<p>Its common knowledge in my school that almost everyone in the top 10 of the Junior and Senior classes cheats because our school has such lax cheating policies.</p>
<p>What is your school's cheating policies?</p>
<p>Do you cheat (be honest, I'm not a college admissions officer)?</p>
<p>How many people in your school cheat? </p>
<p>I just think its sad that kids like some in my school are taking away spots and making it harder for everyone to get into Ivy Leagues because they cheat instead of actually studying.</p>
<p>If you’re caught cheating on a test the teacher gives you a zero.
Intentional plagiarism is a bigger deal, but I’m not sure what they do exactly.</p>
<p>Friend was a consistent cheater in high school: old tests (supposedly confidential) recycled, special sessions with teachers going over “possible” answers, parents writing papers, etc. Now she is at an Ivy and . . . . her mother does her homework. She just extended the cheating to college.</p>
<p>The cheating policy is a bit laxed at my school also. Almost everyone has at least cheated once, and some do it just to verify that their answer is right (doesn’t make it any better though).</p>
<p>I cheat in ungraded and pointless classes, because I don’t want to bother putting the time in. I’ve also mildly cheated in a few essays that do go towards important subjects, but only to the extent of bringing a well graded draft in with me to copy instead of learning it. It’s still my own work, I would never plagiarise.
Nobody would be stupid enough to cheat in an external exam, which make up almost all our grade. You can be disqualified from every exam you’re doing if you’re even found with a phone in one, which would mean no grade in every subject after 2 years of studying.</p>
<p>You can’t cheat your way through life. Sooner or later it will catch up to you either internally or externally. E.G. The girl with the cheating mother. How would you like to go through life, knowing that your mother considers you a cheater, and visa versa? What an unhealthy dynamic. She might have got into an Ivy but she lost a mother. Very bad trade.</p>
<p>There are certain specific classes/tests/assignments where it is common knowledge that almost everybody is cheating. In my APUSH class my teacher recycled an old AP exam without questions past the end of the 19th century (where we where at the time) as our midterm. Somebody took the test early and then posted the link on Facebook to the test on College Board, all 70 some APUSH students (including myself) looked over the exam before test day. Beyond that it depends on what you consider cheating. I know a lot of people who go on Sparknotes instead of reading the books assigned or will copy worksheets. Basically everybody in honors cheats at some point, it is rather sad actually. Our honors program is called CAS (Center for Advanced Studies), but everybody jokes that it really stands for Copy and Share.</p>
<p>Cheating. It irks me. I, personally, don’t cheat and I am within the top 10. It’s humorous, though, because when your start getting into the lower ranks of the top (40-10) you find more cheating on tests/essays/exams. Goes to show that, at least at my school, cheating won’t take your that far. </p>
<p>If I see someone cheating its none of my business. It don’t snitch because…you know…they get stitches. I just don’t see the point of it. If you suck at something own up to it. You suck. Accept it. Your grade is going to reflect it. </p>
<p>When it comes to “ungraded” or “pointless” things sure I’ll team up with people for answers, but then you start to question whether its really cheating or teamwork.</p>
<p>If it’s not actually graded I probably wouldn’t even do it.
“Pointless” is entirely subjective, though. Cheating on “pointless” things is just as bad as cheating on everything else, IMHO.</p>
<p>I have cheated before by looking over and getting an answer, but I have not plagiarized or used technology to cheat. But I know people who so it A TON. I also admit to having helped people cheat by telling them what the test is on before they take it.</p>
<p>Cheating is a huge problem at our top rated public school. luckily my daughter does not cheat and her gpa reflects this fact. While it is very solid 3.8 UW w4.2—I am happy she is staying true to herself and not cheating. It is very frustrating when kids pulling off the a’s are cheating and she gets a B+ . One girl in particular is heading off to an Ivy League school and she is a major cheater. Overall I think they can have this lying cheating type of person and I think she may get kicked out for cheating— if they catch her. Overall daughter testing is in line with her Grades, and D like others have said will not tell on the cheaters as she thinks this is bad karma and their lies will eventually catch up to them. I sure hope so…but i know that life doesn’t always work this way. I have taught D that it is much better to be able to look yourself in the mirror and know you deserve the college you get admitted to. I am very proud of her for not cheating. I just hope she gets I to her first choice school.</p>
<p>Seems like I’m the only one that will admit it then :)</p>
<p>@superstarlala how is looking over and getting an answer not plagiarising? @halycon The majority of the work we do, except exams, has no real meaning. Of course I normally do it properly, to prepare me for the final, but I’m not actually benefitting from cheating except getting to put less time in but still staying on the right side of the teacher.</p>
<p>“What is your school’s cheating policies?”
