Is it legal for a teacher to tear up a exam paper of a student? (Grade 7)?
after a test, a person was collecting the papers, and half the classes papers was already been collected (alphabetical order {im on the bottem of the list ,Viljoen}) then my freind took my cd walkman and did something with it so i leaned over to him to see what he was doing (his paper was already collected) and the teacher shouted "BRING ME YOUR EXAM PAPER!!!" so i did and he tore it up. i live in south-africa ,13 years of age. what must i do We are allowed to have cd walkmans at school for when you've finished you can listen!
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1 :
You should explain your situation to the headmaster or principal. There is probably nothing illegal about what the teacher did, but the background circumstances should be considered. Hopefully you will be allowed to take the exam again.
2 :
Sorry about that. I dont think the teacher acted rationally..but what can you do now- your paper has been torn. Try explaining what you did or did not do and is he doesnt want to listen take it further up the ladder and explain what happened. This will affect your scores if not addressed but you have to deal with such a situation in a better way the next time it happens, like getting the teacher's attention as to what the other student is doing to distract your posture in class.
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it is legal if you are caught cheating red handed. firstly, you shouldn't have a cd walkman with you during the examinations, secondly, you should raise up your hand, get your teacher's attention so that you can tell your teacher that your friend fiddled with your personal belongings. Under strict examination rules(like the GCE O, N and A levels' rules), no communication should be made between 2 candidates once the paper is given out, until ALL the papers are collected. So, it seems like your teacher is super strict? you can explain it to him, or ask for alibi that you weren't cheating, because your teacher most probably thought that you cheated.
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Show that you care and you will not stand for it. Take action, for whatever you do. Sometimes going out of your way to justify that you did not cheat proves to the teacher that you did nothing wrong.
5 :
I think what the teacher did was unethical, but not illegal, teachers in my highschool will tear up papers if they think that you have cheating. However if you just talk to your principal and talk to your teacher, I'm sure you could sort it out
6 :
Go to your school counselor or the principle and tell them what happened. They may let you retake the test. It would be worth a shot. worst thing they can do is say no and then you will be in the same place you are now. Try to remember that some times teachers have bad days too. I know that doesn't excuse what they did.
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No, it's not legal, because the exam paper, or any sort of test is a goverment document protected by the law.So your teacher violated rules, you should report that to your principle.But make sure that your teacher doesn't know because he might do something nasty to you.But I repeat HE VIOLATED THE LAW
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