I was at work Friday afternoon. We were wrapping up the last few testers of the day while Boss and GrandBoss were conducting interviews for assistant boss.
I mentioned a few weeks ago a student who was busted with a cell phone and also found to be spitting in his private room 🤢. He offered a lame excuse for the phone and denied spitting even though we had clear video footage. I don't know what consequences, if any, he faced for his sins.
Anyways, Spitman was in taking another test on Friday, and I just had a feeling...
I zoomed in on the overhead camera as he seemed overly hunched over. Sure enough, as soon as I had a view of his lap, brightly lit up cell phone, right there. I was working with Star, and as soon as the phone became visible again, I drew her attention to the monitor to verify I was seeing what I was seeing.
Just then, Spitman actually picked the phone up and began typing something into the screen, so really, no further verification needed. I went in, guns a-blazin'!
"You can't have a phone in here", I stated the obvious.
"I don't have a phone!", the blatant lie response.
"Oh brother, here we go", said inside my mind.
"We clearly saw you using a phone on our surveillance camera", probably to no avail.
"I don't have a phone!", the brick wall response.
He stepped out of the room, indicated his jacket pockets were empty, walked over to the locker where his items were stored and showed me a cell phone in the locker.
"See! There's my phone", because a person can't possibly have more than one.
I suspected the phone was, at that point, in his underpants, and I wasn't about to request a search.
I told him he could return to his test, but we'd have to file a report because he was clearly using a frickin' phone.
Sure enough, we saved the video footage of the bust, and he's clearly seen doing a quick *zhoop* of the phone into the sleeve of his slightly too big jacket when I first entered. Then as he stood, he popped the phone down the front of his pants.
I don't get it. I mean, how can people just blatantly lie so easily? And the thing is, the class he keeps cheating in is a developmental math class. It carries NO college credit. It's a class to help students who are behind in math, to prepare them for college level courses.
It would be like needing a cast to set a broken bone, being provided with a suitable cast, but chucking the cast and wearing a fake one to make it look like you're healing. If he can't pass that class without cheating, he will absolutely drown in college algebra.
Not to mention, I was then faced with the inconvenience of having to file the incident report. I mean, how rude.
I just wonder what's up with Spitman. Is he trying to get kicked out?
9 comments:
Well that's a headscratcher isn't it? I just hope there are consequences for Spitman. I am so tired of people getting away with everything.
Using a cast when a bone isn't broken is a good way of saying that. Yeah, I dunno why he had his phone or what he was even using it for. And why have two phones? I dunno. I'm not a big cell phone user so I don't get the appeal. I have one, it has zero apps and no Internet - so I can't relate to this world of constantly needing a phone.
Too bad it wasn't one of those phones that had a problem with batteries exploding. It would have been liar liar pants on fire.
Peggy, I'm guessing he's lied his way out of a lot of things. At this point, I don't even understand why he's in college. He's older, too. I'm thinking late 20's/ early 30's.
Happy Whisk, I work in a testing center. He was using the phone to cheat on a test. It almost looked like he's texting someone who was feeding him answers because it was a math test where he has to show his work.
BootsandBraids, Ha! Literally!
Having taught college a long time now, I am always amazed at how much worse the lying and cheating seems to be getting. I don't think their parents ever gave them consequences for messing up.
Hopefully, he'll suffer some consequences soon. Just think about his poor coworkers once he graduates and goes out into the world. Ugh!
Allstarme79, I agree it probably started at home.
Danielle, exactly. It's one thing to cheat your way to a degree, but what happens next?
I still haven't got over the spitting bit . . . Blatant lying, how do they do it?
Liz, I was waiting for the phone to fall out of his pants and him continue to deny it.
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