Cheating
There is an ever broadening problem spreading throughout colleges all across America: cheating. Is it a serious offence or just a harmless crime? Cheating is on the rise, but schools and colleges are not far behind with ways of dealing with it. Mark Clayton deals with this issue in his essay entitled “A Whole Lot of Cheatin’ Going On.”
Clayton’s essay is heavily quoted along with an obvious absence of his ideas. The reader is supposed to believe that his quotes accurately represent his views on the matter at hand. Clayton’s essay is primarily pathos due to the amount of quoted ideas.
The essay starts off quoting a freshman at University of Texas: “’Cheating is an answer. It might not be a good answer, but none
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Students of this generation are reluctant to turn their classmates in.’” (20-21) Clayton states that critics believe that college cheaters get their bad habits from high school; it is what they have gotten away with before and they think they can get away with it again. Even though his essay lacks personal opinion, Clayton does make some interesting points.
According to Who’s Who among American High School Students, “80 percent [of high school students] said they had cheated during their academic careers.” (21) Such logos is a common sight in Clayton’s essay. Another fact that helps prove his point that cheating is only getting worse would be when he states that, “66 percent of the parents of these top students [Who’s Who] said cheating was ‘not a big deal.’” Clayton tries to start his essay with a nice variety of pathos, ethos, and logos, but he ends up overwhelming his readers with other people’s quotes.
In the next section of Clayton’s article he describes how colleges are starting to fight back. He says colleges are starting to condemn dishonesty; some are even making students’ cases very public so as to advertise their willingness to deal with cheating. Some schools are trying to prevent cheating before it has a chance to happen by performing skits at freshman orientation as well as giving out pamphlets on plagiarism and cheating. One of the more common approaches colleges take is
Frequently throughout the article, Nathan discusses cheating as a part of college culture. She explains that certain forms of cheating have become more “accepted” in college society and that a student’s personal life and experiences must be factored into the reasoning behind cheating. Nathan (2005) uses student answers from her online posted query, in which she posed as a student, asking “When is it OK to cheat?” (p. 29). The answers of many of the students showed that many students recognize certain exceptions that would allow cheating to be seen as
Cheating used to be considered an unmentionable sin. However, in this day and age, it has become more common and somewhat of a daily occurrence. Cheating is more widespread today than in the past. According to the article titled Education: The New Morality, cheating has not been an issue of values, but simply one of practicality. This shows that many view cheating as a mere occurrence and something that can often be skipped over. The reason cheating has become such a pervasive movement is because many students tend to rationalize their cheating behavior. A common rationalization that many students use is, " That 's the only way I 'll get anywhere in life." Many students also tend to incorporate reasons, such as parental pressures,
In school, many people are dishonest and don’t show their integrity. One major way of being dishonest and not showing your integrity is by cheating. A study shows, that by high school, 75% of students have cheated on one thing such as a test, homework or a project. In many high schools, cheating is a big problem and many students do it. Studies show that most students start cheating when they were little when playing board games and cheating to win. In elementary school, kids start “bending the rules” and look at other kids papers. Another way that people don’t show their integrity, is by plagiarizing. Plagiarizing is when you copy someone else’s ideas and say that they are your own. Another common way of being dishonest is by complicity. Complicity is when you help someone else cheat, copy homework or papers, and giving others the test questions.
into college. “Many educators say the culture of cheating takes root in high school, where the
Chace, W. M. (2012). A Question of Honor: Cheating on campus undermines the reputation of our universities and the value of their degrees. Now is the time for students themselves to stop it. (Cover story). American Scholar, 81(2), 20-32.
Over the years, cheating does not carry the same stigma it used to represent. Because of competition and expectations, students are doing whatever it takes to achieve an A average. There are students who are fighting for scholarships or for the position to be on the top. Also, parents and teachers are the root cause of this matter because they have advocated the idea that high GPAs will lead to more successful futures. As a result, grades have become the main focus for most students,
As college standards increase yearly, students feel greater pressure to succeed. As a result of the rising academic expectations, cheating has become a national issue and most students have admitted to cheating at least once in their educational career. Overloaded with school work, students see cheating as an advantage and step towards academic success. Thus, cheating results from an urgency to do well in school and being overscheduled.
75% of college students cheat at one time or another in their college careers due to laziness, competitive pressures, or simply fear. In “Cheating Lessons: Part 3”, by James M. Lang, he explains that certain learning environments unknowingly give students opportunities to cheat. Lang also provides tactics to help classrooms reduce the numbers of cheating, while aiding students to achieve their academic goals with the right “tools.”
