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Tutor who helped students cheat by keylogging teachers gets 1 year in prison

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This is exactly what happens when you value grades more than actual skill.

Such things are also happening at my university, we just have some "secret" places (Dropbox, some FTP) where sometimes Exam Material shows up. Nobody knows who does it and nobody says a thing. And even worse, im pretty sure some lecturers are aware of it and accept it silently.

I think this is exactly right. People conflate the "grade" with the "understanding". I once asked a high school student if he could "hack" his way into computer and have it print out credentials as a neurosurgeon, a job that pays really well, and he got a job at a hospital and was asked to operate and killed someone, would that be worth it? For what?

His parents kept telling him he needed "good grades" and I suggested that what he needed was "good understanding" the grades would take care of themselves.

Why do these people always change grades?

That's just pathetically stupid. I know what grades I gave my students. If you alter that, I'm going to know.

If, however, you are looking at test material ahead of time, it's going to be much harder to notice.

Seems a just sentence. Long enough of to hurt but too long that it is pointless punishment.

This is ridiculous. One year in prison is madness for such a thing.

One year in prison probably means that this guy is never going to complete his career (I assume he was a tutor at some university while studying there). He won't get a job afterwards. This essentially destroys his life.

Not even considering what may happen in crowded prisons.

So no, IMNSHO this is not "a just sentence".

I can't tell if you're being serious. A year in prison for changing some grades seems quite excessive. Five years of probation (that went along with the jail sentence) is plenty, I would think.

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