What would you do if your professor asked you to cheat in the engineering semester exam?

I am not sure where you are studying and what is the context of this question, it certainly sounds bizarre that your professor is asking you to cheat. Having said that, I am also aware that certain institutes allow open book/notes exams where students are allowed to refer to book and/or notes during the examination. I guess the objective being, with availability of all resources at your disposal, how well would you perform. Needless to say, in order to make effective use to books/notes, you should know what and where to refer and that in turn means you would have at least been through the books and notes once, if not more. I am not sure, but I do hope that, this is the context and background with which your professor asked to cheat.

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I cant seem to imagine how would your professor ask you to cheat. It is very unlikely that he/she will directly say to you until and unless he/she is related to you. But well, let's imagine it happened. Case 1: Teacher asks you to leave the paper blank and expects some payment to get you good marks. This is the most common and you can see this happening in many movies. You must be already aware that there are high chances of being caught and ruining your future. Because once this is on your marksheet, you are definitely doomed. Now, you be the judge. Case 2: Teacher is testing your conscience and ethics. This is very common in corporate world where your boss will check your ethics by promoting you to do something unethical. They may want to check whether you can be trusted or not. So, this might very well be a trap! Case 3: Teacher lets you discuss some questions quietly with your classmate in front or back or your desk. The invigilator will allow this only for a few minutes in which you can clear your doubts. I think this is pretty harmless because this can only help you if you have studied for the exam and you are just confused between two or three possible answers. So, this does not really promote cheating. This can be seen as another version of an open book test. There will be many such events in your life where you will have to choose between what society considers right and wrong. I would advise you to think very very carefully before taking any step. It might very well be a trap! Moreover, being ethical is a habit, so make sure it remains in you because unethical behaviour falls under absolute zero tolerance zone in corporate world. All the best!

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This question is really weird but interesting. We study for education and for our own personality development. We should have some ethics and we should follow them in our professional lives. Engineering is a professional course and you should do it sincerely. As per my opinion, I will tell my professor that professional students don't need this kind of things. I cannot manage for marks but manage for hard work definitely. If a teacher is asking for it then it would the most shameful thing for teachers. Instead of asking to cheat in exams, a teacher should ask for what you have done with those subjects and have you prepared them well or not. They should increase the confidence of students by addressing and ensuring that students are not going to cheat anymore throughout the exam. Some average students may often accept such thing but it will harm their ethics and it is a futile fact if you are in a professional engineering course. I would say sorry, Sir. My teachers taught me how to do hard-work and not to cheat in exams. Cheating in exams suits to below average people.They need it more. Give it to them.

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It sounds a bit weird when a teacher/professor asks a student to cheat but it is the scenario now a days few students are facing. According to me, a 'veteran' teacher will never ask you to cheat (there could be exceptions). But nowadays, a significant number of the young mind is bending toward teaching profession. Since they have just crossed their student's life and entered into a teaching profession, they think of the various type of difficulties a student faces during studies and exams. There are possibilities that you would become the favorite student for your teacher (depending on your talent and impression). During the exam, if that teacher sees that you are having trouble, then he/she might ask you to cheat because they might not like you to score bad or low being his/her favorite student. What you should do:- You should not cheat even if the teacher asks you to cheat. You forget something during exam doesn't mean that it is time for you to cheat or seek for help. It is the time when you should realise that you need to work hard. You might cheat during an exam at school or college level but you will not be able to when you will be facing a face-to-face interview in future for the job. What you should not do:- You should not think wrong about the teacher. He/She could be new to the profession and need more experience in the field.

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There is no short cut to gain knowledge. You can not choose any wrong path if you are a man of principle.

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