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Cheating: Is It Worth It?

Marco struggles with whether to cheat on tests and assignments in school. He has opportunities to copy others' work in multiple classes but feels uneasy about it. While cheating may help his grades, Marco realizes it does not truly help him learn and could hurt him in the long run. He determines that the worst type of cheating is cheating himself out of really learning the material.

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90 views3 pages

Cheating: Is It Worth It?

Marco struggles with whether to cheat on tests and assignments in school. He has opportunities to copy others' work in multiple classes but feels uneasy about it. While cheating may help his grades, Marco realizes it does not truly help him learn and could hurt him in the long run. He determines that the worst type of cheating is cheating himself out of really learning the material.

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Cheating: Is it Worth It?

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A story to help high school students make the right decisions...

By Dr. Patricia Fioriello

Marco enters his high school in the morning with tired eyes, j st li!e e"ery other st dent. #e goes to his $irst class, greeting some o$ his $riends on the way. #e ta!es a seat and %re%ares $or a $ ll day o$ joyo s learning. &Can I co%y yo r homewor!?' a "oice as!s $rom Marco(s right. #e t rns to see one o$ his classmates loo!ing at him ho%e$ lly. #e wo ldn(t ha"e a %ro)lem handing it o"er i$ he !new that she(d at least tried to do her homewor!. #owe"er, he !nows that she doesn(t care a)o t her ed cation at all, she only cares a)o t %assing her classes with as little e$$ort as %ossi)le. *ot wanting to )e r de, Marco reaches into his )ac!%ac!, % lls o t his homewor!, and hands it to her. +$ter all, it(s not h rting him to hel% her o t.

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Marco has a test in history today. +s he enters the classroom, he notices st dents des%erately cramming !nowledge into their )rains in ho%es that their last min te e$$orts will )oost their test scores. Marco had st died a little last night and is %retty con$ident. +$ter the test is handed o t, he easily answers the $irst $ew - estions. +s he contin es, the test )ecomes harder. #e doesn(t remem)er any o$ this material. #ad they e"en co"ered this in class? Is the teacher %laying a jo!e? Feeling ner"o s, Marco care$ lly glances aro nd the room. #e notices a )oy to his le$t who is "ery clearly reading notes $rom a %hone that(s hidden )etween his legs. #e loo!s to the right and sees the )iggest history ) $$ in the class s%eeding her way thro gh the test. .he ta!es a )rea! to gi"e her hand a rest and ta!e a drin! $rom a water )ottle. Marco %ee!s at her test and sees that she(s on the same %age that he(s st c! on. #e loo!s to the $ront o$ the room. /he teacher isn(t %aying attention to the st dents at all. #e loo!s )ac! to the girl(s test. .he ndo )tedly has more right answers than he does and the $ew that he co ld get $rom her wo ld raise his test grade signi$icantly. With an neasy $eeling in his stomach, he loo!s directly at her test answers. 0 st as he $inds a - estion that he(s st c! on, the girl t rns to the ne1t %age. Marco cringes, sighs, and tries his )est to answer the rest o$ the - estions on the test.

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Marco has a math class ne1t. Math is his worst s )ject. While he and the rest o$ the class are wor!ing on an assignment, the teacher lea"es the room to r n an errand. +ll o$ the st dents ) rst into action, as!ing to co%y $rom one another while some loo! in the )ac! o$ their te1t)oo!s $or answers. When the teacher wal!s )ac! into the room, e"eryone - ic!ly %retends that they had )een doing their own wor! the entire time. Marco sits in silence. #e(s still on the same %ro)lem that he was trying to $ig re o t when the teacher le$t the room. #e !ee%s his silence, letting the rest o$ the room inwardly giggle at their

tri m%h as he str ggles to sol"e a math %ro)lem.

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+s Marco is heading to l nch, he %asses a gro % o$ !ids %laying cards. /hey(re la ghing and "ery clearly ha"ing a good time. &4o cheated5' one o$ them s ddenly says alo d, loo!ing - ite cross. &4e%,' says another, &and I won5' /he cheater loo!s "ery %leased with himsel$ while his $riends do not. Cheating has made him ha%%y and "ictorio s and has made his %eers $rown %on him. /his ma!es Marco thin!. +re cheating d ring a game and cheating on a test the same? Cheating in a card game ma!es yo win and h rts others. Cheating on a test ma!es yo r grade higher and h rts no one... or does it? I$ no one is getting h rt, why does Marco $eel so )ad a)o t cheating?

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/here are many ty%es o$ cheating, Marco thin!s. 4o can cheat at a game or on a girl$riend. 4o can cheat at s%orts or on a test. B t the worst ty%e o$ cheating is cheating yo rsel$. Co%ying another st dent(s answer on a test will h rt yo no more than it wo ld to g ess and answer correctly. *ot st dying $or a class and cheating yo r way thro gh it, on the other hand, will only h rt yo r own !nowledge. 7aining the !nowledge $or yo rsel$ hel%s yo grow and !ee%s yo r grades high. 7aining no !nowledge and sing others to s cceed is cheating. +nd cheating is h rt$ l not only to yo ) t to yo r $ t re as well. /hings /o /hin! +)o t: 38 ,8 38 68 98 What is yo r %hiloso%hy a)o t cheating? Do yo agree with Marco? What wo ld yo do i$ yo saw someone cheating? Is cheating e"er j sti$ied? What can yo r school do to hel% st dents with this iss e?

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