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I am almost positive that one of my professors is changing our answers on tests so that we get better grades. Let me start from the beginning....
After the class took the midterm exam, I was looking over my answers and I noticed that some of the writing was kind of funny. I thought, geez I must have been really tired when I took this test, and I let it go. Then, some of the other people in the class started whispering about it. Apparently someone had changed some of our answers to the correct answers before the tests had been graded! We all assumed that a student aid or graduate student had done it.
What's the problem then you might ask. I got a better grade so I shouldn't complain, right? Well, I try my best to be a good person and the fact that that had happened made me feel sooo guilty. It stressed me out to no end. I don't need to get a great grade in the class. With the corrections my score had been boosed from about a 70 to a 90. I didn't need the extra points. All I have to do is pass the course.
I didn't want to be the tattle tale and ruin everyone's day by possibly making the entire class take the midterm over again, but I couldn't deal with the dishonesty I was feeling. Later in that day I went to talk to the professor about what had happened. I liked her and I thought that telling her was the right thing to do. She seemed very understanding and told me to just keep working hard and that she would take care of it. I felt so good after I did it and knew that it had been the right choice. Well, nothing was done about it and I began to wonder.
We took another test and when I was handed my test back I got a "Great job!". When I noticed that the same thing had happened I almost cried. Nobody else in the class seems to mind, but it is tearing me apart. Now everyone is almost positive that it is the professor that is doing it. It's almost the end of the semester and I worry now that we'll all have to take the whole course over again. I can't afford to do that! I have just enough time to fit all the classes in that I need to graduate.
I think I know the reason why she does it (if she does). She isn't allowed to make her own tests or assignments for us. It has to be the same for everyone that is taking the class. The head of her department makes everything and she is often confused on what to teach us and what to tell us to study. I think that this is terrible and that a professor should be able to teach the way they want. Boosting our grades like she does (or allowing it to happen) is her way of giving us a curve.
It makes sense and it seems like a good thing, but if it's supposed to be the same for everyone taking the class, then my class is getting a very unfair advantage! Yeah, there needs to be some change, but it should be done in an honest way! There are so many better ways to have handled that. I believe that the professor is retiring after this semester so I don't think it would affect much in her life if she was found out.
Should I tell? I think I probably will anyway. I don't want to have to live with this for the rest of my life. If I do, who should I go through? The head of the department or someone higher in the college? She doesn't let us keep the tests and I have a feeling that if she were being investigaed for this that they would mysteriously go missing. With no proof, can anything really be done?
I give a lot of advice, but now I need some myself. I have no idea how I would answer this question if it were asked by someone else. Am I doing the right thing? I doubt anyone has gone through something similar to this and can offer an experience based answer. I shouldn't have to deal with this, I'm a student! I should be the one that's cheating if anybody! HELP!!
~sizzlinmandolin, (20/f) (link)
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Oh wow, what a problem.
I know how you're feeling. I can't even use cheat codes on video games. I want to know how I did with my own brain!
I think I would call someone higher up at your college and ask their advise on how to proceed with it. I would be telling someone.
Just tell it like you did here. Let them know you went to your professor first, but you really don't know where in the department the problem lies. You may not even have to give your name. If he/she should want to meet with you then you can give it to them.
When it comes right down to it, the reason they are doing it doesn't matter. It is still cheating.
If the heads of the departments aren't letting their teachers know what to cover then they should be. Maybe this will get some communication going between them if nothing else.
Good luck with it. :)
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ok so like i have been feeling dizzy and i dint get my period ever this late me and my bf been going out a year and i drank his cum and now i feel dizzy and i dont feel good he didnt stick his thing inside of me but im still scared i never felt this dizzy and i still dint get my period is there a possiblity that somehoh i could be pregnant and his thing was next to mine but no condom...and now im afraid it went in so am i pregnant? (link)
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Periods come late for all kinds of reasons. Stress, being real active as a runner, weight gain, weight loss, just being a teen.
If his penis never entered your vagina you are NOT pregnant. That is the only way to become pregnant.
If your dizziness continues, see a doctor. :)
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On some of my friends pages, those things pop up that say something about activeX and i click the x, and then my internet closes. how can i beable to see their pages? thankkkks! (link)
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Are you using Internet explorer as your browser?
