Is cheating wrong?
By McCreeper
@McCreeper (777)
United States
November 7, 2012 7:59pm CST
Now I'm pretty sure what some of you are thinking, and yes, I would agree that cheating in relationships is wrong. But this isn't the case that I was conflicting myself with. Today I risked in a group cheating. Today was a quiz in one of my AP courses (Calculus AB in specifics) where we have to learn about related rates, and the quiz was assigned to a group of four. We also had a substitute that was from a neighboring high school spectating our class (which oddly enough, it seemed like he was oblivious to our cheating).
So given four equally smart people, we worked on the quiz, until reaching the last question, which mind you, was quite a doozy. We were stuck on this question and it seemed like everyone else was stuck on this simply by listening in on their thought processes with finding the instantaneous rate of water filling up a trough given the information on its height and radius. My partner, out of thin air asked a classmate for the answer.
At the end, we came up to our senses and worked the question ourselves, until I announced that I never cheated on tests, and they seemed absolutely surprised.. I'm not really going to ask for an answer to this, but how was I supposed to react when my more experienced friend told me that this is something that usually happens on the Spring AP tests?
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11 responses
@pecito (303)
• Bulgaria
8 Nov 12
I think cheating is pretty acceptable. Honestly, I don't know a person who never cheated at his exams. When I was a student I also cheated once in a while although I was an excellent student with the best possible grades in class. It takes a lot of skills for successful cheating as well so that you don't get caught. Sometimes in college the system forces us to study unnecessary things that have absolutely no practical application in real life. I don't see the point in studying all this unnecessary information by heart.
@McCreeper (777)
• United States
9 Nov 12
Hahaha, Agreed to that! I don't really why some would need to know calculus, but I suppose that's how the cookie crumbles. I guess as a first time type of thing, this kind of mortified me a bit. Regardless, I appreciate your concern! :D
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
8 Nov 12
If you all are working through quizzes in groups of four, then I think that you are supposed to be working together on the quiz.
However, I do think that working outside of your assigned group is cheating and I do believe that cheating is wrong and should be prosecuted in school.
Now I did take some AP exams when I was in high school and those tests were proctored more strictly than the SATs and ACTs were. So who ever told you that cheating was common during the AP exams is wrong based on my own personal experience.
@McCreeper (777)
• United States
9 Nov 12
Well yes, we were supposed to be working together, but we thought together that it would be a good idea if one pair of us worked on a set of questions while the other pair had the other set of questions. Seemed to be more efficient. :)
Haha.. I knew my classmate was lying.. This is my first AP as a senior, though I'm a bit worried on the case; perhaps her experience had plenty of people who were doing that? I've also heard of programs on the calculator that allow you to keep programs regardless of the amount of attempts you do when you "clear everything" on the TI-84..
Thanks for sharing your experience. ^^
@jenny1015 (13366)
• Philippines
8 Nov 12
Cheating in any form you might think of is wrong. I do not know how you can validate cheating as something that is just. It is gaining something in the expense of others which is terribly bad.
@McCreeper (777)
• United States
8 Nov 12
I totally agree with you on that. I personally hate cheating, but much to my own accord, it was a 3 vs 1 vote, and I think I wouldn't have been able to win this mini-vote that we did. Regardless of the actions placed, I think I'll just have to study extra hard for the incoming test next monday.
@robspeakman (1700)
•
8 Nov 12
Cheating is wrong, not from the moral aspect, but from the view that how can you feel pride if you have cheated - you can't
@holyangels (121)
• United States
8 Nov 12
This brings me back memories of my college days. I know its wrong but I shared my answers to my seatmate. She copied most of my solution. When the teacher gave back the test paper. My classmate complain why she got scores lower than me. I analyzed her solution and I saw that she just copied only half way of my solution and her first approached(solution) to problem was wrong (it was integral calculus). I explained it to her to never bring this up to the teacher because by any means the teacher will find out she cheated (on me) and we will both get failed to that subject. Cheating in our class will automatically get a grade of F or failed if caught. I am so close to it. So lesson learned that I shouldn't be so generous and In anyway try not to cheat.
@silverfox09 (4708)
• United States
8 Nov 12
I must say cheating is wrong but sometimes it happen to come around when we need it lol . I remember the one time I cheat on a test , I got an email with the test paper and answer , still dont know who I got it from .
When I first saw it , I though it was a joke because we had no test schedule but I memorize it and then tell my friends they all take down the answer and so be, we did have a surprise test for real .
Other than that I never cheat on a test , I dont see how can people do it right in the exam . I dont know how they not afraid , but like everything in life people are always cheating if it mean getting ahead .
@ARIES1973 (11426)
• Legaspi, Philippines
8 Nov 12
Hi Mc Creeper!
Just remember the saying, even if other are not, will not, cannot, be honest. It will answer every doubt you might have.
Have a nice day!
@mikyung (2232)
• Philippines
8 Nov 12
Generally, cheating is wrong. It depends on our purpose. Case to case basis. If our main goal is to do good for us and for everybody,no harm to anyone, as what they say, white lies, I believe, it is ok. But if we cheat at the expense of other's innocence and vurnerability, that would be another issue.
I admit, I also do things at school like making an individual assignment to a group assignment.
In other words, asking for help from a better student. It's more like a consultation or clarification. I don't consider it as cheating though. But other people may treat it otherwise.
Thanks
In other words, asking for help from a better student. It's more like a consultation or clarification. I don't consider it as cheating though. But other people may treat it otherwise.
Thanks
@512771751 (1096)
• China
8 Nov 12
It depends. Sometimes we have to cheat well——intentionally in order not to hurt anyone else.
@mariaperalta (19073)
• Mexico
8 Nov 12
I feel cheating at anything is wrong. Even if its kids playing a game its wrong. Who wants to win or get ahead by cheating? Not me.
