Mari Pearlman Cheating

Cheating has always been an issue among students. Almost everyone cheats in some fashion in classes. Whether it’s by blatantly copying another student’s answers, or working together on an assignment meant to be done on your own, cheating will remain a staple occurrence in academic life. In Rebekah Nathan’s article, “The Art of College Management: Cheating,” Nathan (2005) delves into students’ various reasons for cheating and even includes cheating as an “aspect[] of student culture,” (p. 27) from the point of view of a student. Nathan defends cheating as a whole by including it as an inevitable part of student culture. Additionally, she claims that everyone cheats, further diving into the idea that cheating is not inherently wrong. As a result of consistently defending cheating, Nathan neglects to provide worthy solutions to the issue as well as ignoring the consequences of cheating.

Source B shows us graphs of scenarios teachers and students see about cheating, such as taking out a phone, skipping class, or searching things up. The bar graph show that teachers greatly see more cheating than students. This might be because students really see cheating as helping and not something they aren’t supposed to do. It doesn’t help them realize that cheating is bad and they just don’t feel bad about it.

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,

into college. “Many educators say the culture of cheating takes root in high school, where the

The student becomes a sort of “accessory,” or “accomplice of crime”. That notion is not a solution to solving the problem of cheating, instead, it instills guilt, and consequently stress, into students who could have seen something they may not have wanted to see. Students should not be the police; it is not their responsibility. Although, it is there responsibility to discourage cheating. If a student wants to inform a superior about cheating, that should be the student’s choice, and should be based the student’s own conviction, not because they do not want to be

In the article, LA Times, by Mari Pearlman “Cheating in School Reflects Basic Confusion in Society” talks about how cheating is wrong. Pearlman explains how cheating in school can affect students later on in life. Many students cheat whether their in elementary, high school, or college, cheating is everywhere and everyone does it. Cheating is wrong in numerous ways and can result to bad habits in the future.

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,

A poll conducted by a website, CollegeHumor, revealed that 60 percent of college students had admitted to cheating on tests and assignments. Due to its popularity, society has began to accept cheating as an average tool used by students to succeed. Accepting the issue of cheating has not only decreased society’s standards, but also has led them to become less ethical. Thus, as a result of the decrease in standards, academic cheating has become a reaccuring problem that is now being accepted by society.

Journalist and math teacher Victor Dorff’s article “Educations Cheating Epidemic” deals with his concerns about the cultural and educational problem with cheating. Dorff claims that cheating is a cultural problem and that society’s acceptances of cheating only perpetuates the malicious cycle. Dorff uses Classical Oration and uses his personal teaching experience, the general student perspective, and societies frequent cheating activities to support his argument.

Mari Pearlman in the article “cheating In School Reflects Basic Confusion In Society”, (August 27, 1999), asserts that ways society portrays cheating as adults reflects and also comes back to cheating in the classroom as a child. She asserts this claim to the fact that old habits as children will affect adult life in the future. Cheating has been a problem in society for decades and has progressed into becoming a life habit. Based on parenting going through the “beating system” children watching their parents cheat for example on taxes or lying to their bosses have an impact on the child and creates a life habit of deception.

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.

I believe economists and Christians will think similarly, but stand on components of this equation. Neither can say that cheating is profitable,

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

Cheating has become a serious and growing problem in school nowadays, especially in high schools. According to a survey in 1998, of 20,829 middle and high school students conducted by the Josephson Institute of Ethics, 70% of high school students and 54% of middle school students have admitted to cheating. The same survey was conducted in 1996 and the number was 64%. The percentage increased by 6% in just two years. How about now? Is there any improvement of this problem? According to the article “Academic Dishonesty: Are More Students Cheating?” by Dorothy Jones in 2011, 92% of students said to have or know someone who had cheated. Why has

Cheating is against the rules of all corporations, institutions, and life. It is not viewed as morally correct because as one cheats, one is taking the easy way out and disrespecting those who work hard for the same outcome, therefore breaking binding contract of respecting others around you. It is tempting though, as we know the outcome if we are not caught, and it