I had this problem to and it got really irritating.
I switched to FireFox and have no more problems with
that.
I recommend highly FireFox as a browser.
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/
***EDIT***
So glad it helped! I was getting that on almost every page. REALLY aggravating! :)
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im homeschooled, but i am so ready to go back to school. Someone said that if you are homeschooled, you have to wait until the next semester to start back regular school, but i really dont want to wait until january. so is it true that you have to wait? or can you start abck school at anytime? please helppp ! (link)
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I would imagine it is easier to start at semester for purposes of grading and credits. You really won't be there long enough at this point for it to count toward anything. I'm just not sure how home school credits are figured in with the public school system.
I don't suppose it will make a big difference though if you want to go now and get started. It would be something to go into the school and speak with the guidance counselor about. :)
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i am a f/13 well i was just wondering what kind of soap do you use to clean "down there" like regular pink bar soap, or what??
i cant buy that special soap thats made for the vaginal area, but what can i use??? (link)
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Just use regular soap. You DO have to wash down there!
Using douches and that kind of thing are unnecessary though. THEY can cause a problem if one uses them all the time. Regular old soap though is just fine. :)
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i'm 14, turning 15 in a few months.
i still don't have my period, is that okay?
i'm getting worried. (link)
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Lots of girls are late bloomers. That is probably the case with you.
However since you are 15 I don't think it would hurt for you to see a doctor just to make sure everything is as it should be. :)
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I just found out that my hubsand is cheating on me and he told me that it is over between him and the other woman I don't know if i should beleive him or just file for a divorce
i've been with my hubsand for 29 years and he just cheated on me with another woman 3 years ago and moved with her and i took him back after 8 months and now all over again
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I have to agree with MaxwellsSilverHammer. Once, you can forgive. Twice is more like a habit. If he cared he wouldn't have done it a second time.
I hate to say it but it seems like you are the place to land between other women. Get rid of him and get on with your life. Its to short for all this. :)
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i've performed oral sex on a guy and now i see bumps on my area down below and i am a female could i have an STD? (link)
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If you got an STD from oral sex the sores, they would be open sores most likely, would be around your mouth.
If the bumps below do not go away though, you need to get it checked out. :)
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what are those snack packs called where they give you a couple of rectangular crackers and then cheese to spread on them with the little red spreader? haha i know that sounds funny but i know i've had these before but i forget what they're called.
thanks!! (link)
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Could it be lunchables? I think they have cheese and crackers.
They are in the plastic containers with little compartments that have different things in there.
Cheese and crackers, and many other different things kids can make sandwiches out of.
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I'm going to a lingerie party this weekend with my boyfriend and it Christmas themed. I'm wearing this with a santa hat -- http://www.fredericks.com/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=Holiday2002&category%5Fname=Corsets-Lingerie&product%5Fid=50640
So I have the outfit down but I need opinions on the shoes. I was either going to wear white heels or red heels. The red would match the santa hat and the white would match everything but i dont want to go overboard with the white. Youcould also say that if I wear the red ones, i wouldnt have enough red on to match well but i'd wear red earrings and a red necklace. What do yall think? (link)
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Not trying to be a party pooper or anything but I thought lingerie parties were where you went to a party and bought lingerie. Not one where you wore lingerie to the party.
I mention this only because should you go all decked out in lingerie you may be in for some embarrassment. Please check with the hostess.
I may be all wrong but they don't dress up here in hicks-ville! Just wanted to mention it. :)
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Ugh...I noticed for a while that people seemed to be giggling when they were behind me, but I always thought maybe I was just being paranoid or something and just sort of ignored it. One day I was on the bench waiting for the bus when this group of girls started laughing and saying "oh my gosh" so I turned around and asked them "what's so funny?"
and one of them was like "your butt crack is totally hanging out!"
I thought she was joking but I felt back there and found out she was right. Later I told one of my friends about happened and he sort of turned red and looked away. And then he admitted that "yeah, that happens to you all the time. That's sort of what you're known for." I suddenly felt really bad and burst into tears which, as a guy, is really embarrassing and I know sounds really stupid. He apologized for never telling me, he said he was afraid it would make me feel bad.
