{"id":4117,"date":"2003-02-03T14:47:32","date_gmt":"2003-02-03T19:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=4117"},"modified":"2003-02-03T14:47:32","modified_gmt":"2003-02-03T19:47:32","slug":"cheaters_never","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/02\/03\/cheaters_never.html","title":{"rendered":"Cheaters never prosper?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a rather <a title=\"Edmonton Sun Columnist: Ted Byfield\" href=\"http:\/\/www.canoe.ca\/Columnists\/byfield.html\">depressing tale<\/a>.  Two students submit the same paper in a class, which turns out to have been written by the same &#8220;tutor.&#8221;  The prof flunks both students, natch.<\/p>\n<p>One of the students sucks it up, but the other appeals to the university which, after some weeks deliberation, decides to &#8230; discipline the prof.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block\">By failing both students, she may have discriminated against one or the other, they said. 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