There is growing evidence that cheating in becoming more common and more accepted among high school students. A recent national survey conducted by Management Education Center found that 75% of the 4,500students questioned had participated in serious cheating. In addition, more than 50% admitted they had plagiarized work from the Internet,
Perhaps the most disturbing finding of the study is that many respondent don't see anything wrong with cheating. In fact, for many students, cheating has become a survival technique in high school. There is increasing pressure on students to achieve high mark and it is becoming more difficult to get accepted into good colleges and universities.
According to some students, cheating is an efficient way to cut corner and more and more students are using this shortcut. Others do not think that copying questions and answers from a test is even cheating. Many students believe that getting god grade is more import!ant than being honest. They think that better grades lead to better colleges and universities and better universities lead to better careers and better lives.
As one student stated, "What's import!ant is getting ahead. It's not how moral you were in getting there."
Discuss it.
1. Do you think cheating is always wrong?
2. Do you think 솜 cheating can hurt a student's chance of succeeding in life?
3. What do you think so many students cheat?
4. What should the punishment be for students who cheat?
5. If you were taking a test and saw another person cheating, would you tell the teacher why or why not?