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Three Reasons Why Students Cheat

Most Of The Blame Falls On Us Adults

The Issue Cheating in our schools has reached epidemic proportions. Why do students cheat? What can you do to prevent it? Some answers to these questions and much more in this article which features an in-depth interview with one of the nation's foremost authorities on the subject, Gary Niels.

Why do students cheat?
Everybody does it!

Unrealistic demands for academic achievement by state education boards
Expediency or the easy way out

Reason One: Everybody does it!

It's disturbing to discover that young people in middle school and high school think that it is acceptable to cheat. But it's our fault, isn't it? We encourage young people to cheat! Take dumbed down multiple choice tests, for instance: they literally invite you to cheat. Cheating after all is nothing more than a game of wits as far as teenagers are concerned. Kids delight in pulling the wool over adult eyes, if they can. Just look at the exploits of hackers!
While cheating is discouraged in private schools by tough Codes of Behavior which are enforced, cheating exists nonetheless. It helps that private schools devise tests which require written answers rather than multiple guess answers. That's more work for teachers to mark, but eliminates much cheating.


Reason Two: Unrealistic demands for academic achievement by state education boards

The public education bureaucracy answers to political masters. State legislatures, state boards of education, local boards of education, unions, and countless other organizations demand action to correct the continuing failings of our nation's public education system. In a word: it's all about accountability. As a result, students must take standardized tests so that we can compare apples to oranges. In the classroom these tests mean that a teacher must achieve the expected results or better, or she's in plenty of hot water! So instead of teaching your child how to think, she teaches your child how to pass the test. Or worse! Shameful!

Fortunately in private schools on the other hand, teaching exists solely to achieve the desired end: a child who is filled with a love of learning, who has some idea of life's possibilities and who understands that assessment is merely a means to an end, not the end itself.


Reason Three: Expediency or the easy way out

Years ago cheaters lifted whole passages from the encyclopedia and called them their own. That was plagiarism! Still is! Its newest incarnation is a dead easy: you simply point and click your way to the site with the relevant information, swipe and paste it, reformat it somewhat and it's yours. There are even sites dedicated to writing papers for a fee! Sadly many teachers have not learned the subtleties of Internet plagiarism. Examine the links in the box above to try to keep ahead of the curve!

Solutions?

Schools need to have zero tolerance policies in place regarding cheating.

Teachers must be vigilant and alert to all forms of cheating, particularly those using the new technologies like picture phones. The real solution is to make assignments meaningful and interesting for your students.

Parents must take an interest in their children's work and ask to see everything and anything!

Students must learn to be true to themselves and their own values and not swayed by outside pressures and influences.

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