Anyways, Im having a really hard time dealing with the fact that everyone I know has seen my butt crack and that Im known as the "plumber butt" guy. I feel like my dignity is gone. Ive bought new pants and fixed the "crack" problem but I cant get rid of this shame. (link)
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It would have been nice if your friend had told you all this. But, he thought he was sparing your feelings and sometimes in doing so friends make the wrong decision.
There really isn't anything you can do about the past. It will take a while but they will forget it
soon. In the mean time, hard as it may be for you, If it comes up again, just laugh it off. You know they will miss seeing your beautiful crack! If you let it upset you they will continue. If you laugh it off they will get tired of it and pick on someone else (unfortunately).
As for being embarrassed, don't be. These kinds of things happen to everyone at some time in their life. You have it fixed now so don't worry about it anymore. :)
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I have this "fluttering" feeling in my heart. It's like a heavy heartbeat. I can feel my heartbeat pumping without me moving a muscle. It's scary. Somestimes (not alot) it hurts in my heart/chest. It happens several times a day for a long period of time each time. Occasionally I feel a weird feelig in my left arm, but that's just like 1 out of 20 times I have the strange heartbeat feeling.
Does anyone know what is going on? I'm a female, age 17. I'm not suppose to have heart problems yet!! Pleas help!!
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Anytime your body is doing something strange you need to see a doctor. If it feels like your heart then please don't delay seeking medical attention.
It may be nothing at all but why take that chance.
Heart problems in young adults is not unheard of. Lets hope that isn't the case with you, but never take a chance by not getting it checked out. Not to mention you will feel so much better knowing what is going on.
Seek medical attention right away. Right now go tell someone and have them take you to the emergency room.
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i got a shot of penicillin today for strep.
when i was leaving the doctor's office, i got dizzy, my body fealt completely numb and i threw up.
the nurse said it happens sometimes, but now my heart is doing something weird.
it's beating really hard, or fast, or something.
i thought it was just the penicillin being absorbed, but i'm not sure.
is that normal, or should i be worried? (link)
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You need to go tell your parents. They need to call your doctor and get you to the ER to be checked out.
Right now, do not delay.
I have been an Emergency Medical Technician for many years. I want to tell you that ANYTIME your body is doing something that is not normal for you, then it needs to be checked by a doctor.
So you need to get it checked out. Go tell mom and dad about it. You could be having an allergic reaction to penicillin, which is not uncommon, but is an emergency.
Go right now. And please let us know you are okay so we don't worry about you. :)
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This question requires a bit of a back story so please bare with me.
I have two friends, for arguments sake: Whitney and Mary. Whitney is my best friend and roommate. Mary used to live with us and we were all quite close, but she moved out over a year ago. As we have one large group of friends many of us still have contact with Whitney’s ex boyfriend Mark, although he no longer lives in town. They were together for about three years so it was rather serious but things are pretty good between them now.
Anyways, Mary is pursuing Marc romantically. Not sure a huge issue, we are all adults here. She was upfront with Whitney about it, here is the problem:
Mary is out of touch with reality. This has been going on for nearly a year now and gentle discussions have not worked. She has been going on and on about how everyone is out to get her, how no one has faith in her and no one respects her. She believes none of her friends really care about her and that we will all forget her when we leave university. She is no better with work or school where she has completely unrealistic expectations for herself and a really warped belief about her talents, so she is always getting frustrated and upset. Today she basically attacked me for truly no reason at all, telling me she couldn’t talk to me about Marc because I had no respect for her and because I bully her just like everyone else. I’m not exactly the first person she has attacked this way and she has tried to do this to me before as well. I pretty much ignored it, but she just kept at it today, saying things that seemed designed to offend me as much as possible for several minutes. I was totally shocked and pretty mad, but I didn’t say anything, I just let her finished and then started to talk about schoolwork.
