Teachers cheating to get better results for their pupils is probably nothing new ... after all early in the Western tradition, teachers were often paid only on results.
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| Schools For Scoundrels Are Not A New Concept |
In ancient Greek and Roman times, a teacher would often stand in a
market or open area, and discourse on a subject, hoping to get a meagre
payment from a collection at the end of the lesson. In many respects
this was little different from story telling, from which it undoubtedly
derived. If he could attract enough followers or pupils, he might open
his own school of teaching, ranging from mathematics, oratory and public
speaking, through to law, geography or philosophy. This new school may
well have still be in the open air, but under a tree or shelter (lighting and summer heat being a big factor).

