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Outsida
Joined: 01 Aug 2006
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Location: Down here on the farm
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 Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 4:49 am Post subject: Re: Evidence |
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But how can that happen if students are randomly assigned to exam rooms by a central computer and if supervisors are randomly paired from different schools and are randomly assigned to exam rooms in exam centres by that computer? And how can students cheat when exam answer sheets of adjacent candidates are different in layout, when students are scanned by metal detectors before entering the exam room, when exam papers remain sealed until they are opened in the exam room only 5 minutes prior to the commencement of writing and where the whole exam area is off-limits to all but supervisors and parties of randomly assigned invigilators from agencies outside the school centre.
When I am told that cheating is virtually impossible, I cannot see how it can be rife under the circumstances.
I can imagine that money might cause results to be manipulated in the central office computer but should a result be radically different from what is anticipated, I have no doubt that news of the peculiarity would soon become public knowledge. I just don't hear this sort of thing being said.
If cheating is rife, are specific examples public knowledge or is it just an urban myth that cheating is rife with no evidence to back up such claims? |
I think he meant cheating in class generally, not in the N.E. |
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cj750
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Location: Beijing
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takahiko
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In a nutshell, and based on my own personal experiences, a college/university/middle school is my preferred option for teaching in China.
Private fee-paying schools are usually nothing more than rip-off merchants out to make as much use of your precious time as they can. Most of them will require you to perform like a dancing puppet if that means creating an authentic 'international look' to the school.
Take my advice, Chinese colleges/middle schools have great teaching programmes in place and will offer you a far more worthwhile and rewarding experience. And, the pay scales will be almost exactly the same, in addition to some other bonuses/benefits etc.
I have written an extensive article to published shortly for IEERA magazine comparing private and public schools in China. Should be available on the 'news' section of their website soon.
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