Cheating: Colleague students using smart drugs to get good grades
“Asked if the improper use of stimulants was cheating, students were split. Some considered that the extra studying hours and the heightened focus during exams amounted to an unfair advantage. Many countered that the drugs “don’t give you the answers” and defended their use as a personal choice for test preparation, akin to tutoring.” (Schwarz)
It is scientifically proven that young adults are the most stressful people. Because they run in a really tied schedule that it is cause by school, working full time jobs and others activities. At the age of 18-25 years old people tend to build their future. Long hours of studies and writing are spent in libraries and at school to finish
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My day started at 7:00am waking up, dressing myself and helping my daughters to dress up. Preparing breakfast is my next duty. Following by having breakfast with my little one; I warm up her lunch plate and get her lunch bag ready for later. Drive to her school and drop her in her classroom. After that I have my first class at 8:30am and finish at 3:00pm. Then I have two hours to study or to do some other stuff, like doing laundry, cooking, or grocery shop. After that my next mission is to pick up my daughter from school. Driving to home we have a conversation on how was her day and what she did. We got at home and I need to have something ready to eat for dinner, because at 5:00pm a have to be at work, and before that I have to drop her with the babysitter. I’m a waitress and get out of work at 10:30pm. I have to pick up mi kid and we arrived at home around 11:00pm. After this long day I just want to take a shower and go to bed. But first I have to get my little one in bed and read a short story. Talk to her and asked her how was her day, because she needs my time too. Sometimes I have no time or motivation to read a paper from my homework assignments. I have never use drugs, but I want to admit to you my sister, that by having knowledge about this “Smart Drugs” I got very temping on trying it. And I did it, the results where amazing. By taking a pill I can feel more motivate and focus in what I’m doing, it’s like a battery that gives me energy to get …show more content…
It’s just a way to give a little help to the brain. In Nixey’s view, “Taking a pill is no different to having a cup of coffee. It’s just more effective” “I don’t think this is cheating. I read a nice analogy, which said that people with a bad memory are no different to people who have bad eyesight. You let people with bad eyesight have glasses; why not let people with a bad memory have these pills?” (Nixey). Cheating or not, students are just doing their own job, and it is studying for their exams and classes. They are just getting prepare to attend their classes, and be ready for any question the professor have for
Future employers are indirectly involved with the idea of university’s drug testing students because employers hire the students of each graduating class. Employers view their future employees based on their student academic record, which may not be a complete representation of students who use cognitive enhancers. Employers want to hire individuals who can maximize each hourly work, keep focused, stay alert, and drug free, and university drug tests could bring clarity to employers in drug use within the
With the increased pressure to succeed and the chaotic collegiate lifestyle taking a toll on students, Adderall has evolved into the “go-to drug.” The Class II prescription amphetamine is intended to solely treat individuals with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and narcolepsy. The stimulant “works to enhance concentration by stimulating the production of dopamine and norepinephrine in the brain” (Stolz 585). Recently, there has been a dramatic increase in the use of Adderall on college campuses to enhance academic performance and cram for exams through the over-stimulation of the brain, therefore “creating super-enhanced focus” (Stolz 585), deeming it the “smart drug.” Due to the fact that several students are not truly diagnosed with ADHD, a majority of this use on campuses is illegal; this has become a growing problem affecting the health of students and entailing “issues of competiveness and fairness” (Jacobs 1). In recent years, the abuse of Adderall has circulated hundreds of college campuses and even secondary schools.
This paper will look into one of the most commonly used and sought for drugs found on college campuses in the world today. Adderall and other forms of the “smart drug” have become more and more popular when it comes to students and young professionals trying to get an advantage. It will discuss both the positive and negative side effects of taking these smart pills along with the specific affects/reasons for ingesting them whether they are prescribed or not.
In the modern world of college, an excessive use of the academic steroid, Adderall, has become an easily acquired study drug. It is important to note that Adderall use is becoming an increasingly prevalent issue among students, and can no longer be ignored. Many medical professionals have discovered the benefits of regularly taking Adderall, but unfortunately have unknowingly contributed to the ease of attainability of the academic steroid. Some may argue that the enhancer acts as a remedy to the growing need for focus, when in fact this resolution has led to a whole new set of overwhelming problems such as addiction and unnecessary use.
