Lie, Cheat, Steal: High School ethics surveyed

guitarman89
Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:21:38 +0000

I honestly don’t know a person in real life who hasn’t cheated on a test before (including myself). I do have morals, and I really don’t like cheating (it’s a much better feeling when you earn a good grade without it). It’s just that sometimes the pressure of maintaining high gpa, etc. has driven me to cheat a few times. Especially given the fact that everyone else in my school cheats and tests are sometimes based on curves…yeah.

64% is definitely way too low; people lie on surveys. I would guess it’s 95% if not more. Unless you’re a saint I doubt anyone has NEVER cheated on a test before. You can’t tell me that there’s not even ONE TIME when you peeked off of someone else’s paper whether it be in 1st grade or yesterday. I’ve done it before, and I’m not proud of it. In fact, I’m trying really hard to never, ever do it again. It’s just that the pressure and stress placed on high-school students who want to perform at the top-level cause even the best of us to succumb to cheating sometimes.