...Cheating is something everyone will be tempted to do sometime in their life. The decision to cheat can have many consequences and one must consider them before acting on the temptation. Some say that temptation is everywhere. What you must realize the ultimate decision to cheat rests on your shoulders, to pass the blame to someone or something else will not turn out very well in the work or school world. What is considered cheating you may ask? Using distance learning classes, many are confused as to what cheating entails. Cheating is having someone else do your assignments for you, paying someone for the answers to an exam they may have taken, or even surfing the internet to find the answers on an exam. Penn Foster has many rules in their Student Handbook that inform you of the consequences that will happen if you decide to go down that path resulting in disciplinary action which could end up with you being asked to leave the school. During my studies, I have seen and heard many talk about getting the answers for an assignment. When offered to buy the answers, I declined. Getting the answers to an exam will not help me in the long run. Using another person’s answer, I will not have learned the material. This is the material a prospective employer will assume I have good knowledge about. This assumption will not only embarrass me when it is discovered I do not know but will, also, make me prospectively lose my job. Many people have different views on cheating. Most people...
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...Carlos Andrés Muñiz Mr. Moore AP English Language and Composition 12 August 15 Cheating in the Academic Setting It seems like it was too long ago when kids actually realized the importance of learning. Although now a days it seems like every student isn’t interested in learning, he or she is interested in the reward that comes along with it. Being in the top ten percent of your class, being valedictorian, or getting accepted into the college of your dreams, that’s what passes off as important in school now. Sure, it kind of is, but if you don’t learn anything, then you’re cheating yourself and just wasting your time. The point of going to school isn’t to get good grades, or be the most popular kid, or be even be the smartest…we all go to school for nothing more than to learn. You can walk around just about any school, in any state, at just about any time of the day, and I’m willing to put money on the line that you will see a group of students sitting around a bench sharing last night’s homework. Students are so accustomed to cheating; they think it’s 100 percent normal. This bothers me so much because they’ve put so much effort into learning the best way to cheat over the years that you can’t help but smile and think “, If you would put half the effort you put into learning how to cheat, you might have honestly passed Mr. Moore’s English class.” Yet people don’t realize how bad it seriously is. In our present day society, kids are overwhelmed with the idea that...
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...guidelines, rules and punishments students of today have been reduced to cheating, forgeries and out blatant plagiarism. Many students take advantage of copying fellow classmates work whenever the opportunity presents. Other times, students will simply have someone else complete their work and present it as their own, not realizing the ramifications and consequences of their action. This fosters a lack of creativity; no sense of responsibility and the students then block the opportunity of new experiences and knowledge. This practice of cheating, copying and forgery by students are unethical and should be brought to the surface whenever possible. Students aren't the only ones who haven't cheated. Politicians, athletes, and even those who are close to you. Cheating, for the most part, is wrong. There are a few small examples where cheating can be good, but nonetheless it is something you shouldn't be doing. I will explain why it's not a good idea, especially for students. First, everybody cheats. Some may justify it, others proudly proclaim it, and others will deny their cheating vigorously. Their creativity level drops every time they copy or have someone else do their work. After a while of copying and forging, the student's ability to think creatively and successfully becomes next to nothing. Unfortunately, today's school system has become a playground where students have developed more and more ways of cheating. The internet is a huge blame. Other way is having students who have...
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...Plagiarism and Academic Integrity Being able to write an essay while working with sources is not easy especially when the essay requires the writer to provide some type of evidence. It makes the assignment frustrating and difficult for the writer to come up with ideas. Even though constructing some words can be challenging it does not mean a writer should not give credit to the author instead provides the readers with information that is not supported. He or she leaves the reader knowing the writer plagiarized and was dishonest in his or her academic work. This leads to the writer being penalized for plagiarism, which is the dishonesty of a person ruining his or her reputation by cheating and stealing any form of work from other people, as well as academic dishonesty that is the person losing the...
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...that no one studies for the exams. However, can each student trust the others not to study? What if someone breaks the “agreed code” and studies secretly? Given the two situations that the others might study or may not study, it might seem to a random student that studying is the safer strategy. At least he won’t be left stranded at the lower end of the GPA spectrum and well, there is this chance of actually doing well in the exams! Now everyone might think this way and end up studying thereby eliminating any relative advantage of studying that any one might have. What we have is Prisoners’ Dilemma in the academic setting in a new multi-player avatar. Can “collusion” be implemented to solve the problems arising out of, let me dare term it – Students’ Dilemma? The problems are many? How to monitor effort? How to design a “punishment” for detractors to deter them from “cheating” (which ironically, in this context means studying!)? How to ensure that a student doesn’t get mistakenly punished for doing well in the exam by chance or by sheer ability? And the questions continue… Consider a hypothetical scenario where students to agree to spend a specific and significant amount of time in the common area everyday so everyone watches over the other. Students can choose to watch movies or pay games and everyone gets to watch what the others are doing. This will leave a reduced time for any prospective “cheater” to study extra in his/her own time. Ideally the system should...
