't (and don't) get a refund. Likewise, if I chose to let someone do my homework for me (I wouldn't, usually because I'd do it better) I wouldn't feel any guilt or moral dissonance. I've paid them, they've instructed me. If I do not learn what I should be learning, that is my fault any the only person I truly hurt is myself. Why should anyone else give a damn? If I get a job and I don't know the things I should, that is reflective upon me, not the degree. School is NOT a competition, and I think it offends me a little bit that people are competing for grades, when they SHOULD be focusing on actually learning the things they pay to learn. I'd be much happier to get a D in a class and learn a ton than get an A in a class and learn nothing -- but I get the feeling most people want the A just because it looks good -- THAT's the thing that bothers me.
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