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StefanBatory 37 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Thoughts on thinking

That's an surprisingly "strict" (in quotes for obvious reason) honor code.

I'm at some uni in Poland, not top tier, but at the same time - not bad either, slighly above average.

The amount of cheating I saw - it's almost mundane. Teachers know this, so do we...

hammock 37 days ago [–]

It worked. There was still cheating (caught and uncaught), but 50-100x less than what I saw at other schools.

And it gave students a sense of pride in their education

StefanBatory 35 days ago | [–]

I'm genuinely happy to hear that, that it can be done. Really.

I have a huge respect for you and your university.

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