Posted on 12/22/2020 10:39:15 AM PST by BenLurkin
Lt. Col. Christopher Ophardt, spokesman for the academy at West Point, said Monday that 73 cadets were accused of cheating on the calculus exam in May after instructors noticed irregularities in answers. All but one were freshmen, or plebes, in a class of 1,200. The other was a sophomore.
After an investigation by an honors committee made up of trained cadets, two cases were dropped for lack of evidence and four were dropped because the cadets resigned, Ophardt said. Of the remaining 67 cases, 55 cadets have admitted cheating and have been enrolled in a six-month rehabilitation program focused on ethics. They will be on probation for the rest of their time at the academy. Three more cadets admitted cheating but weren't eligible for the rehabilitation program.
The remaining cadets accused of cheating face administrative hearings to determine if they've violated the honor code and recommend penalties, which could include expulsion.
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The new Army and West Point: Freshmen will be Freshmen, this cheating isn’t too bad. Disgusting.
POC.... West Point is woke now.
Wasn’t there a cheating scandal in the mid-70s? 76, 77 iirc ? What’s the precedent.
Cheating on school exams is worth national news, but an ENTIRE NATIONAL ELECTION being cheated and switched - “meh... fake news...”
The ones who weren’t kicked out were probably the sons of important people, you know like McCain.
Duty, Honor, Country
The Cadet Honor Code states that a cadet will not lie, cheat or steal, nor tolerate those who do. A cadet who violates the Cadet Honor Code shall be separated from the United States Military Academy.
Here is an excellent in depth look at the 1976 cheating scandal.......
They must not have cheated, the word is they are not being separated, just on some watch list.
The main lessons from 2020 may well turn out to be:
1. Lying, cheating and stealing pays.
2. Laws are for the little people (Unless their lawlessness in politically useful)
3. As George Carlin said “If voting mattered, they wouldn’t let you do it”
If Biden actually takes office, that is my take away from all this.
I'm suspecting that the decision not to expel may revolve around the cadets either being related to "important people" or members of "protected classes". In other words, people who would not have gotten in on pure merit, and thus may have difficulty passing a test on a hard subject that would be objectively graded.
Pls cite UCMJ article(s) regarding cheating on a calculus exam.
BEST POST !
Check out the link to the 1976 scandal I just posted....
Throw them out. It will be a lesson for incoming students.
THE CORPS HAS!!!!!!!!!!!
If Joe Biden can get installed as POTUS, all these Cadets should get A’s in calc
Perhaps an Army/Navy/Air Force JAG officer could weigh in on this.IIRC there is at least one Freeper who is one...I interacted with him/her once.
I thought cheating brought instant expulsion. Defining deviancy down.
Surprise! They’ve got good examples of how to cheat.....people in high political places are the best examples!!
Actually, for the most part that would be a good thing. It just might send a message.
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