Remote learning led to rampant cheating at NYC’s Stuyvesant High SchoolBy Selim Algar
February 1, 2022
Stuyvesant High School students cheated at an elite level during remote learning.
Remote learning led to routine cheating at the city’s most competitive high school, where 79 percent of last year’s senior class copped to academic dishonesty at some point, according to a report.
A 2021 Stuyvesant graduate told The Post that working from home simply made it too tempting to cheat.
“What was there to stop you from just looking up an answer?” she asked. “You were on your own, there was no one watching. It’s kind of obvious.”
In interviews with Stuyvesant High School’s newspaper, The Spectator, students said distance learning made cutting corners a breeze.
“A lot of people didn’t actually learn as much last year because of how easy it was to cheat on things, which is sort of sad,” a sophomore told the paper.
A Stuyvesant senior said distance learning relied on student conscience to suppress scholastic skullduggery.
“Remote learning changed the playing field,” the student said. “It was closer to [an] honor system, so I felt that most people were more likely to push the rules a bit.”
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2022/02/01/remote-learning-bred-rampant-cheating-at-nycs-stuyvesant-high-school/