<p>I am just so fed up with all of the rampant cheating in my honors/AP classes! The teachers don't care/notice, and if they do, they do not do anything about it which encourages further cheating. People are so creative with cheating methods and they throw off test curves. I want to be valedictorian but at this rate we are going to have many of them. They do not deserve their grades and GPAs-and I really want to tell the school or anonymously email teachers or something. What do you say?</p>
<p>If you didn’t have your own agenda (i.e. becoming valedictorian) would you still have reported them? It seems pretty obvious from your posting that you are angered by them “throwing off test curves” or becoming valedictorian. In that case, I think you should avoid the hyper-competitiveness and let it catch up to them later in life. There’s no reason for you to rat someone out if it’s simply for your own personal gain (IMO, almost as bad as cheating itself).</p>
<p>However, if you sincerely believe that you would’ve reported them if they didn’t pose a threat to you, then either contact the teachers to be more careful or tell the students that they’ll be reported if they don’t cut it out.</p>
<p>Cheating is common in every high school, even though it annoys me, I know that some day it will catch up to them [cheaters]. I don’t think it’s my job to go and report them, potentially ruining their future.</p>
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<p>There’s nothing hyper-competitive about reporting them, and there is no “personal gain” in doing so: it’s simply leveling the playing field. They have an unfair advantage and they all deserve punishment for cheating.</p>
<p>I agree with the second poster, but at the same time I think it ties in with self-defense. You’ve earned a higher ranking than those kids, and ranking matters to colleges. So you’re basically defending your right to the best education you can receive.</p>
<p>However, I don’t really know how to help you. :/</p>
<p>I think even if the Valedictorian title wasn’t on the line, you should still very well report them. Administrators work well. Have documented proof and not just word of mouth. Cheaters are something that shouldn’t be tolerated, ever. Those people will have a hard time in college, especially if they go to colleges where the Code of Honor or Cheating Policy is severe.</p>
<p>I know how you feel! 
Every single person in my schools NHS helps each other cheat on every single honors english test.</p>
<p>While cheating IS wrong, it might not be the best course of action to go straight to an administrator. If it slips that you were the one who blew the whistle, there will be A LOT of people that will hate you/want to see you fail, making it that much harder to become valedictorian</p>
<p>If you do report, ensure its completely anonymous: fake email, no name revealing, no classmates knowing etc.</p>
<p>I disagree with @logic</p>
<p>The kids have a right to know who’s trying to ruin their future (yes, cheating will probably end up on their transcript if caught). This isn’t the time to be anonymous, if you morally feel cheating is wrong there’s no reason for you to publicly call them out. Just make sure you have actual evidence.</p>
<p>I know most of you are going to disagree with me but consider this: OP has no right to hide behind a fake email and identity. This isn’t the time to be cowardly; OP’s reporting may seriously impact these kids’ future. Just as a criminal accused has the constitutional right to confront his witnesses, these teenagers should have the right to confront OP.</p>
<p>I agree with cc123
If you’re getting ticked at them for taking the easy way out, you have no right to hide from them</p>
<p>I usually anonymously report cheaters, and you should do it too to keep your school’s academic integrity intact. From what I have seen at my school, cheating is rampart mostly at the bottom 50%, so most of the cheaters here are not really impacting any test curves on AP classes or trying to get ahead in the college admissions. But still I try to report as much of them as possible. Honestly, cheating is so ingrained in student culture that sayings that glorify dishonesty such as “Teachers call it cheating, we call it teamwork” and “A relationship is not a test, so why cheat?” have become omnipresent on the web. </p>
<p>@colorguard1011
Yep. I have witnessed several members of my school’s NHS cheating either way, such as by reading summaries of books, copying homework, or giving/receiving help on tests. Heck, two members of the NHS have asked me to “help” them on their tests while the teachers were out of the room. And for the added sake of irony, I am not even on the NHS.</p>
<p>I think you should. Honestly people never learn unless they experience the consequences of their actions. It is not helping you or them or their future colleges to let the cheating go on. And when people cheat, they do so knowing the consequences.</p>
<p>Sent from my SCH-I535 using CC</p>
<p>thanks-and i know that its true that their cheating will catch up with them later, but later could mean YEARS down the road after we’ve all gone to college.</p>
<p>of course i am upset that they are ruining my chances-but it is a moral thing as some of you posters mentioned-i would never cheat and its also difficult when people are cheating by looking at my papers or asking to look at my papers. heck, some people go through teachers desks to find answer keys or exchange answers for payment. its absolutely ridiculous.</p>