Jake Tucker Acting Under Pressure

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Acting Under Pressure Case Study and Analysis Ethics 304 Ginny Hoyt, Adena Baer, Olivia Rubino, Mimi Leifer Acting Under Pressure Jake Tucker, a thirteen year old boy, is an eighth grader at Winston Middle School in Frederick, Maryland. Jake returns to school the next week, and to his bewilderment he is presented with a history exam in Ms. Laufer's class. Jake had been up the entire night before with his mother in Johns Hopkins Hospital. His mother, Marsha, who was also the school nurse, had been diagnosed with breast cancer about fifteen months ago and this past week had taken a turn for the worst. Being a school in a very tight nit community it was well known throughout the school that Marsha was having serious health issues. As her only …show more content…

He knew his history well but he hadn't had the opportunity to memorize all of the specific dates for the exam and he had missed many days of school accompanying his mom to her appointments and her hospital care. There was an entire section of the exam specifically devoted to dates. The section was worth half of the points of the exam. Without answering correctly, Jake would have failed and not been admitted into the honors history class for high school the next year. Had Jake known about the exam beforehand, and had time to properly study, he would have most likely done pretty well considering that he was an A student. Ms. Laufer had a difficult decision to make. She has a bright student who was under an extreme amount of stress. Through difficult circumstances he had cheated on an exam he didn’t have the opportunity to prepare for. Should she hold him to the same standard as other students who might not have such a difficult home life? Or should she allow him to make up the test for partial credit, putting herself at risk when dealing with other students who are caught cheating in the future? Discussion Questions: 1. What do you think Jake’s punishment should be, and why? 2. Should the knowledge of Jake’s home life affect his punishment? 3. Would you feel comfortable making the same decision for other students in the future? 4. Should the fact that Ms. Laufer is coworkers with Jake’s mom affect the decision of his punishment? 5. Should Jake be held to the same standards as any other

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