When asking a student do they think cheating is bad most will say yes and will even admit to cheating.Cheating doesn’t affect many students on a regular day basis until they have been caught red-handed.When it comes to cheating blame automatically goes to the student but what about the adult as well.Some teachers have admitted to seeing student cheat but haven't said anything because it was on homework.Some teachers have even gone to the depth of helping a student cheat on a test.There was a survey that was taken through all of the high schools asking students if they had ever cheated on a test, the results were that there were 64 percent who cheated,58 who plagiarised, and above all 95 percent of them admitted to cheating of some sort.(Academic Integrity Under Statistics paragraph 3 )Students cheat to make it through a semester and to make their parents proud.Students cheat simply because of lack of knowledge, pressure from the adult looking for them to do their best, and last lack of time.
Upon analysis of these two text, it is clear that Blum and Pérez-Peña share similar ideas concerning cheating on college campuses; however, there are many differences between methods to prevent cheating and where the blame lies. One similarity the two authors convey is students need more education about cheating and how to avoid it. Blum states that “Professors who teach writing and composition struggle to educate students about what citation means and how to avoid plagiarism”(2), while Pérez-Peña gathers that students do not understand boundaries around cheating because the institution does not educate them properly (1). Another common idea the authors share is that the 21st century student is different than those of the past. Blum says
Cheating is becoming more and more common in schools all around us. Lots of teachers aren’t even enforcing the basic rules about the boundaries of what is allowed and what is prohibited. Even the nation’s most competitive schools have discovered that most of the students enrolled there have been cheating and it has become a real problem. This essay will talk about cheating, plagiarism, and copying homework in one of my personal experiences, a reference from a tv show, and some facts from a survey.
The authors point of view on the subject matter is clearly evident. The author does not argue that cheating exists or that it does not take place at Monroe College, rather the author contends that cheating is not a big deal at all. For instance the author states that, “the very fact that so many loyal Monroe students indulge in this is evidence that it can’t be very wrong.”(Twenty Questions for the Writer 1). From this statement alone the author is identifying his or herself as a non-credible source. Turning what could have been an assertive piece on the hypocrisies of cheating in school into the equivalent of a blog post. In addition the author uses abstract analogies in hopes of persuading the audience, however, these analogies do more to lessen the authors logical credibility than strengthen it. Furthermore, the authors choice of vocabulary and use of words like “puritans” to describe the faculty creates a
Many researchers have indicated that cheating is a serious problem on campuses (Bowers, 1964; Engler et al., 2008; Gallant, 2008; Leming, 1978; McCabe, Trevino, & Butterfield, 2001). Studies completed by Bowers (1964) and McCabe and Trevino (1996) revealed nearly identical results regarding student-cheating behavior despite the 30 year time span; both studies identified that
Student Perceptions of Cheating in Online CoursesYour Name:Class Name:University Name:Instructor Name:Student Perceptions of Cheating in Online CoursesAcademic integrity has long been a core concern of faculty as well as administrators operating in campuses. Recent statistics done on the extent of cheating that occurs in college campuses shows that the large majority of students have engaged in this vice to some extent. The core difference in today’s environment is the wide proliferation of technological devices that are used for both delivering as well as accessing information on university courses. Educators are fast becoming concerned on the impact that technology has on the numerous forms of academic dishonesty. Indeed a number of sources have argued that the internet is fast becoming a major culprit for the increasing instances of academic dishonesty. This paper therefore strives to examine what is the prevalence of cheating in online courses looking at it from the college student’s perspective.The number of students who a-re actively participating in college level online courses has far outpaced other forms of distance learning. Online courses are becoming a critical part of many campuses long term strategy as evidenced by the fact that colleges have seen a distinct increase in the levels of online enrolment. The growth in learning opportunities online has increased on the concerns concerning cheating in online courses (Cluskey et al, 2011). Numerous studies have
McCabe has said that an estimated seventy percent of college students have admitted to some type of cheating. He supports this claim by saying that the parties to blame here is the school system and the media. HBU defines academic dishonesty to when a student cheats or steals someone’s work and passes it as their own among these are a list of actions that count for academic dishonesty. Some examples being brought up about dishonesty is how in the NFL saw past the deflating incident in the Super Bowl were it seems like the media praised the player for his actions (Loschiavo). Therefor, students think it is correct to do be dishonest in their class work.