This was a post from last year about this time and it did not receive much discussion. I re-posted it to see if I could generate some this time and to see if we could find some answers to this problem.
As a teacher, I see and hear about all forms of cheating, from copying vocabulary work, to copying and pasting a report, to looking at another's answers on a test, to making up book reports about non-existent books or writing a book report based on not actually reading the book, but on what you have read about the book. Nothing really surprises me anymore.
Read the news report of what happened in Hanover High School in Hanover, NH.
What is this telling us about the current generation?
Are they over-booked with too many academic, activity, job-related and personal commitments that they have no time to do their work, complete assignments, or study for tests?
Are parents or the students themselves putting too much pressure on the students to achieve a good grade that learning takes second place?
Are schools and teachers emphasizing the wrong thing- grades instead of actual learning?
No learning can actually be graded- learning is learning- it changes the brain. How can that be graded?
So what do we and teachers, students and administrators do about cheating?
What is the parental role in this issue?
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Thanks Aaron- I fixed it. I had a dream last night that it did not work and when I checked this morning, your message awaited. Talk about deja vue.
Hay Mrs. hansen i finally learned how to blog. but cheating is very wrong and its somewhat okay outside of skewl and for the letters i have one more to complete and plus i need five envolopes
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Chris Johnson
It was really bad that the kids tried it but it was probably caused by the pressure that us as students get from teachers, parents, and other students. It is hard to live up to others expectations so students cheat. It is probably a bad way of getting answers, but it was really bad.
"...making up book reports about non-existent books..."
HAHA! Genius...
Okay, so I'm not reading all of that, I don't have the patience. But scanning through your little speel, I think stress is just a big part of high schoolers lives. Too much pressure is building up on us: the pressure to suceed, the pressure to be accepted, the pressure to to keep pressure down...
I have recently had a mini-breakdown due to stress, and yes, when I am stressed out, I don't always find the time to do some homework, so yes, I have copied answers from people. Our lives are just filled with work, friends, school, family, and other extra-curricular activities that we don't always find time to do what should matter most : homework.
My parents honestly don't care if I do well in school; I do well in school because I want to do well in life, and get into a good college that is outside of SD. My family can't afford to put me through college, so I have to earn all the money myself. The only way to do that is get scholarships which means good grades. I think I am putting far too much pressure on myself to succeed, even though I do know well that I will.
The parental role? Is there one? Can they help that their children cheat? I think what we need to do is find out WHY students cheat and then tackle it from the source.
Ashley- What about academic integrity? Don't parents teach that? Is it not the role of parents to model the values they want their children to have? Or is there going to be a generation of children who raised themselves? Where will they get their values?
Is it really the job of the parents to teach us "academic integrity"? Isn't that why we go to school? Sure parents have an effect on how their children behave, but trust me, children act differently at school than they do around their family. Why should parents concern themselves with the values their children learn? Unless they honestly believe that their children will highly influence them, should they care? it's their CHILDREN'S life, not theirs.
Although they would be great parents if they did care ;) haha
And "speel" is a great word..haha!
As a student I can say that there is alot of cheating that goes on in our school and others. I think as long as we have to go to school there will be cheating. No matter what teachers do to try and stop cheating, it will always seem to persist. I read that article and the only thought that came to my mind is they need to be punished fully. I believe the only way cheating is going to start coming to an end is if there are stricker punishments to what comes to the students when they get caught. Everyone in students life do play apart in way there are more and more cheating going on. The more extra cirricular activites students particpate in the less school/ homework time they have. And the time they do have they just want to spend sleeping or practicing not school work. I think there is alot more emphasise on grades and how well you do on homework or on tests instead of what the students are actually learning. I myself am a student that struggles to take tests and quiz, I perform well on all assignments but when it comes to my tests and quizzes it just doens't heppen. Learning to me could never be graded. As long as students go to school cheating will never stop. There is just nothing anyone can do about. Maybe the teachers need to change how they teach and how they plan on grading what we know not how well we can remember everything teachers try to shove in our brain.
~Caitlin~
I would say that one of the number one reasons for cheating is just plain old laziness. Yes, of course at times you may have forgotten to do some or you have some other excuse, but for the most part i think laziness is a big factor. Pressure also causes many students to cheat to get good grades or the fact that some teachers dont explain as well as others. In defense of the teachers though, if a student doesnt understand they need to ask.
I hate it when people cheat because they are smart enough to get a good grade they are just lazy and don’t want to show people how smart they really are. I hate when someone says is this the answer or can I “see” your paper. I always tell them I don’t know or take notes and pay attention you can’t get a good grade on a test or a quiz by cheating on your homework. If you cheap on a test than shame on you because you either forgot about the test or didn’t study and you don’t know what the test is about. I’m sick of cheating and as older students we should know better and we should set great examples for younger students. Does anybody feel great after cheating? The answer is no because they know they don’t deserve that grade. I wish people would use their brain more and study. My parents don’t put pressure on me to get good grades they just tell me to do the best that I can and try.
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