SK> -> Most teachers that I have come in contact with, do not look for
SK> -> cheating in their classroom and when (or if) they ever catch it, 
SK> they
SK> -> aren't tough enough on the student.  
SK> 
SK> I would have to concur with this.
    Part of the problem may be that cheating is a win-win situation for both 
teachers and students.
    If kids successfully cheat on tests, the teacher doesn't get flack for 
flunking too many kids.  The teacher also avoids the (endless) gripes from 
parents when _their_ kid get a low grade.
    If kids successfully cheat on term papers, history projects, etc., the 
teacher looks brilliant on parent-teacher night.
SK> I have discussed with other teachers at my school before, whether to
SK> write up a student with the dean's office for cheating. Most of them
SK> think that on a first offense, they should "give the kid a chance" 
SK> and
SK> not write them up. I tell them that then there is no record in the
SK> dean's office that this student has cheated before, and if they are
SK> caught cheating in another class, THAT will look like a first 
SK> offense,
SK> when in fact it is not.
    A problem also commonly faced by police and juvenile-court judges.
SK> I refer students who cheat to the dean's office so that it goes in 
SK> their
SK> discipline file and we have it on record as their first offense. If 
SK> they
SK> are then caught cheating in other classes as well, this helps to
SK> establish a pattern that would otherwise go unnoticed.
    Good for you!
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