Thursday, November 6, 2008

cheating: my favorite deviant behavior

Actually, it's not. But it's the one i participated in today. 

As a semi-M.Ed student, I have to complete 30 observation hours in a high school. It was actually quite interesting the first day- eh, the first period. Then it got really old. It's like being at a really crappy job without getting paid. Or being acknowledged. 

Anyway, the assistant principal is rarely there when I go in to observe. So naturally when I went in today, she had no idea who I was. Luckily I had my handy nametag on, so she caught on pretty quickly. She had already signed my observation form saying that I had completed 30 hours of observation, even though I had 6 hours left to go. I was going to finish them today. 

This is when the cheating happens: 

So, instead of going and observing yet again another crappy high school english teacher, I peaced the fuck out. 

En route to my actually job (whose currency is money and not signatures) I devised a plan as to why I wasn't there completing my observation. Then I remembered that nobody cares. 

So sometimes, it's ok to cheat. Only when you have the proper documentation to prove it, that is. 

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