Cheating: What's so bad about it?
One of the most common stereotypes about honors kids is that they cheat a lot, and it seems to be true. When you’re faced with an overwhelming workload and a powerful drive to be the best, you find that you aren't the only one in this situation. You're surrounded by peers that are just as driven as you are. Soon you realize that it's much easier to copy math homework than to do it. It's much less work to bubble in A, B, D, B, C by copying your classmate's paper than to spend hours studying for a quiz. And sometimes the work seems dull or pointless.A common conclusion that students reach is to team up and make the load easier—in other words, to cheat.
However, there are many good reasons not to cheat, and few valid ones to do so; the problem is, few people fully consider all of the harms of cheating, and while teachers wholeheartedly condemn the act, and parents or peers often warn against it, it’s rare for somebody to sit down and explain to the student just how severe the harms of cheating are, to yourself and to others. This article is meant to do just that.
This article was written by Vishal Maini
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