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cheating is unfair
17/f
I am currently a senior in high school, and I am taking a special program in college. It's where I attend college as a high school and a college student. But when I graduate, I graduate with my high school diploma and my associates degree. So basically, I would be two years ahead. I am a college student since I attend a college campus, but my attendance still counts and I still do not have the choice of choosing my own schedule and professors. I am taking 27 credit hours (again, no choice). If any of us fail a class, we would get kicked out of the program. I am barely passing any of my classes, and I recently took my biology test which is one of the classes I am failing. I studied hard for this test, and when the test appeared in front of me. The things I studied for wasn't on there. I was frustrated, but I still tried my best. Later today, I found out that a lot of students in my class cheated on their test. You know, they went on Google, and searched for the answers. Some were smart, some did not even study because apparently it was their "last priority". They all cheated. I find it unfair. It gets me angry, it explains how they are passing with a high B, and I am barely even passing with a low C. I get so tempted to cheat, but I know that would be bad so I choose not to. But I can't help but let it bother me, I don't try to vent or blame God or anything. I mean, he knows what's the outcome on everything. But I would just like an answer or some sort. I don't want to get kicked out of the program, I'm trying to save my butt even though I have ADD and I am brain dead, I have a low grade. While everyone else who has a phone that can Google or doesn't exactly study as much, tries to cheat off of other people that spent their time studying. How can I get over this?
Everyone keeps saying, "it won't benefit them later.. Because they don't learn anything." But it benefits them on staying in a program that is hard to stay in, by cheating. They get good grades, their GPA goes up. Those who study and doesn't cheat, they can get kicked out, and their GPA drops. What exactly is the good in this?? Can someone just point something out to me about something that can benefit me in some way??
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I think you should meet up with your professor in their office hours. I do that when I am having troubles. I go during their office hours listed on their syllabus, and I try to talk to them, ask for help on the materials I do not understand. Most of them, the approachable help me out in passing the next exam. They go over material again on what I do not understand.
don't cheat. Cheating is against college rules and if gotten caught, the consequences can include expulsion. The people who cheat are going to get the consequences. One day, they are not going to be careful, and they will slip up and get caught.
Do your best. :)
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i think you need to tell your teacher or professor. you HAVE to because cheating is against the rules.
you said that if you study hard and dont cheat, you get kicked out.... that is unfair. i agree. so to make it fair- tell the teacher what they are doing. its best to get proof to back up your answer. during a test, take a picture of someone using google to cheat. show it to your teacher and say everyone is doing it.
it can be considered "tattletaling" but would you rather get kicked out of the program because you didn't cheat.. than to stay in the program and watch everyone who did cheat get kicked out..?
honestly. if people get mad at you for telling on them, just say "well you shouldn't have cheaten then." if they were smart at all they wounldn't do it.
and also, they are very wrong. you told us that they say "what good does it do? we don't learn anything" well duh.... thats because they cheat... obviously if you cheat, you're never gonna learn anything. wait nevermind i change that. you do learn something. you learn that cheating gets you no where in life.
what are they gonna do when they get jobs in the real life? what are they gonna do when they have to take special exams to get a licensed job? like the MCATs for medical school? are they gonna cheat then? there's no way you can cheat on that.
my advice- tell the teacher. its the only fair thing to do. its THE RIGHT thing to do. i bet you that at least one of those people will thank you for it because these students have to realize that cheating wont help them.
if they fail the test, well then thats their fault. they should talk to the teacher about the test and how the material they studied for wasn't on the test. if you studied what you are supposed to study, but still fail the test, its the teachers fault for not getting you prepared for the test.
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