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Student Violation Paper

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A new college student of Cromwell College, Lucy is focused well on doing well her academic. However, as the semester progressed, she became more obsessed with doing well on future exams. Additionally, being raised by strict parent often adds unnecessary pressure to an already stressful college environment. It was clear by her parents that she had to stay in all-female residence, if she did not meet their standards, she would be forced to return home. From the added pressure from her parents would lead to her cheating on a future exam. However, even with the added pressure from her parents, Lucy is still guilty of violating University of Houston-Downtown Honesty Policy, for she had access to unauthorized and violated procedure by not protecting …show more content…

First, Lucy has brought to the attention of the committee that Professor Sanders’ exams were same as Professor Jackson’s from the last year. Accordingly, Lucy knew that many students had access to those pervious exam materials, and why she should not have access to that material that give other students an advantage. Another point brought up by one of the members of the committee was that Lucy clearly stated once she realized the nature the document. She quickly put it facedown on the table to keep from seeing the questions on the exam, showing clearly that she knew that she should have access to the material. With this in mind, Lucy clearly knew she should not have access to that material, but she went on anyways the following days to study for exam with the unauthorized material. Further as disturbing as it is that other students possibly have access to unauthorized material from previous year of taking the exam. We must remember that Lucy does not have any evidence to back up such claim, and we are only going off the supposes words of other

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