-If you are spotted cheating, talking during tests then it is a zero for the test… This is where the teachers come in. I seen like in nearly every class some form though none were about the test and the teachers just say be quiet. I know a lot of people that cheat and I only seen one people affected by the rule and he was just talking and being lazy.
Do you cheat (be honest, I’m not a college admissions officer)?
-Yes. I cheats. Presidents cheat. Game players cheat. Drivers cheat. Even big businesses cheat… Unless you mean on tests then yes. I cheated several times. But mainly it was in Spanish. Like I had to spell the words like perfectly and I wasn’t that well of a speller. Something I look at other people papers and see what they got, not to copy but usually when I do this, I think and try again.</p>
<p>“How many people in your school cheat?”
-Uh everyone? lol Jk. But I would say a decent amount. Most are average students that want to get into a decent college.</p>
<p>Do I cheat? Nah, if I can do well without cheating, why bother? Is cheating rampart at my school? To an extent. I frequently see the lower kids doing it, and even bragging about their dishonesty on the bus. But in online courses? It seems everybody cheats, even the higher-ranking kids. Though there were several times where I caught members of my school’s NHS cheating, and even after I reported them anonymously, they were not kicked out. It seems that demonstrates my school’s attitude towards academic dishonesty.</p>
<p>My school doesn’t cheat on tests a lot. But homework “cheating” is pretty rampant. Teachers at my school assign a ton of busy work, so people do group work to get it done faster.</p>
<p>It totally depends on the teacher. Obviously, cheating isn’t allowed, and it’s definitely a serious offense. Although, perhaps that’s more so a U.S. thing?</p>
<p>I remember when I was in a discussion with an exchange student from Germany last year, he claimed that it was common knowledge that people in his country cheat constantly, and it isn’t a big deal when they do so.</p>
<p>Perhaps our education system isn’t as bad as its reputation. </p>
<p>I’d like to share a little story of me cheating. I was sick during the day of a Chemistry test, so, when I went in to take in the test the next day in a small room with a bunch of other students, everyone was copying each other’s answers and, well, I wasn’t too comfortable with my performance on the test, so I am guilty in cheating, too. </p>
<p>My school has a pretty tough cheating policy however it’s only applicable to AP students ( sad but the majority here do cheat) if you’re caught cheating teacher has option of failing you for the entire class you get automatic suspension it goes on perm record and if you’re a senior they personally inform your college. With that said people still cheat there asses off! I’m not even going to lie if the assignment is what I consider “busy work”" and takes 30< mins to complete I don’t really mind showing my assignment or copying another. However if it’s 30+ mins I openly tell my friends no matter how close they can’t copy nor will I ask because if I actually had to spend hours of my precious time doing an assignment no way in hell are you going to sit there for 15 mins and get an A…um NO!! I’ve never cheated on a test or plagiarized a paper, but I was shocked last week when I told a girl I didn’t even know that my comparison paper in AP Art History was on the Parthenon and the Irse Temple and she replied, “my last report was on the Parthenon, want it?” In my head I’m like " ***** I don’t even know you. They’re handing out term papers like they’re candy!</p>
<p>As far as in my school goes, I feel like no one ever gets caught. Either that or teachers just really don’t care enough to do anything. I know for super obvious plagiarism people have failed assignments before, but I don’t think anyone’s ever been suspended or failed a class because of it as far as I know.</p>
<p>I used to cheat a lot freshman year, and the beginning of sophomore year. I’m a junior now and never cheat, except for the occasional “what was the answer to #5?(to compare)” Or “What topics were on the Physics test?” (if that’s considered cheating). </p>
<p>Freshman year though I remember my whole Geometry class had this really extensive cheating network where everyone would pass mechanical pencils with formulas written in papers stuffed inside, rearrange seats on test days with smartest in the front so people could copy all the way down the row, frantic whispering amongst the entire class comparing answers if the teacher stepped out of the room for a second, one kid even STOLE THE FINAL and posted it in a Facebook group for the class and everyone worked out and posted the answers! Worst cheating I’ve ever seen. We were awful… Never got caught though. Sophomore year though was a different type of cheating though, where a couple friends would actually pay me on occasion to do their Chem because I was really good at it and it only took me a couple minutes to do problems that would have taken them a half and hour.</p>
<p>I realize that was all really stupid though, but most of it was just meaningless stuff that I didn’t see the point in doing so I didn’t feel bad about cheating. Now that I’m in tougher classes I realize the necessity of actually doing my own work.</p>