LCS- Statements about cheating
In a survey by the Josephson Institute of Ethics, 80% of all high school students say that it’s always wrong to cheat. Yet more than six out of ten high school students cheated last year. How can you explain this?
Cheating is okay when: the class is boring, the subject is dumb, the teacher is unfair, you need a good grade . . . What other excuses have you heard to rationalize cheating? Do these excuses really work?
Assume that the chances are that you won’t get caught if you cheat. And if you do get caught, you won’t get a punishment. Let’s also assume that cheating can get you a better grade and that everyone else is doing it. Now, assuming all of this, what is the right thing to do and why should you do it?
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I think that cheating is always bad no matter what, if you want to get a good grade STUDY, don’t cheat. You’re only cheating yourself if you’re cheating on ANYTHING!
I also think that it’s just plain dumb of you to cheat because obviously the people that cheated got caught and if you get caught you’re in big trouble with yourself, your teachers and your parents, but mostly yourself.