<p>So many students go through their high school years cheating their way past the obstacles. THE SAME obstacles, which a 100-times more students are putting the time and effort into working to remove. The endless hours of missing a date with a girl, not hanging out with their friends, or maybe even simply missing a TV show; all for the sake of working hard. </p>
<p>I. am SICK. SICK of all the people who cheat their way through life, when others are struggling. Sick of those who copy off others for tests. Sick of those who fake their college applications. Sick of those who cheat on the SAT's. Sick of those who lie. Sick of those who have faked their way throughout life. </p>
<p>THIS is a tribute, to those with integrity. It is those with integrity that will essentially succeed in life. I know how you feel. When a cheater beats you on a test. When a cheater, "beats" you in anything. I'm sure you all know this, but a person labelled "cheater" beats nobody in anything. Though their scores may sometimes seem higher, they are failures. </p>
<p>To those with integrity, I know it's hard to stay strong and not succumb to cheating, when all around you, people are cheating. But, staying strong, in the end, wins. Those who cheat, will fail in life when the serious issues come. Building CHARACTER is much more important than "succeeding" on a test by cheating. </p>
<p>To those with integrity. This is a tribute to you all.</p>
<p>I am often shocked at the blatant lack of integrity displayed on these boards, which supposedly houses some of the brightest students in the country (and therefore you'd think would know better). Cheating is rampant in high school, and while the little things I usually overlook, sometimes serious cheating does occur, and sometimes they are found out while other times they slip through the cracks. One can only hope that hard work will pay off and those who cheat will get their due.</p>
<p>Through my experiences in high school I have definitely found integrity to be one of the most important characteristics a person can have, and one for which I have the utmost respect. I second the notion that integrity should be encouraged and cheating, deprecated.</p>
<p>I third that integrity should be encouraged, as a person with the utmost respect for those with integrity, and as a person with unimpeachable integrity.</p>
<p>Agreed, nice tribute. I was shocked when my son told me the names of some of the students that he knew for fact cheated on a regular basis. All honor roll students. A couple of those students were "surprised" when my son scored higher than them on his ACTs. No surprise to me. Just remember, what goes around comes around. Sometimes it takes awhile, but those types of integrity issues do have a tendencey to catch up with those people at some point in their life. Being ethical is never a fault.</p>
<p>The cheating really annoys me. The thing is, a lot of times, it's not for the difficult classes, but it's out of sheer laziness that people want to cheat. People who I know are perfectly capable of the work, but choose to cheat instead.</p>
<p>Education isnt about grades... it isnt about competition... it is about learning. Therefore, cheating is irrelevant... and, if you really have intellectual integrity, what others chose to do should be of no concern to you. </p>
<p>I realize this is a hard thing for people on these boards to accept because everyone is so into competitive schools and "grades matter in the real world" and the such. Guess what: it really comes down to who learned more... not who had a higher gpa.</p>
<p>It is unfortunate that selective schools can only look at those who appear better on paper- and often choose the less qualified candidate as a result, thus depriving the deserving of an educational opportunity. These opportunities are then only wasted by those who plan to cheat through life. Its a pity when some of the greatest resources available go to those who will not use them to their full potential. Anyway, rant over. I wholeheartedly agree with the OP. Integrity is a far too rare trait in today's world.</p>
<p>while they make sneak away with cheating in school, no prestigious college will allow them to get away with it. I'm sure it happens but the consequences at college are muchhhhh stricter, and more students are actually caught.</p>
<p>When I'm successful some day, I'll tribute it to the fact that I was ruthless in the pursuit of what I wanted. If an opportunity to get ahead presented itself, I took it, and will continue to adhere to this doctrine as it has ensured me that I could have my cake and eat it too. I got into the college of my choice, and though I may not be the most ethical person, I got in and thousands of others didn't. </p>
<p>And I didn't have to sacrifice my social life at all. I partied and drank my way through high school, did only what I wanted, got lousy grades, and STILL got into an ivy league school</p>
<p>Difference being, of course, I didn't plagiarize anything. The most overt example of what some would define as "cheating" is my use of testing accomodations on the SATs - 100% extra time to be exact. I don't have ADD, but when I took the test with accomodations, my scores jumped from roughly a 1700 to a 2220 in one sitting, with NO additional preparation.</p>
<p>It's not really cheating, per se, it's just taking advantage of the fact that I have an easy-going doctor who would like to see me go to the college of my choice. And I'm not going to look a gift horse in the mouth.</p>
<p>I know we shouldn't be concerned, VERY TRUE that we shouldn't. But that's the way it is. Of course the world's unfair. But when a cheater who got e.g. 2400 on SAT's is accepted compared to a honest person who only got.. say 1900. And 2400 gets accepted and nobody knows about it. That's when it's over the limit.</p>