As obvious as this seems, it may bear mentioning at a time when so many of you are under a great deal of stress.
Apparently each year there are a few students who suspend their normally good judgement just long enough to destroy their chances for a selective college (or any at all…) by cheating on a test at school, getting caught, and thereby forcing their school personnel to report a lapse in character to whatever institutions to which they had applied.
Nothing is worth that, and you never get the moment back. What will be will be. Take the “F” on the test or even in the class, if necessary, but don’t make a mistake that you’ll regret forever.
<p>I recently finished reading coach K’s book, Leading With the Heart. (GREAT BOOK!!).(Duke basketball coach) He meets with his basketball players early in the year and stresses the importance of total honesty and integrity. Doing well in their classes is very important. He asks them what is the worst thing that can happen to them academically. They typically reply, failing a class. Coach K tells them he can deal with failing a class, but it certainly helps if they come to him early. He then explains that the absolute worst thing they can do is cheat, because that will get them kicked out with no chance of recovery.</p>
<p>“Face it, if crime did not pay, there would be very few criminals.” -Laughton Lewis</p>
<p>No, you shouldn’t cheat. Nonetheless, if you do, it almost certainly wont be the sort of career-ending thing Dizzy talks about. The majority of people cheat at something at some point in their lives, and most are never caught</p>
<p>A student in my school cheated by changing his freshman year grades to 4.0 and also his 2 Quater grades by hacking into the school system. And he got expelled. now he is pretty much screwed.</p>