Cheating in schools

 

     One student looks at his neighbor’s exam paper and quickly copies the answers. Another student finds out the questions on a test before her class takes it and her friends. Still another student sneaks a sheet of paper with formulas written on it into the test room. What about you? Would you be tempted to cheat on an exam if you knew you wouldn’t get caught? According to a recent national survey, 40 percent of American teenagers would cheat under that condition. What is causing this epidemic of cheating in our schools? Most students cheat on tests because they feel pressure to get into a good college, because they want to avoid the hours of studying they need in order to get high grades, or simply because they are not concerned with honesty.

     Firstly, there are many students who fell lazy to study all formulas. They are always trying to find a way to cheat. They write formulas on a small leaflet and hide it somewhere. Nowadays not only leaflets can help them. There are many technologies such as mobile phones.  Of course, it is very easy way for people who are able to use it. However, we cannot see any benefits of using it. People doing this stand in one’s own light. They do not give any knowledge for themselves. This is just a possibility to get a good grade. This people always think only about good results and they are happy about it.

     Secondly, cheating in schools became very popular nowadays. People do not care about their future. They believe that good results bring them luck. They spend their time doing nothing instead of studying something at home. Also, people who have a job, spend much time working. It is hard to study and work at the same time. They choose to earn money instead of expand their knowledge. This choice makes them to search for the solution and they start to cheat. They crib from friends or from the internet. They do not imagine how harmful it could be.

     Thirdly, many students feel pressure to get into a good college and they need to get high grades in exam. They study as much as they can and sometimes it is not enough to get a good result. They need some help during the test. It means that they do not feel bad when they look at friend’s paper and copy the answers. They know that the mission they have to do is only to get a high grade. However, not every person find a way how to cheat. Sometimes there are no possibilities to copy something you do not know. It makes people feel self-critical. They regret that they do not know what to write. Sometimes it helps people to start studying or also there are people who do not care and expect that next time everything will be fine.

     To sum up, cheating is a chance to get a good mark or a grade. People are not afraid to risk it one or more times. It is bad, because people do not make a progress in learning. This problem is quite complicated because we cannot forbid students to do it but we can denounce them. People must understand that learning is not only marks it is also a knowledge which is very useful in everyone’s life.