So once again tonight I found myself talking with a few mutual friends about what to do about Mary (this is not the first time we’ve considered some sort of intervention, actually I asked a question here http://www.advicenators.com/qview.php?q=409596 about it ages ago.) She seems dead set on pushing us all away and making her twisted little fantasies about us reality. Several of my friends suggested we give Mark the heads up on this whole situation and have asked that I talk to him as I have the closest relationship with him since he is coming back into town to visit very soon. Normally I would, but because Mary has such a crush on him (and he knows it) I’m afraid he won’t take me seriously and think I’m just be vindictive out of my loyalty to Whitney. Which I’m really not. I’d be thrilled if they lived happily ever after, but I do want him to know that Mary’s perceptions are a pretty off if he is going to be spending a lot of alone time with her. I’d hate him to blindly encourage her self-defeating delusions.
So, should I tell Mark that we are very worried about Mary’s behavior or just leave well enough alone? (link)
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Since you consider him a friend I think you owe him the heads up about Mary. Just tell him you don't mean to interfere and he can believe you or not.
Just give him the basic things you are worried about. If you can get your other friends to give him their opinions it would be helpful too.
Tell him you aren't trying to discourage his possible relationship with her, you just want him to be aware of what he may be getting himself into. :)
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i got a perm back in august. would it be alright to dye my hair or not? (link)
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You can dye your hair a week after its been permed. So its fine to dye it now. :)
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My dad -who doesnt live with me he lives with his gf an hour away- has a christmas party every year. but this year, he sed he wasnt so i made plans with these family friends who are in a play at a local theatre. theyre mom got me tickets and everything and last week my dads gf announced they ARE having a party... the same day as the play! i dont hav a close, tight relationship with my dad, so i dont know how to tell him. or maybe i should get my bro to do it help (link)
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I think you need to tell him you can't make it. Don't have your brother do it, you need to do it.
You will just have to explain to him that since you were told his party was off this year you made other plans. Your friends have already bought your ticket and it would be rude of you to back out now.
If he can't move the date of his party, which is an option if you let him know soon, then you will just have to visit him and have your own party on another day. :)
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i am 23 years old.my ex boyfriends girlfriend thinks we are having an affair. we are not. i have not seen him in a year. she got suspicious because i called him out of the blue on his birthday. now he tells me she wants to question me about our alleged "affair". should i talk to her and tell her there is nothing going on or should i stay out of it completly?????? (link)
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You know, she probably wouldn't believe you anyway.
But you can if you want to.
Her trust should be in your ex. Doesn't sound like there is a lot there. You may not have seen him for a year, but sounds like he may have talked about you
a lot or something that set her alarms off!
So, if you want to do him a favor and let her question you, go ahead. :)
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well do they or not?just wondering... (link)
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I think the majority of girls want to be riding with someone who drives safely. There are those who like fast drivers too, but you may have to look for those. :)
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hi,
i met my frnd after a long time.. so cudnt resist so we smooched hell lot of time.. hugged each other... u think that wud create ne troubles for me..that was my first time kiss so i m worried if sumthing goes wrong..
plz advice (link)
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No smooching doesn't lead to pregnancy. Unprotected sex leads to pregnancy. Should you decide to have sex with this friend, use protection like a condom
and get on birth control if there is any way possible. :)
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I'm 16 years old.
I'm taking accutane, and about a week after I started taking it, I started to have rectal bleeding when I go to the bathroom. It isn't very bloody at all. When I wipe, there's just a little pink stuff that is obviously blood (again, there's not much at all. and it isn't like I leak blood).
Anyways, my dermatologist didn't mention rectal bleeding when putting me on accutane, but on online forums, people have noticed the same thing. Should I be concerned? Is rectal bleeding serious, or is it normal every once in a while due to medication?
[I'm afraid that it might become permanent] (link)
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Definitely talk to your doctor about it. Anything out of the ordinary that occurs after you start a new medication can be caused by that medication.
I worked in a doctors office for several years. You would not believe the very long insert that comes with sample medications doctors offices get. I am talking a couple of arms lengths! So, there is no way they tell you all the side effects. They just tell you the most common.
I doubt it will become anything permanent. You really do need to speak to your doctor about it though. You might just call his office tomorrow and ask to speak to his nurse. Won't cost you a thing and will make you feel better. She can let you know if it is something that needs looked into further. :)
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