Although students are required to know their university's honor code and the ramifications of violating it, cheating still happens. When I like about cheating I think about a discussion I had with my freshman year philosophy 101 class. We were discussing morals and ethics and how that came into play in the classroom. Someone argued that cheating wasn't a big deal and didn't really violate morals and ethics--it was exempt.
Being the naive freshman that I was, I didn't realize that cheating could be an epidemic--or at least that it was in my philosophy class. I was the only person who argued against cheating while everyone else aruged that it wasn't a big deal because everyone does it. Does everyone do it?
3 comments:
I find it interesting that you aren't really using this blog to tell others how to feel, but asking for their input.
TM
I think that cheating was far more prevalent in high school than college. I think that college students begin to realize that if they rely on cheating for their grades, they probably should not be pursuing a higher education in the first place. I do believe, however, new technology is providing for different forms of cheating.
I agree with Alissa about technology giving way to a different form of cheating. However, I don't know if I'd call cheating an epidemic. I don't cheat, and none of my friends do. We'd rather do things on our own merit and do poorly than on someone else's and do well. I suppose it's all about how you value yourself and your education.
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