Cheaters at school

@beamer88 (4259)
Philippines
February 13, 2011 10:14am CST
Some students are usually tempted to cheat when faced with a must-pass exam when they haven't prepared well for it. Or others just cheat because they're just lazy to study. If you see someone cheating, would you inform your teacher or would you pretend that you didn't see it happen?
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12 responses
• United States
13 Feb 11
Unless there were some sort of extreme circumstances I would not tell the teacher. My hands are full keeping myself honest! It would only make trouble. They will eventually be caught and it will catch up with them down the road. It may cost them a job or their reputation.
@deebomb (15304)
• United States
13 Feb 11
Their cheating might cost some one their life.
@beamer88 (4259)
• Philippines
14 Feb 11
Telling on someone usually leads to trouble. It's really a moral dilemma on our part. We know it's the right thing to do, but at the same time you risk getting the ire of the cheater who might take some form of retaliatory measures.
• Philippines
13 Feb 11
Though I really feel bad about it, I usually don't tell the proctor that someone is cheating. First, I don't want to gain enemies. Secondly, I think informing the teacher about it during the exam itself will make me pass --- I will be wasting a minute or two of my time answering the questions. I just pray for their poor souls and let karma get them. :)
@beamer88 (4259)
• Philippines
13 Feb 11
It's really hard to tell on someone. I don't do it either, but sometimes it gets so frustrating when the cheater pass the exam with flying colors.
• Philippines
13 Feb 11
I saw an article about cheating. It is in www.socyberty.com/how-do-students-cheat-on-their-exams. Oh yes, it is frustrating. In my high school, I had a classmate who became a valedictorian out of cheating and copying from 1st to 4th year. Good thing is, she is now in the wanted list for large-scale estafa / illegal recruitment. She victimized our very own batchmates whom she claimed "friends". That is karma.
• Philippines
13 Feb 11
Ooppsss...sorry. the link is www.socyberty.com/education/how-do-students-cheat-on-their-exams. The article got a set of ways how to cheat on the exams and another set on how to avoid it.
• Singapore
17 Feb 11
It depends on my mood. If I were feeling mischievous that day, I would do something to direct the teacher's attention towards the cheater bug, e.g. throw an eraser at that fellow while the teacher isn't looking, then he'll get a surprise. If his reaction is too big it might even cause a commotion (like upsetting his own desk...just joking hee hee). Then the teacher might just ask him what he's doing.
• Singapore
17 Feb 11
Even if he doesn't alarm the teacher, at least it'll be a wake up call for him to be honest and behave himself, because he might then realise that someone else has noticed him and could tip him off anytime.
@beamer88 (4259)
• Philippines
17 Feb 11
Very nice technique :) Making the teacher find out about the cheater without actually telling on him.
• China
13 Feb 11
Well when i was in school or college then i never saw anyone who is cheating from the books or something. They asked each others and sometime i also did but for this i never inform to any teacher. But now i am a medical student and i saw to cheat so many foreigners i couldn't inform the teachers in the exam hall but latter i told my teacher that some student did cheat in the exam so please from the next exam be careful.I informed the teacher as i want that student must be serious and one medical student should study never should do cheat. So now a days i would like to inform the teacher about the cheaters not to hide the matter. It's good for the student!
@deebomb (15304)
• United States
13 Feb 11
Thats a very scary thought. I don't want any of them to treat me or my family.
@beamer88 (4259)
• Philippines
13 Feb 11
And it's good for the profession itself. If those cheaters pass, they'll eventually become doctors. That's a scary thought.
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@lady1993 (27225)
• Philippines
15 Feb 11
I am quite guilty f this- the not informing teacher about someone cheating..It's because there are many of them, and in college, it seemed like a normal thing- which is bad since I came from the 'best section' in my school before and we don't cheat when it comes to major exams. my classmates from the different curses and I were quite shocked when we saw this situation. But the cheaters are really many...
@beamer88 (4259)
• Philippines
15 Feb 11
Ooh, that sounds really bad. Usually there are one or two cheaters in a class. More than that is really not good. Well, I can't blame you for not telling on them. It's hard enough to tell on one person, what more if they are plenty.
