A tribute.. to INTEGRITY

schoenhs
Wed, 17 May 2006 18:34:25 +0000

Cheating really doesn’t bother me. I don’t really understand why it makes everyone here so angry to be honest. I don’t cheat. A long time ago I used to try, but it was something I grew out of. Really, others cheating isn’t affecting anyone else. It’s all how people choose to get to a certain point. Their cheating isn’t what’s keeping you out of your school, or keeping you from getting good grades.

In my opinion education should be about one of two things. Either it should be strictly about getting into college or it should be about the experience of learning. If your central reason for going to school is the former then you should cheat if it helps you. To be honest, if all you care about is the ends then use whatever means you can to realize them. If, however, your reason is the latter (as I would hope it would be) then you are competing against yourself, not others. To me this is really what education is about, doing ones best and learning all one can. If your orientation is truly this then it shouldn’t matter what others around you are doing.