Passing Straighterline Accounting I and II

[sirjake]

SL has a student handbook, would you do me a favor and find the section that states that you can't use the book. If you aren't supposed to use the book when taking an exam then I'm sure they would state that in the student handbook. I only say this since many, many traditional schools allow open book exams. I know Andrew is an advisor and he suggested that it shouldn't be used in response to your question, but where is it written?

I just went through the handbook and there is *nothing* about using or not using a book during an exam/quiz. There is explicit information that you may not use tutoring or another person, but nothing about using the book, the internet, course materials or anything else.

Here's what it does say:

Academic integrity violations include all forms of academic dishonesty, including but not limited to:
• Plagiarism - Use of another person’s work or ideas without proper
acknowledgment of the source.
• Fabrication - Falsification or invention of any information, citation, data, or
document.
• Cheating - Giving or receiving unauthorized assistance or attempting to give
or receive such assistance in connection with the performance of any
academic work. SMARTHINKING tutoring should not be used while
completing graded exams.
• Collusion - Helping or allowing another student to commit any act of
academic dishonesty.

(Me writing again): IF using the book constitutes cheating, that should be explicitly spelled out, given the nature of the exams. And IF that is true, I think their business would fail almost instantly. There is NO way anyone who did not not have prior knowledge of the subject could pass these with an A in the order presented with the material provided. If SL would like to take more responsibility for the quality control of their course and present the material in such a way that the quizzes actually match up to the material, sure, I could agree, but even then, they need to make it clear before a student signs up that these are not open book exams.

Edited to add: Yes, I do realize that SL reads these posts and likely knows exactly who I am, based on my username and information. I have no problem with that.