Benefits of cheating

blu_g8orade
Fri, 19 Dec 2008 09:59:32 +0000

You take the quiz, and you feel ready. You know the concepts completely; however, there are numerous words you and your classmates had never seen, and knowing those words are vital to getting a good grade. There is a spanish dictionary inside of your desk, and your Spanish teacher is busy surfing the net on her computer. Complaining is futile; you have tried before. Will you cheat to get the grade you deserve? Or will you be a good student and try your best?

hell yeah. i’d definitely open up that dictionary. why would i allow myself to fail when i can easily get a better grade?

there are two brands of “cheating” that i employ from time to time.

one is copying answers on classwork/homework. i do that all the time, and so do most HS students i know. if it’s a class that i know i need to understand, like Calc or Chem, i won’t copy. but in general, we get so much BS busywork in school, and i’m not going to waste my time and energy doing stuff that won’t help me any.

secondly, if i have a big test with a lot of memorization, i’ll make a program on my TI-84 and load it up with formulas, notes, etc. or i’ll make a little slip of paper and write notes on it. even when i study a lot, i’ll still do this because you never know what you might forget.

but as far as looking off of other people’s tests… that i just can’t get down with