<p>Are there a lot of people in high school who cheat or is it just exaggerated? I've heard it's common in AP classes (on class tests, not the CB test), and that was kind of surprising.</p>
<p>it happens everywhere. there will always be people looking for an easy way out.</p>
<p>I’ve heard that over half the people in any given class do it. That must be exaggerated… How could the teacher not notice?</p>
<p>At my school I haven’t heard of anyone in the advanced/AP classes cheat, but we did have a guy in a standard class tape the answers to the ceiling after school the day before the test and was caught, because he kept looking straight up during the test (I wasn’t there, and he taped it right above his seat haha)</p>
<p>At my old school, during my sophomore year, we didn’t have the best teacher in the world in our advanced geometry class. Most people couldn’t understand how he taught. For a little over half a year on most of the tests people had been getting answers off of my test and passing them around the class (I never noticed and the teacher was oblivious). I finally found out when around half the class got a 60 something (all the same grade) and were wondering how I got a 90 something… Someone looked at my test and said, oh, he must have double checked. When I found out what they did I told them not to copy me anymore. Served them right haha</p>
<p>In my school, cheating is rampant. There are even Facebook groups where kids post homeworks and study guides for other kids to copy. There’s even one class in my school with a teacher infamous for turning a blind eye to cheating (not sure intentionally or unintentionally, because she plays favorites) and giving kids answers during the exam. And I go to a “gifted”, “exclusive” school. </p>
<p>I wouldn’t say it’s frequent during an actual test that’s being taken, because the kids at my school are too scared to do something like that. But it still happens sometimes. So if my school, who’s reputation is for being smart and brainy, cheats like a bad girlfriend, it’s not hard to imagine what other schools are doing.</p>
<p>People cheat ALL the time. The remark about half the people in any given class is not an exaggeration</p>
<p>At my school, there are Google Drives filled with homework assignments based on year and class. The school also gives us free computers, so it doesn’t work out well</p>
<p>Not only is cheating an epidemic at my school, it is also not dealt with. I have seen so many kids get caught cheating on tests by their teacher, and they’re taken out to the hallway, “scolded”, and brought back in, and that’s the end of the story - sure, you face the momentary embarrassment of getting caught, but other than that, it isn’t on your record. In my AP World History class, half of one class got caught in this huge cheating ring on the summer assignment - meaning, 12-15 kids passed in almost identical assignments which they had all copied off of one girl. That one girl was the NHS president. They all received a 25% on the assignment (originally a 0, but the teacher knew that a 0 on the assignment would land every student with no higher than a D for the quarter.) Other than that, nothing else happened. That girl is STILL NHS President. </p>
<p>Its frustrating because I take pride in excelling in classes without being dishonest. I study hard for tests and always do my own work. The only consolation I have is that I consistently do better than the cheaters, for whatever reason. (EX: Some kid keeps cheating on Latin tests in my class, and ends up with like 80’s and I’ll always get 95+, so even though the kid probably deserved a much lower grade, at least he isn’t trumping me.) Maybe that’s very egotistical and self centered, but it makes everything a lot more tolerable.</p>
<p>In my chinese and math class, even the smartest kid cheats because the teacher for both classes is just so clueless.</p>
<p>Similar stories as the two posters above me. This girl was vice president of French honor society and the teacher caught her cheating in AP French class. Her excuse was that “everyone does it”. There were no academic consequences, she just lost her position as VP. </p>
<p>This year, she got appointed as Secretary of NHS. The teacher who appointed her has no idea about the cheating incident. I’m debating on whether or not to tell. I don’t want her to lose another position, but it doesn’t feel right to me.</p>
<p>Cheating at the HS level is certainly wrong, but if colleges are cheating by reporting stats, driving up applications, etc, one has to wonder how much colleges care about ethics. BTW, democracy will have a hard time surviving under a highly unethical general population. It’s a big problem.</p>
<p>Cheating is huge at my school. Teachers even notice and point out when 9th period has a class average 5-10% better than 1st period. And yet they still do nothing. Frustrating when your in 1st period ;)</p>
<p>Yeah it’s common. But it’s not like literally every test and quiz you will find somebody cheating. It’s more like, the majority of people at my school will cheat at least once in their high school career. I have a friend who cheats a lot. She’s not a bad kid, just doesn’t do as well in school as I do. Many teachers think she’s nice and innocent and would never suspect her of wrongdoing and so she never gets caught but she has some really clever way of cheating. I never planned on cheating but I did cheat on minor quizzes. I didn’t plan on doing anything but I had friends who sat close to me who were looking up answers and offered to help me.</p>
<p>So what I’m saying is, it’s not horrendously common but it’s really not uncommon either. And it’s not the bad kids who cheat either. Even the nice ones who do well in school will sometimes cheat. If the teacher’s really chill during tests and quizzes and students can get away with it, some will do it.</p>
<p>Everyone at my school is too puss to cheat, but the few who do get away with it unless its in plain sight. It feels good to cheat idk.</p>
<p>I cheated a few times in middle school… And I still feel bad about it haha. I guess I’m not meant to be a cheater 
But yeah, throughout high school I can’t think of a single time when I cheated.
As far as the general population cheating, I hear it’s more common among the boys than the girls. In general though, I don’t think people in my school cheat much… (or maybe I’m just naive :D)</p>
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<p>I really hope not, but I’m too cynical to believe it’s exaggerated.</p>
<p>The people who cheat in AP classes are the people who shouldn’t be in advanced classes to begin with.</p>
<p>ya thats why I was shocked… IF it’s CP/On-level, it wouldn’t be as surprising, because you’d think that advanced (AP) students would have better judgement and less “need” to cheat.</p>
<p>Back when I was in high school, and even middle school, I was the type of person to let others cheat off of my work. I was always regarded as the smart kid, so people would flock to me, from 6th grade all the way up to my senior year this year, for answers. If I didn’t let these people cheat, I would lose respect and popularity from my peers. I wasn’t going to let my reputation take a fall because I refused to give someone answers.</p>
<p>All that aside, I rarely cheated. I am an excellent test taker (excluding the SAT!). The only time that I would cheat is if I was totally stumped on an answer. No one was going to stop me, either. Since it is our last year, seniors get away with anything at my alma mater. This year, I enjoyed that privilege to the fullest! :D</p>