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The Students Who Feel They Have the Right To Cheat
ub3r n3u7r4l1st writes with this story of endemic cheating in Indian Universities and the students who see it as a right. "Students are often keen to exercise their rights but recently there has been an interesting twist - some in India are talking about their right to cheat in university exams. 'It is our democratic right!' a thin, addled-looking man named Pratap Singh once said to me as he stood, chai in hand, outside his university in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. 'Cheating is our birthright.' Corruption in the university exam system is common in this part of India. The rich can bribe their way to examination success. There's even a whole subset of the youth population who are brokers between desperate students and avaricious administrators. Then there's another class of student altogether, who are so well known locally - so renowned for their political links - invigilators dare not touch them. I've heard that these local thugs sometimes leave daggers on their desk in the exam hall. It's a sign to invigilators: 'Leave me alone... or else.' So if those with money or political influence can cheat, poorer students ask, why shouldn't they?"
It is about India, because people in India are at least honest about their graft.
Kids in your day were just as stupid; you are just smart enough to recognize it now.
"God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; and enough ammo to change the things I can."
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Wrong! These Indians with a university degree is worth more than an American with a degree in CompSci at UT. The H1B status proves it!
Life is not for the lazy.
These Indian students should come to America. Over here we call it "freedom of speech" to cheat on things. Elections, mostly.
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to hide well the bodies of those I had to kill because they pissed me off.