On Cheating

I can't speak for high school (since I graduated so many moons ago), but grad school wasn't too long ago (graduated 2001), and I'd have to say that Dave's statement that cheating "has become an almost accepted practice in most high schools and some universities" is wholly inaccurate in my experience. That's not to say that fellow students weren't so morally superior as to be above cheating, but that the stakes of getting caught were too high. But I just didn't see or hear about cheating much at all, and certainly never experienced any attitude of acceptance of it.

I agree about the author's belief that cheating is increasing in Schools. The world now, especially with the bad economy,will probably cause this to be worse as students are under more pressures than ever. As equally cruel ,is for someone that has made an achievement or advancement or completed a degree or a study, is accused of not being the author or achiever of the study or work, when the person is innocent. In our world today, we are swayed by someone's personality, or who their friends are instead of what the person themselves has accomplished. Mary B.

No, not everyone has a few cheating stories. Honesty may be in the minority, but I think there are quite a few who haven't cheated. A lot of people who have cheated in the past try to make themselves feel better by telling themselves that everybody has done it.

I also don't support the premise that one blogger stated, "If you wish to get ahead in life, cheating is very nearly a requirement."

Rather than concentrating on stories about cheaters, wouldn't it be more beneficial to concentrate on stories of those who have been exemplarily honest?