Persuasive Essay On Cheatings

In any type of discussion, the feelings behind cheating always range from an infinite amount of possibilities. Cheating is the delicate nature and relationship-breaker that no one wants to ever experience in their lifestyle. Some individuals argue that cheating is sometimes justified depending on the circumstances considered. To a limit extent that opinion may be true, however, I agree with the position that cheating is never justified. There’s no ifs or buts, cheating is cheating. The controversy becomes why do people cheat on each other instead of just ending the relationship? It may seem like a straight and direct answer, unfortunately, it isn’t so. Consequently, I believe that some individuals cheat on each other because they either want to fill the void of being lonely or were influence through their nurture environment.

Cheating for many is simply a way of life. For others it is a sin in which they would never think to commit. For students in todays world they are stuck in the middle. Many students see cheating as the only way of passing a class. Where other students see as it as a last resort. No matter what side students are on, cheating is wrong, but even though it is wrong and extremely risky millions of students around the nation do it on a daily basis just to get by. Cheating is exactly what Mark Clayton talks about in the article tittle, “ A Whole Lot of Cheatin Going On.” The word that is most often associated with cheating is plagiarism. A word that makes students like myself cringe at the thought. The reason being if caught in this act of despair it can simply ruin your life, your academic life that is. Throughout the article Mark Clayton makes many good points about cheating, but because of his lack of opinions it takes a little more reading between the lines to find out his position on the touchy subject.

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,

In Mari Pearlman’s L.A. Times article, “ Cheating In School Reflects Basic Confusion in Society” (1999), she discusses cheating and its effect on students, both, while in school and later in life. Cheating has been around for a long time and now cheating’s grip on students is worsening. With the more often occurrence of cheating in schools, schools need to put their foot down and put a stop to cheating in order to lower the occurrence of cheating in the future. However, there are some that say cheating is not common anymore and is rarely spotted.

As a senior in high school, I am challenged with keeping my integrity everyday. I have the advantage of knowing who has integrity and who doesn't because I can overhear other students conversations during passing period. I am surrounded by peers who cheat and peers who are academically honest. Many teachers know that students get by in school by copying homework and cheating on tests. However, they fail to detect it and assign the appropriate punishment. It's disappointing to know that students who cheat and do the bare minimum are going to college along with those who have been working hard and playing by the rules.

Electronic supported cheating allows students to falsify, lie and plagarize more successfully than ever before. Most electronic devices used to cheat can be hidden in the palm of a hand or on a student's lap without directing attention from a proctor or teacher. The push by parents to do what it takes to succeed at all costs is one of many influences driving cheaters. Unfortunately, as a result of cheating, American Colleges are producing fewer and fewer individuals capable of functioning in our high tech society. Medical schools are accepting students with lower academic standing and we are trying to fill the intellectual void by bringing foreign students into the U.S. graduate schools.

Research has shown that some students cheating behaviors are linked to students of lower abilities are more likely to cheat than those that have higher learning abilities. (Anderman et, al. 2006). While some students struggle to make things happen by studying hard and trying their best at everything they do. There are the other students that are very well put together and smart and are expected to do their best. Do they cheat as well? And if so why? Research has found that students that are expected to keep a high grade point average and get into the best colleges around the world also cheat. But

On April 11, 2017, a report was filed through the Honor Code indicating my involvement in a cheating infraction. I was participating in Charlie Nuttelman’s class recitation where we must take five online quizzes to account for a final grade. The course and quizzes are completely online, excluding the prompt the teaching assistant gives out prior to the quiz. The prompt includes a series of codes and questions, in addition to a few rules students must abide by during the exam. These rules include, but are not limited to, the restriction of cheating, cell phone use, plagiarism, and resubmission.

In College, high school, and middle school cheating has become a common occurrence on assignments of all types and varying difficulty by students in all levels and types of classes. So how exactly do all these students cheat? Even more curious, why do so many of them go on to cheat even though they understand that it is wrong and could have dire consequences if they are caught. What are the consequences of cheating other than those that are disciplinary? The four types of cheaters can be classified as “addicts”, “desperados”, “bandwagoners”, and “subconscious”.

Is it okay to cheat? What does it mean to cheat? Just like everything else in life, the answer to both questions depend on who you ask. If you were to ask a college student what cheating is they would most likely respond with “copying a classmate’s paper”. However, if you were to ask a professor at the same university what cheating was they might respond with “any form of copying another person’s work, ideas, methods, etc. without giving credit”. This leaves the experimenter with a question: why does the same question receive such different answers?

For most, it is their worst nightmare to be caught in situations of misconduct. Starting with a simple problem—an unfinished test or loneliness—,these situations entice an act of terrible character. In most instances, the immoral choice stem from a yearning of something positive: a passing grade, attention, a win by attaining what they want. Although it can make a heart race, this act does not risk bodily injury (nothing similar to skydiving or roller coasters). The act is not not revealing a crush or stumbling over words during a public speech; it is sinister, scandalous, and selfish. Most do it, yet all fear it—cheating.

Volkswagen is the popular of companies who have been accused of cheating the tests, but why would any company want to cheat and what could they possibly gain from it. Money is absolute in this world and thats why its the first on the list. My hypothesis is that Vw wanted to be able to advertise as a company who sells cars that are efficient so they could sell more. Vw also didn't want to sacrifice a significant amount of power and fuel economy for their customers, those two factors pale in significance when compared to just not being able to pass the tests and have a good vehicle. The test for emission are like asking someone to jump and grab a bar above them, with weights around their ankles to prove if you can run further than they could last year.

Academic cheating is one of the biggest concerns in classrooms today; however, that is no novelty. Over the years, cheating has certainly become a more serious problem, but there are certain forever-trendy methods of cheating such as the cheat-sheet, the writing on body parts, and the talk and ask method, that date way back to even before our grandparents.

Congratulations! You really messed up this time! Wasn’t a school supposed to teach a child about honesty, hard work, and the punishment of your own actions? But apparently not! My child was part of the 20 students that had plagiarized their botany project. He should had been punished for his own stupid mistakes. Plagiarizing can not be taken lightly, even if the guilty party are sophomores. Without punishment, the students would repeat their actions, and the next time, they won’t get away scott-free. It’s better they learn now than later.

“Cheating in school is a form of self-deception. We go to school to learn. We cheat ourselves when we coast on the efforts and scholarship of someone else”- James E. Faust. Being rob of education is not what school is for, but to learn to be ready for the future. In the television show Freak and Geeks, by Paul Feig, the protagonist, Lindsay gets caught up in a scandal of cheating when trying to help a classmate.