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Re:Who lost the most marks when cheating was stopped? by snackman on Saturday May 06, 2017 @06:23PM (#14282590)
Alternate/additional explanation for the findings: cheating continued after the campaign, but wealthier students were less afraid of the consequences than poor students.
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Re:Who lost the most marks when cheating was stopped? by 21 on Saturday May 06, 2017 @06:48PM (#14282686)
Alternate alternate explanation: wealthier students also stopped cheating, but corruption became even more rampant in the grading stage. A lot of papers were "marked" so that they could be recognized by the graders and given a more favorable grading.

I know people which were a constant 5 at math through high school but which got 9.85 in the exam (1-10 grades at the time).

Teachers preferred corruption to happen in the exam room, since it was the students cheating, than in the grading stage where they were liable.

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