<p>Lie</a>, cheat and steal: high school ethics surveyed - Yahoo! News </p>
<p>how bad is cheating in high school?</p>
<p>stealing stat is alarming... cheating i'd have thought was in the 90s%</p>
<p>^ Agreed.</p>
<p>I can't believe that only 64% of students have cheated on tests. It seems a lot more prevalent than that to me. I wonder if it's more common among higher-level classes...?</p>
<p>In a separate poll, 36% of students admitted to answering poll questions dishonestly. </p>
<p>That would be funny though. 64% definitely is a low figure.</p>
<p>"cheating i'd have thought was in the 90s%"</p>
<p>Do you think teachers make it too easy to cheat? I can't imagine 90% cheating.</p>
<p>I thought the article was great, btw.</p>
<p>I cheated on about .01% of my tests. I just never felt like it was worth it, nor feasible. I did, however, copy about 70% of my homework.</p>
<p>And how does 90% cheat off the other 10%? That's ridiculous. Same applies self-sufficient cheating. Teachers don't become teachers because they're stupid.</p>
<p>64% does seem a little low, but I doubt that all of those 36% that said they don't cheat actually NEVER cheat. People lie on polls, duh. Then again, it's usually easier to cheat on something like an essay or report- something that you do at home, as opposed to in class. </p>
<p>It also depends on what "cheating" really is, and that's pretty hard to define.</p>
<p>One of the smartest girls in my school completely cheated on all our papers. Can't believe how stupid she is for cheating but you gotta see her grades- amazing.</p>
<p>^ I hope college tears her apart.</p>
<p>I would have thought that at least 85% of all students have cheated by copying homework.</p>
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One of the smartest girls in my school completely cheated on all our papers. Can't believe how stupid she is for cheating but you gotta see her grades- amazing.
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Generally, the smarter you are, the better you are at successfully cheating.</p>
<p>The cheating in my "regular" classes was always weak and sterile. Completely bland and unimpressive.</p>
<p>But the cheating in my honors and AP classes was always very innovative and resourceful. Sometimes the creativity was of such a high caliber that I couldn't help but think that the teachers themselves would be impressed. Of course, very few of the AP and honors students would ever get caught - there's a reason why they were in those accelerated classes in the first place. Indeed, there was a very heartwarming sense of community and friendship among those part of the cheating chain. <3</p>
<p>I hate people who cheat</p>
<p>other than actually having some moral fiber, integrity, and a conscience I don't feel like there is any reason to cheat....first off it will just screw me over in the long run if i do it and second. i dont feel like the people in my school are worth cheating off of.
Not to brag or toot my own horn but like i do just as well as the valedictorian at my school. so there is no reason too.
Getting good study habits now will bid well in the long run because i wont have any urge to cheat in college and i wont even have the chance of getting caught
my personal integrity stops me from cheating. i pride myself in work and how i actually work hard to get the grades i do.</p>
<p>^that's bs and you know it.
cheating on these assignments isn't going to hinder you because, well, you don't need to know this stuff. knowing us history won't help you in college, knowing biology won't, etc. unless you are a major in that field.</p>
<p>there are no cons to cheating besides the fact that you may get caught. if you pride yourself on your work ethic, good for you, i don't care though nor do colleges.</p>
<p>I've never cheated, lied, or stolen in high school. The only time I cheated was in a middle school math class.</p>
<p>irrelevant =]</p>
<p>Cheating on assignments won't hurt you in that you won't know the material for college. It will hurt you in that you won't be used to doing the work.</p>
<p>And colleges actually DO care if their students or applicants cheat. Honor codes exist at many top schools for a reason. How would a college look if it admitted someone guilty of flagrant cheating or plagiarism? That's why Harvard rescinded Blair Hornstine's acceptance: The</a> Harvard Crimson :: Opinion :: The Blair Witch Hunts</p>
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I can't believe that only 64% of students have cheated on tests.
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no, 64% have admitted to cheating on tests. You'd be hard pressed to find anybody in HS who has been truly 100% honest.</p>
<p>if by "cheating" you mean asking someone the answer for a question on a take home test or looking at someones multiple choice answer for one even just to check an answer.....then the number is probably 100%</p>
<p>Our valedictorian a few years back, '07, I think? Was known for cheating in any class he found difficult, in once instance he broke into a teachers file cabinet to get a copy of the test before it as administered. It was terrible, but I've heard he's flunking at Vanderbilt. Karma, I think?</p>
<p>^wow. that's just... pathetic.</p>
<p>"In a separate poll, 36% of students admitted to answering poll questions dishonestly. "</p>
<p>I wonder how accurate that poll was.... :)</p>