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what Do Schoolteachers and Sumo Wrestlers have in common

what Do Schoolteachers and Sumo Wrestlers have in common. By: Victoria, Austin, Kelsie , Jordan . Why Teachers Cheat?. “High Stakes” Testing If students do poorly Teacher can be passed over for raises and promotions Federal funding can be with held School can be put on probation

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what Do Schoolteachers and Sumo Wrestlers have in common

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  1. what Do Schoolteachers and Sumo Wrestlers have in common By: Victoria, Austin, Kelsie, Jordan

  2. Why Teachers Cheat? • “High Stakes” Testing • If students do poorly • Teacher can be passed over for raises and promotions • Federal funding can be with held • School can be put on probation • Teacher could be fired • If students do well • Teachers could be praised, promoted, or receive bonuses up to $25,000

  3. Detecting Cheaters • Algorithms • Blocks of identical answers, especially after blanks • Student #1: 4d0001acd24a3a12dadbcb4a00000 • Student #2: 23b141acd24a3a12dadbcb4a21341 • Previous and Future Test Scores

  4. Why Sumo Wrestlers Cheat? • Their Sumo ranking • This ranking determines • How much money he makes • How big his entourage is • How much he gets to eat & sleep • The Elite • These are the top 66 out of 281 –Makuuchiand Juryo • Earn million of dollars per year • Treated like Royalty • Tended to by lower ranked wrestlers

  5. Why Sumo Wrestlers Cheat?(Continued) • To Change Their Rank • Elite Tournaments held 6 Times a Year • 15 Days with each wrestler wrestling once per day • The eighth victory in a tournament is worth roughly four times more than a normal one • To Increase their Rank • They need a “Winning Record” eight or more victories • Lower their Rank • Their rank lowers if they don’t get a “Winning Record”

  6. How Sumo Wrestlers cheat • Wrestlers with 7 wins going into their last match in the tournament facing someone with over 8 wins would rig the match to let them win the match to get their final win and they would let them win the next match • Some wrestlers would use performance enhancing drugs to help them win

  7. Bagel Man • A man brought bagels every day to work and left a basket out for people to pay • The man got about 95% of his money back from the bagels only about 5% of people in his office cheated • He made so much money that he want to start a business out of it but many business didn’t have the same percentage of payment his did

  8. Cheating and Honor • Cheating is prone to be everywhere • The environment, timing, relationships, and other conditions directly relate with the amount of cheating • The payment rate was lower in big business just as crime rate is bigger in big cities • The payment rates got lower as time went on the cheaters got braver • His original business always had the highest rate because they knew him and honored him

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