> cooperate to reduce the damage done by the 58th such exercise. This is laughably naive. Most of the cheaters I dealt with in my courses were masters students

> cooperate to reduce the damage done by the 58th such exercise. This is laughably naive. Most of the cheaters I dealt with in my courses were masters students who had zero interest in learning. They were paying for the M.S. on their resume for job prospects or for visa reasons. You’re right that some students will cheat on rote stuff because they just get bored. Where you’re wrong is thinking that’s the majority of the issue. Huge chunks of students are in college for entirely the wrong reasons.