Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Cheating Last week, I was giving a unit test. The day before the test, a male student of mine who sits in the back of the classroom wrote some answers on his desk. I found the written test answers at the end of the school day. I know it was this student because he is in my last class of the day in that seat and I know for sure it is his handwriting. While the student intended to cheat, he never was able to cheat on the test since I wiped off his desk. How would you handle this situation? Should intention to cheat be treated the same as actual cheating? Seems like a technicality but I would like some good professional opinions on how others would deal with this matter. Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) Being you wiped his desk and got rid of the evidence. He's free to go this time and I wouldn't even mention it to him this time because he failed the test im sure anyways. I would recommend some extra studying. And next time being I know there is going to be a next time I would bring up his first attempt of cheating and I would recommend a good lecture about cheating and how its not the way to go in life. I would share some real life examples of how cheating can mess up your life.