Straighterline Anti-cheating

[ReyMysterioso]

Here's another b&m example. I live in a notorious party school college town and work with a young woman with a journalism degree that doesn't strike me as being mathematically inclined. Out of curiosity, I asked what math courses she was required to pass in her degree program. Just one algebra class.
"How did you do?" "Terrible. I bombed every exam." "Wait, how did you pass if you bombed every exam?" "I passed based on my homework." "How were your exams so bad if your homework was strong enough to pass you?" "Oh, I had [fiance] do all my homework. He loves math." ".....So you cheated?" "..... I guess so. Everyone does it." "Wait wait....is that how all these rocks for brains party kids stagger out of here with a degree? They just find a nerdy kid to do their homework for them?" She looks at me incredulously. "Of course! Duh. You didn't know that? Everyone knows that."

Such an obvious disparity between homework and exam results over such a large sample size is far too anamalous for the faculty to not realize what's going on. They obviously don't care enough to do anything about it, which in the big picture, makes them complicit.

What's to stop you from cheating? Nothing but the desire and/or ability to actually learn something. Classes and colleges don't really have academic integrity. Individuals do. Or don't.

You really don't cheat the exam or the class or the college. You only cheat yourself.