<p>and, since we only use 10 % of our brains, more information is going into less space which makes it more liable to explode.</p>
<p>ok wow tommeister definitely jokin on that one. and honestly, its not that bigga deal. i mean im talking like vocab tests and junk not SATs or anything real....i do indeed have a conscience and i also have a brain-one that likes to take the easy way out sometimes rather than study for a gazillion hrs. dont get so heated....</p>
<p>I cheated on a geography test one when I was in the 7th grade. I did great on it...but if only I known that the other side of the test paper had my history test. :p</p>
<p>Honestly, all the 'smart kids' at my school cheat to a certain degree. I'm not talking about copying test answers or cheating on the SAT/ACT or plaigarizing anything drastic. More along the lines of 'consulting' with other students about a quiz that they had first hour when you have the subject fifth hour. The teachers know it happens; all they can do is curve the classes seperately. </p>
<p>As for Sparknotes, they're practically worshipped by the AP/Honors English kids. My AP teacher has said we're totally free to use them, since they are a resource, just to keep in mind that she has access to all the same resources. </p>
<p>Honestly, if your morals dictate that using Sparknotes is cheating, maybe you should think that using scientific research findings to support a view in a paper is immoral too. YOU didn't conduct the research, so YOU shouldn't be able to use it. That's essentially what you're saying, right?</p>
<p>I'm sorry if I came across as kind of harsh. That's kind of what I believe it should be like in a perfect world, but in real life, it's not. But if you cheat it might affect class rank, which could harm others. Anyway...I've preached long enough, it's time for me to sit down and put it into practice. Erm.....does anyone know the answer to question 3? ;)</p>
<p>It happens. That's about all I have to say. Oh and if you cheat, you're only cheating yourself. So, cheat as much as you want, but see what happens when you don't have the tools to cheat anymore, eh?</p>
<p>I can't ever remember getting caught though.</p>
<p>For sure, but what happens when you're in University and you have to take an exam? Good luck is all I say.</p>
<p>Stop cheating. And sparknotes are not cheating, but if your english teacher is any good at all, they will hurt you more than help you.</p>
<p>Yes, Sparknotes does suck...the analysis is pretty dumb.</p>
<p>I actually find Sparknotes quite good. After I read their analysis, the literature makes a lot more sense.</p>
<p>homework is stupid and doesnt help me learn.</p>
<p>for others, they learn alot by doing the hmwk.</p>
<p>it really ****es me off when i get the "withering stare" as someone put it when i ask to copy someones hmwk. </p>
<p>sure, they might have worked hard on it, but if they did it for their own knowledge, they should be happy to donate their work to someone who has nothing to gain by doing it. </p>
<p>and if they did it just for the points, they should empathize with me in my dire need and find some other way in which i can pay them back.</p>
<p>sometimes i myself find a chance to do the homework and offer it to a peer in need. i do so gladly knowing i was of some help to someone.</p>
<p>teachers should be more understanding of the fact that not everyone gains equally from their homework and that enforcing its completion with grades is evil.</p>
<p>Some of you just need to chill.... Seriously. I don't cheat, but I'm not going to go out of my way to keep someone else from cheating, nor will I ever turn someone in.... It doesn't bother me at all. Believe it or not, the point isn't to get a high grade, it's to learn something! Now, of course this doesn't apply to 90% of my classes in high school, but still. </p>
<p>Sometimes if I know someone who gets really high grades, and then I find out that they cheat all the time, I feel slightly disappointed, but it's not like I care. Those people will learn what hard work really is someday, and may not be ready for it. The only way it's affecting me is my class rank.</p>
<p>I don't care if you copy hw answers. Hw is just supposed to be practice. But cheating on tests, particularly curved tests is annoying.</p>
<p>If you copy homework answers, it harms you. Homework is practice, it makes know the material better.</p>
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WHOA! :eek: That's quite the statement to make, now, isn't it? I have had no religious upbringing whatsoever and, as I'm certain I have already asserted in this thread, I have never cheated, especially not in high school. You should try to understand that one doesn't need religion to have a conscience and strong moral fiber, although I'm seeing not a lot of either of those displayed on this thread. :(</p>
<p>Cheating disgusts and confounds me. :mad::confused::mad: I would have to love someone a whole lot before my opinion of them would hold up under their cheating, if it were anything more serious than copying a busywork assignment, and as long as it were an isolated incident. I would have serious second thoughts--at least serious enough to warrant a heart-to-heart talk--about even the three or four of my friends whom I love the most (and I really love them) if I found out that they are cheaters. </p>
<p>Cheaters just aren't honorable people, in my eyes, and to me, it is a terrible thing to be untrustworthy.</p>
<p>cheating has nothign to do with being untrustworthy. it simply means that we have better things to do with our time than factoring 50 polynomials that we already know how to do.</p>
<p>It is not worth your time, but it is worth the time of the one who works for it?</p>
<p>To me, cheating has everything to do with being untrustworthy. Cheating is academic dishonesty, right? </p>
<p>Maybe I'm just loads more honest than most of the people on CC. Oh well. I knew from the start that I wasn't going to have a lot in common with this crowd. :-/</p>
<p>Please convey your definition and perspective of us upon 'this crowd'; I am very interested! :D</p>