By CantWin - 07/06/2016 22:38 - United States - Provo

Today, after finally applying myself and busting my butt all semester, I found out the school is accusing me of cheating because they couldn't believe I could have gotten near-perfect grades considering my grade history. If this is how society rewards academic turnarounds, why do I even bother? FML
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MetalxSoldier 26

Just let them know that you are just trying harder and that you worked your ass off to EARN those grades. If they don't believe you, ask them to try to prove you wrong. I'm sure that won't be a problem with your near perfect grades. Good luck op.

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QueenBeeGotStung 24

Sorry to hear that, but well done on pulling things back. Hopefully they'll recognise the achievement; surely your class work must have improved as well? That would be a bit of a giveaway that you didn't cheat.

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Catdragon 40

Never stop trying to achieve greatness. Screw what anyone thinks. You learn for yourself. Grades mean nothing, what truly matters is if you know the stuff.

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TheUpsetMan 18

I would consider that an achievement, you are doing so well people think you're cheating. but tell them straight up that you are working harder and if they think you're cheating then they have to prove that.

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stormy0307 16

What school? I'm also from Utah and I'm curious

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UpAllNight89 6

Must be BYU. Neither the U, USU, or Weber would pull some shit like this

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Sharall 10

What matters most is the fact that you know it was your hard work that bettered your grades. You are why you try. Not them.

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vishu_united2004 13

I know it feels horrible coz same thing happened to me. But hey you can't give up even if no one cares as long as you do. Things turned around for me and I hope they do for you.

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LyingBlood 8

this is probably gonna happen to me

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Bibliovore 26

OP, others here are right: your turnaround is a huge success in and of itself, and you should _absolutely_ keep bothering. You won't be in this school forever, and in whatever comes next -- be it college, work, or anything else -- not only will your improved focus, skills, and knowledge help you do much better, but you won't be shadowed by your earlier past forever. Congratulations to you, stick with it, and know you've done yourself proud. :)

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SchlomoTheGrinch 18

If you consider the history you've created for yourself, you really shouldn't blame them. I sincerely applaud the work you've done and congratulate you on your achievements and hope you'll be able to convince them that it's due to honest and hard work. However, next time you make such a turnaround, please warn them! First of all, they'll be quite likely to help you out, especially once you've proven that you're being sincere. Second of all, you'll soften the blow of mistrust, a mistrust you, honestly, built for your self. Here's to you!

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GhostFox 33

No. Just ******* no. Take your bullshit, victim blaming, guilt shifting views, douse them liberally with Carolina Reaper sauce, and shove them up your arse following a nice broken glass enema. Maybe then you'll get an idea of not only how ******* toxic, painful, and unnecessary you comment was, as well as ******* ignorant. You want to know an old saying? "There are no bad students, only bad teachers." Maybe it isn't completely true, but you obviously have no clue how often teachers, intentionally and not, damage and sabotage a student's education. A lot of them do it because they're either burned out, power high, pass it off as someone else's problem, or because they just don't care if a student needs help. Some of the few good ones- the ones that are patient, and care, and actually got into teaching for the RIGHT reason- wanting to cultivate kids and give them the tools they need to make a happy, capable life- do what they can, but they're few and far between and there are so many more bad ones. The rest? If the student is lucky, they get ignored. If they aren't the teacher turns them into an "object lesson" for everyone to mock. And because schools are horrible about gossip, by the end of the week the student is considered to be barely more intelligent than a rock by everyone. Maybe some people could press through being being constantly accused of cheating for years without being worn down, but when no one is around that thinks their efforts are worth anything why waste time trying to please people. And you want to blame people who try to crawl out of the hole they get kicked into because they didn't tell their teachers that they're studying hard. Never mind that it's a teachers job to expect students are studying. Never mind that part of a teacher's job is to notice changes in their students in case of abuse. Never mind that the teachers could have probably looked through their work from the semester and realized their quality of work had improved. No, you'd just rather blame the easy target.

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