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		ActorNightly on March 22, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Academic “ghost-writing”: the cheating scandal no ... Sure, but thats like saying "If I work for a company and get a poor performance rating, I won't get promoted". Just go do something else. Even if you want to learn, its not like academia is the gatekeeper to learning.

ironmagma on March 22, 2021 [–]

So a professor should make that decision on behalf of an honest student while giving the cheaters a better shot? Give me a break.

Also, learning isn’t always the end goal. Maybe you want to be a professor and teach, or maybe you want to do academic research.

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