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Exam files as good ss the Greek houses. ,
Oh boy.
I take it Joe Hsyxnan rr.c2.nt that because Sdbck's
exam file was as large as the Greek's, and because it
imitated the Greek's, that such a system of old tests
and exams was inherently "good."
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I don't know, you take it how you want. An article
in Monday's Daily Nebraskan on Selleck Quadran
gle's new exam file ended with a quote by Hayman,
Selleck president: "With a little more .time; we believe
that we can have an exam file as good as some of the
Greek houses'."
I read the article just like you did. So you know
how these exam files work. Students turn in their
old tests, exams, yes, even paper, to be put into the
file. Another student taking that class can then
check out these tests, exams, yes, even papers, to
study.
I know that different things have different conno
tations for different people, but to me such practi
ces are cheating.
Cheating. There, I wrote it again just in, case you
missed it the first time.
And it's so blatant, too. When I was in elementary
and secondary school, cheating was kept secret.
There were always bits of gossip about someone who
was caught trying out some novel way of cheating.
And every once in a while someone tried to copy
your paper during a test. But no one ran around
yelling, "Lookee, lookee, I have a copy of an old test;
that means I don't have to study or do the work. I
can cheat."
But now that I'm in college, that seems to be
exactly what is happening. v
From almost my first day on campus I heard
about the Greeks having exam files. So, after that,
every time I heard of a fraternity doing well academ
ically, as a whole, my first reaction was, "So what,
they probably just have the best exam file." It's too
Satellite!..
bad my first reaction couldn't have been one that
said something about their outstanding study habits
or their helpful tutoring of all members. No, my first
reaction had that element of cheating in it
Now, I'm not saying that was a fair first reaction. I
would like to think that there is a majority of frater
nity men and sorority women which shuns the
whole idea of a cheating file and chooses to study
instead.
Let me get back to the article for a minute.
According to the front-page piece, one fraternity
actually awards points at the end of the semester to
the person who turns in the most old exams.
Incentive for cheating.
Two persons quoted in the article said there could
be problems if a student relied solely on the exam
file and didn't study and yes, some people studied
just old tests and nothing more.
I'm sure that many people can productively use
such a file as a complement to regular study habits.
I'm equally sure that many people will use such a file
as an excuse not to study and thus cheat.
My question to anyone contributing to such a file
is this: After all the work you've put into a class, and
after all you've learned, do you want someone else to
use your test to get an equal or better grade without
trying at all?
Are you really helping this person by letting him
cheat?
And to those of you who use such a file: Are you
really using it as a study aid, or are you cheating,
selling yourself and your abilities short?
It's a question of ethics. I happen to take the side
which says a person achieves more growth and
knowledge by experiencing the work themselves,
not by cheating off of someone else.
So I think Hayman was wrong when he said Sel
leck could have an exam file "as good as some of the
Greek houses'."
Maybe Selleck could have one as large as, or as
in-depth as, the Greeks' but qualitatively an exam
file is not "good." -
I would ask Douglas Zatechka, housing director,
to put a stop to the exam file in Selleck.
More importantly, I would urge Selleck residents,
and Greek members to have faith in their own abili
ties and reject the cheating file idea.
Now 111 get down from my soapbox and go study.
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