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changye
Posted on: The Mysterious Student Record
April 13, 2010 at 8:41 AMHi bodawei
> my university is ranked one in the province and work with many talented students
This is just what I expected. High-achieving students basically have no need to cheat in exams. They are not the people who oversee other students' papers, but the people who are overseen in exams. That said, good students also sometimes feel the temptation to cheat. Do you know “重庆状元民族身份造假事件” (Chongqing the highest rank student ethnic-disguise incident) that happened last year in the PRC? That's just the tip of the iceberg. There are a lot of "out of exam rooms" cheating techniques in the PRC.
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2009-06-27/031518103205.shtml
Posted on: Piano Class
April 13, 2010 at 5:46 AM"Lang Lang" 的中文名不是“朗朗”而是“郎朗”，大家（包括Chinesepod）要好好注意！
Posted on: The Mysterious Student Record
April 13, 2010 at 4:34 AMHi xiaophil
Yeah, that's one of typical classical techniques that were already used in 科举 a long time ago. Actually, today there are a lot of high-tech cheating techniques in the PRC. I believe even James Bond would be surprised at how sophisticated/advanced they are. As for the girl I mentioned in my previous post, her cheating was very classical, that is to say, she oversaw exam papers of examinees sitting around her, including the daughter of one of my Chinese friends.
PS My friend's daughter's high school has jamming devices in order to prevent cheating. Can you believe that?
Posted on: The Mysterious Student Record
April 13, 2010 at 4:09 AMActually Chinese "cheating in exam" has a long tradition. Probably its history is as long as that of “科举”, imperial examinations for high-level governmental officials, which dates back one thousand and several hundred years. There have been a lot of kinds of cheating techniques in China. Below are photos of "clothes for cheating". Chinese people are very creative when it comes to "cheating", not only in the sense of "cheating in exams", hehe.
http://www.cpcjapan.com/china/history/historic%20pictures/photo3/cunning001.html
http://www.cpcjapan.com/china/history/historic%20pictures/photo3/cunning002.html
Posted on: The Mysterious Student Record
April 13, 2010 at 3:44 AMCheating in exams is not "a personal thing" anymore in the PRC. A lot of people, teachers included, make money helping students cheat especially in college entrance exams. Sometimes cheating is even "supported" by local officials. You can call it "an industry". In my city here in northeast China, test proctors often turn a blind eye to cheating so that local students can enter good colleges. A Chinese girl in my city, who did very poorly at high school, entered a prestigious university last year, of course, with the help of cheating. Everybody knows what happened, and it's nothing new here in the PRC.
Posted on: Piano Class
April 13, 2010 at 3:01 AM我个人觉得李云迪不怎么样，还是郎朗更厉害。看来郎朗跟中国国家一级杂技团（或者是一级保护动物大熊猫）一样厉害，呵呵。
Posted on: The Pen and Paper Mystery
April 12, 2010 at 11:54 AMHi bodawei
一个花盆 a flower pot
一盆花 potted flower(s)
Posted on: What is this called?
April 11, 2010 at 2:53 PMOh my dog!
Posted on: The Mysterious Student Record
April 13, 2010 at 9:09 AMHi bodawei
P/S. Actually, cheating (and its business) is most "flourishing" in college entrance examinations, which is most important for Chinese people.