Re: Testing job applicants

[mww@merant.com (Michael Wojcik)]

[Followups set, of course.]

In article <938077627.22137.0.nnrp-13.c2de7f0d@news.demon.co.uk>, "engineer" <engineer@safety-scan.demon.co.uk> writes:
> 
> Another reason exams pass percentages are improving all the time is because
> students are becoming experts at cheating. It's amazing how much cheating
> goes on at schools/colleges/universities. Most people with top grades have
> cheated their way through. How do I know?? I'm a recent graduate......

Finally someone comes up with some proof.  Of *course* any recent
graduate knows definitively how "most people with top grades" behave.

Would you care to substantiate your claim that today's students are
better at cheating (or your implied claim that there's more cheating
today) than yesterday's?  Didn't think so.

> I'd like to put the record straight by stating categorically  that I've
> NEVER cheated at university (I've cheated just three times at
> college.....and thats it.)

Well, at least a "I did less cheating than you did" penis-waving
contest converges quickly.

>  PS Any employers out there looking for a Gradute Engineer? I'm hard working
> and I never sleep on the job.

Sorry.  We're looking for someone with more recent cheating experience.
The cheaters coming out of school today are much better than you
antiques.


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Michael Wojcik          	        michael.wojcik@merant.com
AAI Development, MERANT                 (block capitals are a company mandate)
Department of English, Miami University

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