CHEATING+ONE

Christopher Bilski "Honor Above All"

1. Cheating in schools has become a major problem as shown by a 2002 Survey by the Josephson Institute of Ethics A) 74% of high school students admitted to cheating at least once in the past year (61% in 1992) B) 48% say they cheated at least twice

2. Lying and stealing statistics are also quite alarming A) 37% say they would be willing to lie to get a good job B) 46% say they sometimes lie to save money C) 43% agree with the statement "a person has to lie or cheat sometimes in order to succeed" D) 38% say they have stole from a store and 28% say they have stolen from a parent or relative 3. Students Justify Their Actions A) Students lack integrity B) Could cause problems when this is applied to future jobs C) Can be stopped if adults put emphasis on virtues of honor " A Cheating Crisis in America's Schools"

1.Plagiarism is a significant problem in American Schools A) Students are increasingly copying work they find on the internet B) An example was a Paul Revere passage written by fifth graders that had been copied into college students' papers C) Schools have began using tools such as Turnitin.com which checks papers for plagiarism

2. Students have been using some of the same methods for years A) Fraternities and sororities recycle papers B) Rubber band trick where you write all you want on a stretched rubber band, and when it goes back to normal no one can tell C) Graphing Calculators store information that is used to cheat with

3. Justifications for Cheating A) Students say it is expedient 1. If class is graded on a curve and better students cheat why wouldn't they 2. Pressure for good grades 3. Moral relativity because if you are taking a class outside of your major then why do you need to learn it 4. Prioritizing because cheating gives more times for social life B) Teachers ignore blatant instances of cheating