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Cheating on the SATs

posted 15 years ago by matjusm
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I was wondering whether cheating on the SATs was really such a big deal that somebody from the attorney general's office would go to investigate it as this film depicts it?
Is the film exaggerating or is this true?
Either way, it seems absurd that cheating on some test would be treated like an investigation into drug smuggling or tax evasion. Cheating is bad but going to such lengths to find out who may have done it in the past is just absurd in my opinion.

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[–] 15 years ago

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[–] RobBase086-1 15 years ago

A lot has changed since then because you could get away with a lot more than what you can now a days.

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[–] TeaBunny 15 years ago

I wonder why Jonathan cheated since he got straight A's since kindergarten.

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[–] Lokisgodhi 11 years ago

My opinion on this is he probably hadn't. He just told Skip that because he was trying to match what Skip told him he had done.

[–] TeaBunny 11 years ago

Did Skip tell his story first? I can't remember. If so then yeah maybe Jonathan was lying. But it would make the story better if he DID cheat, IMO.

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[–] Squeaky_Dog_Toy 11 years ago

Yes, Skip told his story first.

[–] PinkPancreas 10 years ago

He really did cheat bc he was surprised and relieved later that Skip didn't tell on him when he could have. He prob cheated despite the A's bc some people like that who are so obsessed with getting good grades and getting into the school of their dreams will leave nothing to chance and would rather cheat to be sure they get what they want.

[–] snelling 10 years ago

I agree. I think Skip told his grade history first and Jonathan lied about getting all As. But if Jonathan's grades were merely average, how did he and Skip end up at the same school?

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[–] eightezzz 9 years ago

I don't think he lied, he seemed too worried about being found out to have lied.

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