Cheating Lessons - Nan Willard Cappo
Bernadette, a major over-achiever in school, is one of the five members of the Wickham Wizards, her school's team competeing in the State Championship Quiz Bowl against Pinehurst, a private school full of know-it-alls. Being a public school, Wickham is shocked to have beat Pinehurst's scores in a state test. But Bernadette is shocked, and believes that somebody cheated to get them into the competition. She must now work to find out who it is, and see if they are cheating still. I kinda liked this book, but i'm not a huge fan of academic books, i find them dull. an academic competition isn't my idea of a good time, but everybody is different. Overall, I'd give it a 4/5.
posted by Jenn @ 2:50 p.m.
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1 Comments:
Jen,
I remember there was a scandal with one of the high schools fixing test results to get kids into better colleges and universities.
Administrators say that they know how each school grades. They might let someone in with a 77 when the average needed is 80 because of the name of the school.
I find the high schools are very competitive in sports, grading, etc. ( public, private and catholic)
Catherine
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