Finally, students who use unprescribed Adderall have an unfair advantage over others and should be put into effect into academic integrity statements at colleges. In sports the use of performance-enhancing drugs is considered cheating and is a universally accepted rule. The Tour de France is a bicycle race that tests bikers’ abilities to bike around France without any outside help. Lance Armstrong was stripped of his seven titles of the Tour de France when he admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs. Similar reasoning should be applied to using neuro-enhancing drugs illicitly in college. The illicit use of Adderall has a negative affect not only on the user, but the academic community that they are in. A student who does not use Adderall may not gain admission into college because there are a finite amount of spaces and a user of unprescribed Adderall got in (Varga, 2012). Abusers of Adderall can also skew the percentages of “the ranking system of some standardized tests (e.g., LSAT)” (Varga, 2012). The increase in standards puts many students at a disadvantage who do not participate in the illegal use of Adderall. The higher standards and expectations are for students the more students are put at a disadvantage. Higher expectations put students under more and more pressure, which could lead them to feel as though they need Adderall to keep up. Many individuals who are personally prescribed Adderall consider taking the drug without a prescription as cheating since they
In today’s society, college students throughout the country without Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder are turning to mixed Amphetamine Salts (MAS), which is the brand name for Adderall as their gateway to better studying strategies and presumably higher grades. Currently at the heart of the cultural imagination, lies the controversy over whether or not Adderall, in fact, improves one’s wellbeing. Although many believe that it does cure the attention deficit with which those suffer from, does this “magic pill” actually satisfy the task, or is it like taking a placebo and all in one’s head?
In this article, Talbot’s targeted audience plays a large role in the organization and choice of evidence that she provides to the reader. The targeted audience that Talbot reaches to are those readers who are interested in the use of the stimulants as cognitive enhancers and their benefits. Talbot’s choice of evidence through testimonials is a crucial part of her being effective toward the targeted audience because she uses the examples she knows that the readers want to hear. The extended use of Talbot’s “Alex” example in the article helps to support her
Prescription drug abuse among college students have increased over the past few years and is now a national problem. College students are abusing stimulant prescription pills just to stay awake to study and they will abuse the prescription pills just to stay awake to socialize with friends. According to the journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, they have come up with a new term called Generation RX, which is known to the rising group of young adults who are abusing prescription medication. In 2008 the National Drug Survey on Drug Use and Health had found an increase of 21.1% in the general population in the use of nonmedical prescription between the years of 1992-2003 and 15% of people ages 18-25 reported the use of prescription pills. Research showed that in the past ten years prescription stimulants has passed the abuse of other drugs on college campuses. The only drug that research says that prescription pills did not pass for being used more commonly was marijuana. College students have reported saying that they use prescription stimulants for both academic and recreational. To be more specific, college students said, "Alcohol, marijuana, prescription barbiturates, and cocaine were used mainly as "have fun" drugs. While ADHD medication was used for "getting good grades". (DeSantis et al., 2008, p. 317).
Students are abusing the medications of others in order to stay up late studying, focus on tests, or even before a night out drinking. Universities are struggling to find a solution to this problem which is growing with every pill exchanged. According to Prof. Barbara Shahakian of Cambridge University psychology department, “The global share of modafinil, a narcoleptic treatment abused by people who want to stay awake, is $700 million, with 90 percent of use off-label.” (Degeest) Our students circling around that table of lines did not realize they were contributing to the profits of a drug which is abused more than legitimately taken. The fact that a drug can make an individual stay awake longer and consequently complete more school work makes it a prime target for abuse.
My day just started and I’m already beyond stressed; I had to wake up, fix my hair, put on makeup, find my suit, and then bring myself here, ugh. As a high school student, I go through a good bit of stress trying to juggle advanced placement classes, clubs, a social life, a job, and writing this oratory; it seems like I never get a break. According to the American Psychological Association, high school students score a 5.8 on a ten point scale of stress during the school year, whereas adults score a 5.1. To put those scores in context, the APA suggests that the healthy level for a high school student is a score of 3.9. Clearly, teens are inundated with high levels of stress, and to make matters worse, the adults around them often refuse
As adults, stress is highly abundant in our lives which could lead me to believe that an
Stress can build from following a boring daily routine and trying to balance work, social and school life.
Stress is unavoidable, no matter the situation, location, or time; stress is always present. Stress is found in higher levels during the duration in which students attend college. It is predictably higher among college students, freshmans in particular, because of the extreme expectations set upon them by their parents and, of course, society. The need to please their parents, longing for success in life, and being able to sustain a reasonable income in the future, all of which falls into the hands of college students who are making critical decisions which may decide the outcome for a large portion of their lives. If these students end up hating their future jobs, the stress of having to go back into college to study for a new career
Attention Getter: "I reached into my backpack, grabbed an Adderall, and went to the bathroom. I smashed it on the bathroom sink and snorted it. I went back to my class and zipped through the rest of my exam, and it made all the difference." This student incident was found in a 2005 article published by Baylor University on the alarming use of “study drugs.”
“ When Students cheat on exams it’s because our school system values grades more than students value learning - Neil Degrasse Tyson.” Cheating in school happens everyday around the world. This can be prevented by getting rid of tests, making class lectures more understable and fun, and also shortening the amount of homework students get.