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...success. It is not fair for a person who has worked hard his or her entire life for success, to be at the same status as someone who has cheated his or her way to greatness. Success means many things to many people, and everyone will do anything to reach that ultimate goal. In life the true indicator of success is not what is accomplished, but what is felt. And for a fact everyone wants to feel happy in his or her lifetime. For that reason many people lie and cheat their way to success to feel fulfilled. But people that achieve success the wrong way will just lead their lives to disappointment. For example, a student wants to be a doctor, but cheats his way out of high school and college, by not studying, copying from others, and cheating on tests including the MCAT’s, he or she will unjustly receive a medicine degree wouldn’t be a successful person....
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...have an inclination to cheat. Pre-Test: In order to really test out this theory I decided to take a visit out to my old college campus. The university of Orono at Maine and take a visit to a class which was having an exam. I sat in on the class and acting as if i was a student to really test out the theory of whether or not students would be more inclined to cheat or not given the opportunity. But before I had even gone out to the actual class itself I decided to post a status on the Umaine Facebook page to see what peoples opinions were. Of course you had your generic responses such as Cheating is morally wrong. Or the responses such as its taking the easy way out and it is not fair for the fellow students were most of the responses that I have gotten. So with taking the responses on Facebook and keeping that in mind I decided to test out the theory myself. Reason For Research: Cheating is a primordial inclination in man. I feel like everyone honestly if given the opportunity to cheat and to get away with it can do it and will. So i wanted to test that and really see peoples morality when it came to issues like this. Sampling/Data: You will state your rationale for choosing the method chosen —explain how you are going to “do” the observation or interview or Survey. I will be visiting the campus of...
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...Dillan Middlebrooks English 848 Chris Dowling 09/29/2014 Part of being human If there’s one thing that we all could use more of it would be self-control. Look at the least successful people you know and the most successful. The one thing that makes these two types of people different is their ability to do the right actions and do them continuously. Recently I read The Willpower Instinct by Kelly McGonigal, Ph.D.it first explains that willpower is an instinct, like stress, that protects us from ourselves. Then the book goes through ways we sabotage our own willpower and she also gives strategies to improve your willpower. One thing that The Willpower Instinct made crystal clear was that everyone struggles in some way; it could be addiction, distractions, temptations, and procrastinating. Motivation is key to resist our short-term pleasures. “When you find your biggest want power…bring it to mind whenever you find yourself most tempted to give in or give up.”(75) Whenever you are on the verge of giving up you need to just remember where you want to be and it will help you get to your overall goal. The beginning of my senior year of high school I was 80 credits behind so I had to take seven classes the first semester, but I only passed half of those and then I had ten classes the final semester in order to graduate with three credits over the requirement. Along the way I had people telling me that I “could” and “couldn’t” graduate. I definitely wanted to just give...
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...then, he was an honest ball player who's goal had finally been accomplished from hard work and dedication to his craft. Over the years Rodriguez would face a number of tough life decisions that would shape his future forever. His decision to cheat destroyed his name and credibility. A vibrant young ball player who had his entire life ahead of him would later become the laughing stock of the Major Leagues. While Rodriguez knew what he was doing was wrong, he failed to think of the consequences that would result from his actions. Though it may be difficult to sympathize with Rodriguez's situation, it is the exact same situation that we are faced with when we choose to be dishonest. Whether its taking an illegal performing enhancing drug or cheating in any other aspect of life, you sell yourself short and risk the hardships...
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...Dylan Moreau Dr. Monteiro ENGL 1301 - 376 10/21/14 Cheaters Never Win Picture yourself and your family at the ball park on a nice Friday afternoon. The game starts, and the first pitch is thrown, and boom, a home run! The next batter comes up to bat, the pitch, and another home run! Before you know it, the score is 10 to zero in the first inning. This is not what you had in mind coming to the game, but now it is almost certain every hitter will knock one out of the park. The predictability makes the game no fun to watch, and strips the game of it's natural flow of things. The use of steroids in sports is wrong because is undermines the game being played, not to mention they are banned in most, if not all, professional sports around the world. There are multiple ways to look at this issue, but regardless of which way you choose there are concrete facts about steroids that should make you think twice before choosing a side. The use can halt growth in adolescents, cause behavioral side effects, psychological issues, and inflict major physical distortions. These conditions apply to both males and females and include acne, clotting disorders, liver damage, premature heart attacks, strokes, and elevated levels of cholesterol to say the least. With all of that being said, some might question why anybody would consider taking this drug. Due to our modern love for sports and competition, athletes around the world are willing to do almost anything to make it to the top...
