Does honesty really get you anywhere?

jamesford
Wed, 04 Feb 2009 22:29:48 +0000

At this point it really doesn’t seem like honesty gets you that far (at least not personally). Assuming you wouldn’t get caught, it’s much more practical (and tempting) to get your friends to spill the test questions/cheat in some other way rather than kill yourself studying, stay up late, and feel like you’re going to die the next day in school.

I’m not condoning cheating. I feel like socking people like that in the face. But teachers are truly oblivious for the most part when it comes to catching cheaters. Even if the kids are caught, they rarely get more than a slap on the wrist.