I am not an accountant. However, I helped an accountant in editing and providing case studies in his pathway membership exam. I was not aware where such information is going to be used.
Later our friendship spoiled, and he started awkwardly due to some business issues. I now found out that he has become a member of ICAEW. I highly suspect that all my help was used to getting the membership. I have the full records of the case studies etc. Just wondering if I complained to ICAEW what would be actions against him based on the evidence I provide. Would he be disqualified? Would he be trial for cheating?
I want to give him a lesson for his selfishness and for his taking advantage of other people innocence.
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You may or may not be able to get your former friend into trouble. However, if you aren't an accountant, and he is an ICAEW member, then i'd suggest he has demonstrated more knowledge at some time in his career than that which you helped him to falsify. He must have passed a few exams somewhere down the line as well.
Move on. Life is too short. Any energy you put into this bitter revenge ploy is probably wasted in the grand scheme of things.
When I did case study it was in exam conditions, could have done with some help though. The 4 hour mocks were tedious beyond belief.
Has he got a practicing certificate? That is what I would be looking at if he is newly qualified.
You can make a complaint to the institute or take legal action to recover your records. Must have been an awful fall out, shows you should never act for friends.
I have no idea what this is, is it for passing the exams or obtaining a practising certificate. Read the replies to both threads and forget this plagiarism angle.
I have a feeling you may be hot on the money there.
To the OP:. Whatever has happened (and after having skim read both threads, I haven't the faintest idea), life realty is far too short for campaigns like this, no matter how unjust the situation may be.
I would suggest that you seriously consider taking him to Bad Boy Court and have him charged with one count of hurty wurty feelings and another of being a big meanie :(
Let me know how you get on.
Or just move on. Put the past behind you. Forgot about them. Marry a supermodel, buy a yacht. Hit him with your yacht.
Whare sits our sulky, sullen dame,
Gathering her brows like gathering storm,
Nursing her wrath to keep it warm.
Yes, think Tam o' Shanter was in my first year of secondary; we did vast amount of poetry that year, Tennyson, Blake, Wordsworth plus a fair few others, the same teacher I had in that year and also in my third year at secondary, Ms Wallis, is probably why I took some Literature courses within my humanities degree.
(Next academic year , with all the spare time I now have, it is back to Edinburgh for me to take a few of the literature Short Courses that they offer there)
https://www.ed.ac.uk/studying/short-courses/subjects/literature
It's probably an indictment on both me and the modern education system that my first thoughts were "I can't remember that episode of The Simpsons".
That was my first thought also.
My school was comedy. In Year 10 we were told we'd do Shakespear next year, in Year 11 by outgoing English teacher.
At the end of Year 11, incoming English teacher just wanted to make sure we'd done Shakespear in year 10... hadn't we?
Never read a word of it. Probably never will (not interested).
Yeah, there was no chance of our school doing Shakespeare.
We had our own on-site police officer, so I don't think being well versed in English literature was one of our schools primary aims unfortunately.
But you will be versed, you will maybe just not realise it was Will's creation.
e.g. "Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them." is oft used but not as oft attributed; there are lots of other examples..
You likely quote Shakespeare all the time but just do not know it, the number of phrases of his that are in common use are very numerous.
Obviously Shakespeare fans on here are "we few, we happy few, we band of brothers."
My favourite quote to impart to my offspring when reading them a certain children's book was "Out, damned spot; out, I say", this had the desired effect on their careers, one now writes software, the other is becoming an Urban Planner, and neither has the remotest interest in the Bard.
Here is an appropriate one particularly for you
"Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once"
It's funny when people post anonymously, then reveal their identities by replying to comments! Jomi1, you sound like an obsessive stalker. My advice is walk away from this and carry on with your life.
I hope you did not also help with his English homework?
His chances of passing that would be unpossible
you didn't know you were assisting in the pathway membership but know suddenly do....sounds like you were assisting in a fraud......
Oh look, whiny brat is back. This is what you get when you don’t slap down their whiny self pitying tosh the first time.
Don't waste your time. Your efforts to have him/her disciplined will amount to nothing because we will all perish from Coronavirus soon anyway. Let St Peter judge them...
Here is an original-
A poster his complaint did air
An ICAEW member thwarting him
The pain of this did make him sair
His outlook dark and grim
Another thread he started on
Revenge aflame upon his mind
Hear all, he’s done me wrong
Behaviour so unkind
Satisfaction is my aim
I want to see him pay the price
What he’s done a veritable stain
And hardly very nice
But voices whispering, let it go
You so waste time carrying on so
An allegory?
DIY poetry; DIY accounts and tax?
(I'm not saying your effort isn't good; but you can tell the difference... even I can understand yours, for starters! :-))
You are too kind- I tend not to describe my output as poetry as that would really be giving it delusions of grandeur.
Poetry is like accountancy, you need no qualification to make an [***] of both.