I recently had roughly this conversation with a high school student while I was substituting:
Me: How much is she paying you?
High school girl: What?
Me: You’re doing her work, how much is she paying you for it?
High school girl: Nothing.
Me: Then why are you doing it? What do you get out of it?
High school girl: *confused look*
Me: Why are you doing it?
High school girl: It’s just four problems. She already knows how to do them.
Me: That’s not the point.
High school girl: What’s the point?
Honesty. Integrity. That’s the point. Being able to look yourself in the eyes, know who you are, and being at peace with it.
How do you live in the world without integrity? If you can’t even have faith in yourself, in who you are, who are you? If you have no qualms about cheating on one thing, what else will you cheat on? What else do you not have qualms about? Maybe right now there are things that would be on your list of things you won’t do, but that’s a slippery slope you’re on. Will you notice you’re sliding down it?
That’s the point. And I hope she figures it out sooner rather than later.
I am an educator and PhD. I quilt, belly dance, run, read, and try to grow things. I am a Mormon. I am infertile. I am a daughter, sister, aunt, grand-daughter, friend, wife, and mom.
Brett L. Dennis
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Has the cheating epidemic always been this bad, or am I just noticing it more now that I’m old and stuffy? :brett:
I think with the Internet cheating is getting worse. But I am delighted to hear Brett say say that he is old and stuffy!!!!
I had an experience with cheating in college. Some students tried to turn an individual assignment into a group one, the old “you do this part and I’ll do this and we will share all the answers”. I tattled on them and ever since I have felt really proud that I told the truth. It would’ve messed up the grading curve if anything!