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In reply to the discussion: "Oh! My little sweetums isn't going to get into Harvard* because of you!" Teaching "the entitled." [View all]NJCher
(43,413 posts)2. You won't get that unfairly treated story from me
Because mine is virtually identical to yours, except I was told that in the cheating students native culture, cheating was OK. Copying off your neighbors paper was the way they did things in that culture. Yes, the president of the college told me that.
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"Oh! My little sweetums isn't going to get into Harvard* because of you!" Teaching "the entitled." [View all]
Are_grits_groceries
Jan 2026
OP
They'll learn to cheat their way through life. A habit that never occurred to me.
enigmania
Jan 2026
#14
I spent part of my career teaching in the suburbs of Washington, DC.
Are_grits_groceries
Jan 2026
#20
Wow. Amazes me. I practically worshipped my pediatrician. He knew his 'shit', if you'll excuse the expression..
Joinfortmill
Jan 2026
#55
Expression excused - shit, in all its forms, is a major topic of discussion...
3catwoman3
Jan 2026
#58
I'm a primary care provider. I don't really have any interest in pediatrics, even separate from parental douchebaggery.
Aristus
Jan 2026
#65
Thank you , Are_grits_groceries. As a retired teacher who taught for 42 years. I saw this happening toward the end of my
debm55
Jan 2026
#26
Great post! All blessings to you. My grandparents raised me, and both were teachers.
txwhitedove
Jan 2026
#27
When my youngest son was in elementary school I'd greet him with the question...
NNadir
Jan 2026
#40
I became a teacher as a second career, I thought long about this before I responded.
cksmithy
Jan 2026
#76