Fined for cheating in the Leaving Cert!

**fluffybiscuits** · 03-07-2012, 03:13 PM

http://www.independent.ie/national-n...e-3158123.html

A YALE graduate and a rugby team vice-captain have each been fined €200 after they sat each other’s leaving certificate physics exam.

Conor Dooney (22), described in court as a gifted student, sat Stephen Boucher’s (22) higher level physics paper after using his friend’s student number because Boucher wanted the extra points for a marketing degree.

Boucher later got 20 points more than he needed for the course in Dublin Institute of Technology on Aungier Street, meaning Dooney’s points were of no benefit to him.

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard the students were caught out after their physics teacher heard rumours that they had sat each other’s exam. She reported it to the principal after noting that Dooney got a “C” in his paper when she expected him to get an “A”.

What would have happened if they had attended school in a "rougher" suburb? Criminal case for people cheating in the leaving? So much stuff here that warrants discussion...

**Baron von Biffo** · 03-07-2012, 03:22 PM

They're cheats but they're not very competent cheats. Successful careers in banking await them.

**homer** · 03-07-2012, 04:53 PM

Should there not be a provision that if you cheat at an exam you lose the entire exam and miust sit it again.

**riposte** · 03-07-2012, 05:01 PM

Originally Posted by homer

Should there not be a provision that if you cheat at an exam you lose the entire exam and miust sit it again.

Seems like that would be no problem for Dooney ...... lol !!

**bernadette** · 03-07-2012, 06:27 PM

I wouldn't be surprised if something like this isn't fairly common practice, cheating is not new. Edward Kennedy was caught and if he hadn't killed someone the cheating would not have hindered his career. I remember a relative of mine sitting an exam for a friend...He passed. It was about forty years ago. It seems nothing much has changed.

**riposte** · 03-07-2012, 06:44 PM

Originally Posted by bernadette

I wouldn't be surprised if something like this isn't fairly common practice, cheating is not new. Edward Kennedy was caught and if he hadn't killed someone the cheating would not have hindered his career. I remember a relative of mine sitting an exam for a friend...He passed. It was about forty years ago. It seems nothing much has changed.

Yeah..... cheating is as old as time itself...lol !!

Workers at the National Primate Research Center said Bobo, a 5-year-old chimpanzee participating in a 16-month cocaine study, was observed this week lying to the faces of friends, family, and staff.

http://www.theonion.com/articles/chi...friends,17176/