15 Feb 11
I just stay out of it, its only themselves that theyre kidding! Theyre likely to get caught in the important exams anyway...
@beamer88 (4259)
• Philippines
15 Feb 11
You're right. Cheaters are only shortchanging themselves of a good education, and if they don't want to learn, then it's their problem.
@sender621 (14894)
• United States
14 Feb 11
Cheating at school usually comes from the lack of effort we put into our studies. we are more than capable of learning the materials we need to succeed in class. Cheating is not the shortcut we sometimes think we have come across. we don't learn anything from cheating except that we are cheating ourselves.
@beamer88 (4259)
• Philippines
14 Feb 11
That's true. No one learns by cheating, and I think that those who always try to do shortcuts may, trite as it may sound, may shorten their lives.
@dreamnishu (1247)
• China
14 Feb 11
i do not like to cheat with my study.yes some student are doing this i saw that in my university life.when i was in school or college i never saw that.i never do this and i do not want to do it in my life.it is very bad.i think it is a sin. thanks a lot
@beamer88 (4259)
• Philippines
15 Feb 11
Cheating really is a terrible thing to do. Nobody wins actually. Both the cheater and the school institution loses. The cheater doesn't learn and the school failed in truly imparting knowledge to the student.
• India
13 Feb 11
hi there being a student i want to tell u one thing now a days every student doing cheating in the examination hall.if they haven't prepared well for exam,they cheated in examination hall for getting passing marks and those student who are good in studies they are also doing cheating in examination for getting more good marks to top the school,college or university.where all students doing same thing in examination hall then why should they inform the teacher. m also cheating in examination hall for getting good marks and sometimes for passing marks.
@beamer88 (4259)
• Philippines
13 Feb 11
Wow, is that how it is today? Don't you think this is alarming that cheating has apparently gotten to be just a normal thing amongst students?
• Oman
14 Feb 11
Whoever breaks the rules suffers. Pupils in my school were warned of possible consequences and sanctions as regards cheating being a major offense of the school policy which tantamount to suspension and once repeated, worst is expulsion. There are actually no cheaters in school just lazy ones as there are no dumb pupils rather lazy ones (too) only. Whatever reasons they have such as failure to review the day before, misplaced memo notebook, wasnt able to copy the reminded on the board, and the like, they all fall under sin of omission and/or sin of commission. A pupil who caught a classmate cheating and ignored it committed the sin of omission while the pupil who cheated committed the sin of commission, therefore, whoever catches someone cheating in class regardless of whether a boy, a girl, a friend, an enemy, he/she must inform the teacher to avoid any similar incident in the future. After all, it would really be unfair and inhumane for those who studied harder and reviewed for the exam just so to receive a passing mark.
@beamer88 (4259)
• Philippines
14 Feb 11
That's an interesting policy - penalizing a person who failed to report an incident of cheating. But for me, I don't think it would work. It would only make the student keep silent about a cheating incident he witnessed. I'd much prefer rewarding the student when he reports the incident. A reward system usually works better than a punishment system.
• United States
14 Feb 11
If it would cause others to be in trouble then I would tell the teacher;if not then I wouldn't say anything.After all it is the teachers job to make sure there is not cheating and the students responsibility to learn and do well.
@beamer88 (4259)
• Philippines
14 Feb 11
Yes, the teacher is responsible. But don't you think that students also have that responsibility? I mean, teachers can only do so much. They also need help from the students.
@HarryS88 (32)
• Indonesia
14 Feb 11
It's hard to decide if I need to tell my teacher when I see someone cheating. It depends on the condition, if my teacher doesn't see me and I see my friends cheating one another, what should I do? Why don't I cheat either? Especially when I am not well-prepared. However, if I am very well-prepared and able to accomplish my exams, but I see my friends cheating, I will pretend I don't see them because I don't want to have problems with my friends. Does it make sense? Happy Valentine's Day....
@beamer88 (4259)
• Philippines
14 Feb 11
It does :) And that's usually what most students do. I've done that. It just seems so hard for me to tell on my friends.