The School for Scandal

article, “School Cheating Scandal Test a Town’s Values,” published by the New York Times and written by Jodi Wilgoren, the contrary can be said. What started out as a decade long tradition of collecting and analyzing leaves for a sophomore botany project soon turned into a “plagiarism scandal that [would] riven [the] tight-knit community” (200) encompassing Piper High. Mrs. Pelton, the biology teacher, discovered one-fourth of the completed projects were “laced with lifted material” (201). Punishment for such an infraction had been clearly stated at the beginning of the semester as part of the assignment outline distributed by Mrs. Pelton and signed by the students…

with Sheridan famous comedy “The School for Scandal” as a comedy of manners or a typical Restoration comedy. The comedy of manners is a phrase often used in literary history and eroticism. It is particularly applied to the Restoration dramatists in England, and especially to Congreve and Wycherley; but it is a type of comedy which can flourish in any civilized urban society, and we see it again in Sheridan (1751-1816). This kind of comedy makes fun not so much of individual human beings and…

In Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest" he uses various comedic devices to create comedy; most noticeably melodrama and farce. These devices are used excessively in order to repeatedly address serious matters in a light-hearted manner; Wilde does this to create humour as opposed to offending his audience. Wilde deliberately wrote the play in this manner as he was fully conscious that his audience consisted of upper class Victorians. Throughout the play, Oscar Wilde articulately…

The School for Scandal is a play written by Richard Sheridan. It was first performed in London at Drury Lane Theatre. The play starts with Lady Sneerwell who is a wealthy young widow in her London home. Snake is a man who does a dirty work for Lady Sneerwell that is spread rumors about life persons. He tells her on the status of a rumor he is showing about Lady Brittle and Captain Boastall, the rumor will reach Mrs. Clackit, a formidable scandal monger who has caused numerous breakups and…

The darkest times in the city of Atlanta was the Atlanta Public School system cheating scandal. Mayor Kasim Reed stated “The cheating scandal marked one of the darkest periods in the life of our city.” (WXIA-TV, 2015) The cheating scandal was brought about due to pressure by administrators by fear and intimidation due to the No Child Left Behind Act. 178 different educators in 44 different elementary and middle schools were involved with the scandal. The educators used various methods to cheat.…

Penn State Public Relations Disaster In November of 2011, Penn State and their football program experienced one of the biggest public relations disasters in recent memory. This happened as a result of the once renowned football assistant coach, Jerry Sandusky’s sexual assault of as many as eight underage boys on or near university property. Sandusky was indicted on 52 count counts of child molestation that spanned from 1994 to 2009. The school and football program were also alleged to have…

On April 10,1922 was when the teapot dome scandal began. The teapot dome scandal was a scandal dealing with the oil companies and the white house. It was also where the oil companies found a lot of oil(history.com). They used the oil as vast fuel. The scandal was important because the oil companies bought the white house. The corruption was so bad that the oil companies bought the white house. The scandal was hard for fitzgerald because he was living through corruption. During the war the…

for acceptance into colleges such as Harvard, Princeton, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. That is, of course, unless your parents can play a role. The 2019 college admissions scandal known as ‘Operation Varsity Blues’ is one striking example of this loophole in college admissions. More than 30 rich, celebrity parents bribed college officials or made fraudulent claims about their child’s athletic ability to pay their child’s way into colleges such as Georgetown, Stanford, Wake Forest…

government, for example, officials are often caught lying for personal or political gain. In business, people often lie and sometimes steal. In school, if there is any form of cheating, there are plenty of penalties, yet kids still do cheat. In our society, Corruption in government and business, and cheating in school are some of the reasons that Kittum and Misharum aren’t in American society. For over 20 years, Bernard Lawrence Madoff pulled off one of the biggest Ponzi schemes ever. Bernard…

Even though both universities are involved in sexual assault scandals, when comparing both Penn State and Baylor university's cases I came to the conclusion that there should be a difference in disciplinary action. Reviewing Penn State scandal, on November 4, 2011, a grand jury report was released containing testimony that former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky sexually abused eight young boys over a period of at least 15 years. On July 23, 2012, The NCAA announces a $60 million…