It is undeniable that cheating has always been one of the most serious issues that a student might encounter at some points throughout their education. Under most circumstances, students are not aware of how serious cheating is until they have to face some serious punishments from their school. Copying homework, talking with others during exam and plagiarizing are some common forms of cheating. In order to let student understand the threats of cheating at school, this essay will focus on the effects of cheating and why student should not cheat at all cost.

Paragraph 1: * The most apparent impact that cheating at school has is that it directly create an unfair study environment. * While honest students need to try their best to achieve good academic results, students who cheat can possibly achieve similar results without having to work hard. * As a consequence, such unfair competing environment can easily discourage student that are well-behave at school. * Besides, those that cheat are very likely to keep doing that until they got caught because cheating makes it easy to get high score without hard work.

Paragraph 2: * In addition, cheating also can lead to the failure in assessing student’s academic ability. * Because students cheat instead of actually study for their homework or exam, there is no way a teacher can assess their abilities in class. * False assessment on student’s ability can result in student’s false assumption on their ability. * As a result, these students generally don’t have enough knowledge and experience to advance in either their study or their