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In Harvard University, one scandal occurred. it is called “unprecedented in anyone’s living memory.” The case is that more than 100 students of Harvard cheated on the final exam of a course called “Introduction to Congress”. 60 students were suspended and the rest received some sort of probation. However, I don’t think collaborate is not cheating and should be encouraged.
In my opinion, collaborate is not cheating and the students in question shouldn’t be punished. In this case, actually, they worked together to find an answer. They didn’t copy. I think it should be encourage because school isn’t only place for studying, but also this is place for learning a lot of things from activities or friends. We’ll have to work together and solve some problem with friends by helping each other. It is one of the social skill and required in workplace. In addition, I agree with Farhad Manjoo opinion which is that students should be encouraged to collaborate, and if individual responses were required then the test should be taken in class. If the professor is really required for students to response, he could change the taka-home exam to in-class exam. Moreover, he should have shown why he made this role and why he prohibited. There is no detail or explanation about the prohibition on the Exam Protocol. Students can’t understand why collaborate is prohibited and if they don’t understand the reason why the collaborate is prohibited, students might continue collaborating. If they knew the reason, some students might be not punished. For the reasons above, I don’t think collaborate is not cheating and should be encouraged. However, students shouldn’t rely on their friends too much. They have to study hard as much as possible, and if they can’t figure out, then they should collaborate.
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