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[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

universities take plagiarism very seriously. Friend of mine teaches stage craft (how to make sets, props, costumes, lighting and sound design/planning/execution/engineering)

First semester, first test, easy pass: Someone pokes their head into the class and my friend goes to the door to answer them, stepping outside for like ~30 seconds

comes to mark the papers:

"In a proscenium theater, what is the very front of the stage called?"

Real answer: apron

55% of the student answers: the same made up word that sounded vaguely Portuguese with no hits on Google.

even though it's super dumb and super easy and barely matters at all and is a one word answer to a basic question - the students ended up being investigated by the university and my friend had all his classes audited.

[–] IronKrill@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I may be dumb, but to clarify: they were assumed cheating because the word was fake, and the only reason for so many duplicated fake answers would be if they shared a faulty answer sheet. Right?

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

yeah, I mean a forgivable wrong answer would be "downstage center" "the front" "the lip" "limelights" "footlights" "wing" "leg" "curtain" "pit" - like close but wrong terminology or similar guesses.

The fact that loads of them said the same weird wrong answer was very sus.