You know what REALLY pushes my buttons?
In my animal science class, agr 100, a VERY important class for pre-vet majors and any agriculture people in general, our ancient teacher, O.L. Robertson, gives the same tests over the same things from semester to semester. Meaning, he doesn't change them. At all. It's kind of ridiculous, and every other student in that class gets a copy of the test the night before and memorizes the letters and aces the test the next day.
But not me. Why? because i have pride. I know that knowing that stuff is going to be important later, and i want to pass a test because i know the material, not because i can memorize my abcd's. I want to be able to talk about all the things i need to know, like animal nutrition and reproduction, with veterinarians and other people that i will be working with in my field. I want to be the best there is, and i want to to know my stuff. And i pretty damn well do. I'm pretty sure i knew all of the questoins except two, and they were kind of random and off the wall. But the people who cheat? They'll get those right, because they knew it was going to be there. They knew what to expect, so it didn't surprise them. And they didn't spend three hours studying bovine sex in the library last night, did they?
And in three or four years, when we're all applying to vet school, Auburn is going to look at thier transcript and mine probably side by side, since they can only accept so many allotted spots from kentucky. And, they're going to look at every grade in every class, at every single point difference between me and them. And when they are two or three points better than me in this class, if everything else is equal, guess who is getting into vet school? All because i was fucking honest, because i actually had pride and stood for something once in my life.
So, how come when i decide to be a good person everything backfires? I won't tell on them, even though i keep telling myself that i should, but maybe O.L. already knows and he's going to throw a curve ball and drastically change the next test or something. Oh hell, i don't know. Can he really be that oblivious that he didn't notice when two or the students didn't even take time to read the questions today? Surely he can't be THAT stupid...
I guess i only have one option. And that is to simply be better than them at everything else, without cheating. I'm Katie effing hogan, and i am so much better than that. I am going to be the best, and nothing is going to stand in my way. I will pwn them at this mess.
Yay for motivation, i guess. Boo for idiot teachers not noticing when all but one student cheats on a test.
But not me. Why? because i have pride. I know that knowing that stuff is going to be important later, and i want to pass a test because i know the material, not because i can memorize my abcd's. I want to be able to talk about all the things i need to know, like animal nutrition and reproduction, with veterinarians and other people that i will be working with in my field. I want to be the best there is, and i want to to know my stuff. And i pretty damn well do. I'm pretty sure i knew all of the questoins except two, and they were kind of random and off the wall. But the people who cheat? They'll get those right, because they knew it was going to be there. They knew what to expect, so it didn't surprise them. And they didn't spend three hours studying bovine sex in the library last night, did they?
And in three or four years, when we're all applying to vet school, Auburn is going to look at thier transcript and mine probably side by side, since they can only accept so many allotted spots from kentucky. And, they're going to look at every grade in every class, at every single point difference between me and them. And when they are two or three points better than me in this class, if everything else is equal, guess who is getting into vet school? All because i was fucking honest, because i actually had pride and stood for something once in my life.
So, how come when i decide to be a good person everything backfires? I won't tell on them, even though i keep telling myself that i should, but maybe O.L. already knows and he's going to throw a curve ball and drastically change the next test or something. Oh hell, i don't know. Can he really be that oblivious that he didn't notice when two or the students didn't even take time to read the questions today? Surely he can't be THAT stupid...
I guess i only have one option. And that is to simply be better than them at everything else, without cheating. I'm Katie effing hogan, and i am so much better than that. I am going to be the best, and nothing is going to stand in my way. I will pwn them at this mess.
Yay for motivation, i guess. Boo for idiot teachers not noticing when all but one student cheats on a test.