The article, "Studies Find More Students Cheating, With High Achievers No Exception," by Richard Perez-Pena, is about how cheating has been going on in many different high schools and colleges.
The article also states that the cheating that's going on is not all the students' fault. Donald L. McCabe says "I don't think there's any question that students have become more competitive, under more pressure, and, as a result, tend to excuse themselves and other students, and that's allowed by the adults around them." Mr. McCabe is a leading researcher on cheating.
"When you start giving take-home exams and telling kids not to talk about it, or you let them carry smartphones into tests, it's an invitation to cheating," said Michael Josephson, the president of Josephson Institute of Ethics. Harvard's situation involved a take-home final exam. The university hasn't had an hearing yet, but this case may take months to solve.
On top of all of this, experts are saying that parents are also the blame. It states that "1960s, parenting has shifted away from emphasizing obedience, honor and respect for authority to promiting children's happiness while encouraging their ambitions for material success."
"We have a culture now where we have real trouble accepting that our kids make mistakes and fail, and when they do, we tend to blame someone else," said Tricia Bertram Gallant. "Thirty, fourty years ago, the parent would come in and grab the kid by the ear, yell at him, and drag him home."
This simply means that times are changing. Back in the day, children knew that cheating was wrong, and wouldn't even think about cheating. Now, however, children don't even find cheating as a major offense. I think that if parents would stop trying to be friends with their children, and would actually put their foot down about something, then the cheating would stop.
I also think that if teachers would teach a little differently, that the students wouldn't have to cheat.
The overall question is "how bad do they want it?
The article also states that the cheating that's going on is not all the students' fault. Donald L. McCabe says "I don't think there's any question that students have become more competitive, under more pressure, and, as a result, tend to excuse themselves and other students, and that's allowed by the adults around them." Mr. McCabe is a leading researcher on cheating.
"When you start giving take-home exams and telling kids not to talk about it, or you let them carry smartphones into tests, it's an invitation to cheating," said Michael Josephson, the president of Josephson Institute of Ethics. Harvard's situation involved a take-home final exam. The university hasn't had an hearing yet, but this case may take months to solve.
On top of all of this, experts are saying that parents are also the blame. It states that "1960s, parenting has shifted away from emphasizing obedience, honor and respect for authority to promiting children's happiness while encouraging their ambitions for material success."
"We have a culture now where we have real trouble accepting that our kids make mistakes and fail, and when they do, we tend to blame someone else," said Tricia Bertram Gallant. "Thirty, fourty years ago, the parent would come in and grab the kid by the ear, yell at him, and drag him home."
This simply means that times are changing. Back in the day, children knew that cheating was wrong, and wouldn't even think about cheating. Now, however, children don't even find cheating as a major offense. I think that if parents would stop trying to be friends with their children, and would actually put their foot down about something, then the cheating would stop.
I also think that if teachers would teach a little differently, that the students wouldn't have to cheat.
The overall question is "how bad do they want it?
Good Post. Excellent summary and inclusion of details. Could use a little more of your own thoughts. 90
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