I understand that the
temptation to cheat is great, and that
students can sometimes be
overwhelmed with their work load,
but cheating is never OK
Cheating is extremely unfair
towards the other students in
the cohort who have put in
hours of study and research into
an examination.
The purpose of grades is to
evaluate and report what a student knows
Cheating circumvents this process,
Which is unfair to the
students, to the teachers, and to whatever
college or job the cheater
applies to in the future.
here are ten reasons why you
should stop
cheating on tests,Exams and
in other areas in your life.
Number 1. (Unpopularity)
People might not like you
anymore. Cheating is very
anti-social and people, especially
successful ones, don’t
care to associate with cheating or
cheaters.
Number 2. (Disrespect) You
might get a bad reputation.
When others hear about your
cheating, their opinion of you
will go down. Not only that,
when you apply for a job and
the hiring manager asks about
your work ethic, you
probably will not like the
information that is passed along by
those who know you.
Number 3. (Addiction) You
might not be able to quit
cheating easily. The thought
of doing it “just this once
because I have to”
can become an ingrained habit. Just like
gambling, infidelity,
stealing, and lying, cheating can be
compulsive and even
addictive. When this happens,
research suggests that you
will start cheating in other areas
of your life.
Number 4. (Failure) Your
laziness might contribute to your
failure. Success takes hard work,
persistence, dedication,
diligence, and willingness to
sacrifice. Cheating and trying to
find the easy way out just
don’t help you learn and develop
these traits. If you persist
in laziness (and cheating) you will
continue to find it hard to
attain your goals.
Number 5. (Unemployment) You
might not be able to keep
a job. Your boss won’t
appreciate someone with a poor work
ethic who takes credit for
the work of others. Your
coworkers won’t
appreciate the lack of respect that cheating
reflects. And, you might have
cheated yourself out of gaining
the knowledge that is
required to perform well on your job.
Number 6. (Unpleasant
Consequences) You might face
some tough discipline.
Current trends suggest that members
of “the
establishment” (i.e., those who are in charge of
making things happen) are
getting fed up with cheating.
Lawmakers are passing tougher
anti-cheating laws. College
admissions officers are being
informed whether you
cheated. And, you might be
blacklisted from the profession
of your choice, because you
were caught cheating.
Number 7. (Loss of
Perspective) You might lose perspective
as to what is acceptable
behavior. When you cheat, you
show a blatant disregard for
others. It’s not acceptable to cut
in line. It’s
not acceptable to lie. And, it’s not acceptable to
accept a grade or promotion
that was gained through
cheating and not an honest
effort.
Number 8. (Becoming a Major
Liar) Your cheating may
require you to lie and steal.
In other words, to cover up your
cheating you may find it
necessary to come up with a story,
which is not
true. The problem with lying is that you can never
keep your story straight,
because it never happened. This
can lead to being trapped by
a web of lies.
Number 9. (Loss of Self
Respect) You might lose self-
respect. If you have enough
bad experiences as a result of
your cheating, you might
realize that you have brought these
things upon yourself by
willful and wanton behavior. In this
situation, when you awake to
your awful situation you will
see that you are a chump and
not a champ.
Number 10. (Embarrassment)
Cheating is a reflection of
who you are and who you want
to be. Cheating is a tacit
admission of incompetence,
laziness, selfishness, arrogance,
and disrespect. If you want
to see yourself as others see you
and as you really are, you
should admit that your cheating
has hurt others, including
yourself and those who care
about you. And, then you
should change your cheating ways.#if don't change that you might get caught in
the act, and think about it....if you got rusticated,suspended or WAF after all
the years you have spent, so before you think of cheating in an exams first
think about what will happen when you are caught.
Reasons why most people feel
cheating is inevitable for them
an important explaining
factor (Lipson & MacGavern, 1993). Davis et al
(1992) point out that
pressures for good grades in higher
education, student stress,
ineffective deterrents, teacher
attitudes, and an increasing
lack of academic integrity are
important determinants of
cheating. Baird (1980) previously
reported similar findings. In
that study 35 percent of the
students stated that they had
too little time for studying for
the exam and 26 percent of
the students said their working
load made it necessary to
cheat. In a study by Singhal (1982)
as much as 68 percent of the
students regarded the wish to
get good results as the
reason for cheating. Newstead,
Franklyn-Stokes, and Armstead
(1995) found that 21 percent
of the cheaters say it was
lack of time to study that made
them cheat and 20 percent
explicitly stated that their
cheating was a consequence of
their wish to get better
grades. A third frequently
occurring reason for cheating was
"everybody else does
it" (16%), which effectively reflects
students’
attitudes towards cheating. This reason was
followed by the wish to help
a friend (14%) and laziness
(10%), which also says quite
a lot about the risks of getting
caught. It is obviously
easier to help a friend cheat than to
e.g. help the friend learn to
an exam. Also Maramark and
Maline (1993), when looking
for causes for cheating, found
that stress, competition for
jobs, scholarships and
admission to post-graduate
programs were important
determinants.
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