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Post by Mr. Pathetic on Feb 3, 2005 13:31:32 GMT -5
Copied from CNN.com......
Grandma admits to cheating on test -- in 1957
Thursday, February 3, 2005 Posted: 8:27 AM EST (1327 GMT) GYPSUM, Colorado (AP) -- A high school graduate has confessed to cheating on an English literature test -- 47 years ago.
Eagle Valley High School principal Mark Strakbein said he got a one-page, handwritten letter from a 65-year-old grandmother of five who admitted she and a friend stole the answers to a Shakespeare test in the fall of 1957.
"I know it makes no difference now (after 47 years), except maybe this will keep some student from cheating and help them to be honest -- conscience never lets you forget -- there is forgiveness with God, and I have that, but I felt I still needed to confess to the school."
Strakbein didn't release the woman's name but said he confirmed she graduated in 1958 from Eagle County High School, which has since been consolidated into Eagle Valley High.
Strakbein said he read the letter aloud to every homeroom class as a lesson in following your conscience.
"You could have heard a pin drop," he said.
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foxbat
Really Pathetic
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Post by foxbat on Feb 3, 2005 13:56:25 GMT -5
May I say I easily understand this? Success at any cost may very well mean something you can't afford to give in exchange. Like your conscience... Very moral, and, as a teacher, very heartening, especially the part about the silence with which kids listened to it. 47 years later, kids are much the same...
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Post by Carnivorous_Bean on Feb 3, 2005 14:03:03 GMT -5
Holy legumes, Batman!!!!
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Post by Cozmic on Feb 3, 2005 15:33:29 GMT -5
Dang.. and I've only barely felt guilty about cheating on tests..
Then again, i live by "Win if you can, lose if you must, but always cheat" so..
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