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I'm an educator and as I was proctoring for an exam in another college department,& I caught two students cheating.
One of them was mouthing the words
" What is the answer to number two?" when I caught them. She even gestured number 2 with her fingers. Her seatmate had her back on me, it was obvious that they were talking to each other.
I reported them to the Discipline Officer and the D.O. in turn, called for the 2 students. The students insisted that they were just making small talk during the exam & they obviously reversed my statements.
Since I do not have any substantial evidence, I am the one now being in question as to why I confiscated their test papers for cheating. My question is, DOES CRYING WHEN CONFRONTED WITH THEIR SINS, A TELL TALE SIGN OF GUILT?

I do not believe that crying is a tell tale sign of anything. Some people cry in certain situations and others do not. It might be a tell tale sign for a specific person, but without knowing how they normally react, its impossible to tell.

I also, as usual, agree with YG. The thing is that you are not allowed to talk during an exam. That in itself should be adequate.

Just stick to your guns and remember why you were hired. Its your job to police that event. Explain to them exactly what you saw, in the same detail as you told us, and remain calm and collected at all times. I cannot believe that they would take the word of the two "accused" over the teacher who was responsible to watch them. If that is the case, anyone can cheat as long as they stick together (there will always be more students than teachers in an exam).

I wish you the best of luck and sincerely hope that the two culprits dont get away with their lie.

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(Rating: 5) thanks, your encouraging words really helps!
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