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...Saints Row IV Hub Cheat Codes - Effects List You can enter cheats by accessing the HUB menu, then the Extras menu, and finally the Cheats menu. Entering codes disables auto-saves and also will not allow you to earn any in-game Trophies or Achievements unless you load a save without the cheats enabled. You can enter any cheats below to access the corresponding effects. * unlockitall - Access is granted to all unlockables * cheese - Puts $100k in your pockets (can be spammed multiple times in a row) * letsrock - Gives you a full load-out of randomized weapons * goodygoody - Removes the Notoriety from you at any time * runfast - Your super-sprint doesn't exhaust your Stamina * fryhole - All of the dead bodies lying around start to raise up into the air * vroom - Indestructible cars * isquishyou - All cars can now drive over other cars like tanks (can only be turned off by reloading a clean save) * hohoho - This makes all of the pedestrians either pimps or prostitutes * mascot - All pedestrians turn into mascots * evilcars - Makes all of the cars on the road target you and start attacking you * ascii - Enables ASCII mode * bigheadmode - Characters have big heads * noglitchcity - Glitch effects are disabled * nosupermove - Super movement is disabled * nosuperpowers - Super powers are disabled * nowardens - No wardens will spawn * fastforward - Fast-forward is activated * imhuge - The player becomes a...
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...Three Types of Cheaters In terms of relationships, cheating occurs when one or both partners deviate from their committed relationship in order to pursue sexual relations with another person or persons. Although people cheat for a variety of reasons, there are usually two main motivations behind cheating. One, the partner doing the cheating may feel like they are not getting what they want or need in their current relationship. This want or need could range from emotionally intimacy to physical intimacy. Having unsatisfied needs is what motivates the partner to cheat. Two, the partner believes that there is something valuable about their current relationship so it is better to be unfaithful than to just end the relationship. In order to spot a cheater one must know what type of cheater they are dealing with. There are three types of cheaters: “Serial Affair” cheaters, “Opportunistic” cheaters and “The Hunter” cheaters. Each of the previously mentioned cheaters will be discussed in turn. The Serial Affair cheaters are the Tiger Woods of the world. They usually have an attitude of “I Can’t Help Myself” and are usually sex addicts whose affairs are usually one night stands. They are sexually compulsive and can never be faithful. These types of cheaters do not form emotionally connections with the person they are having an affair with because most often than not they are only looking for sexual excitement or feeding their addiction. The serial affair cheater needs constant sexual...
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...The murderer -by Julian Symons It is never easy when someone you love passes away. And finding out a terrible truth about them afterwards, doesn't make it easier. In the short story "the murderer" we are following a husband, while he goes through the loss of his wife, and afterwards finds out that she has been cheating on him for years. Such things change a person, and in this short story we get to see exactly how much it can change you. Insanity can be caused by a lot of things. This story shows a perfect example on how a rather normal, fastidious man can turn into a monster. Usually that occurs when a person is controlled by the id or the super ego. In this story I believe that Howard goes through a sort of journey in this story. He starts out being controlled by the ego. He is a nice, loving, family man who likes spending time with the neighbors. When he gets the news about his wife’s death, it seems like his super ego tries to take over, because he wants things to be like they were before, and does not want people to be around him all the time, but since that’s not going to happen, his mind goes straight to the id. I would say that the id is trying to take over, right after he had had the fight with his neighbor Carol. When he then, goes out to kill and rape that girl, his id had taken over the control, and he was completely insane. Howard is the main character in this story. He is a very dynamic person because he changes a lot, from when we first meet him in his normal...
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...Society today is obsessed with celebrities. It seems like every time you turn on the television all you hear about is someone having an affair. When I hear about people like Tiger Woods, Jesse James, and John Edwards cheating on their wives, it leaves me wondering; why people would risk losing their families, their jobs, or their self-image for what seems to me as just sex. And it’s just not celebrities; it is people in all walks of life. I am going to put all judgment aside and really try to understand this behavior from a biological, psychological, and sociological aspect. Biological Aspect When we first meet someone our body undergoes many chemical changes. Our palms began to sweat, our hearts race, and an excitement fills our bodies. “Endorphins, biochemical compounds that are responsible for making us feel pleasure, are released into the body. This creates a thrilling and dizzying feeling almost like a high. As time goes by and the relationship continues, the biochemical environment in the brain slowly changes” (Cheating and Narcissism Support, 2010). Some people begin needing that high, like a drug, just to feel normal and will go to any lengths to get it, even if it cost them everything. This can create a sexual addiction. “Just like drug addiction, sex addicts have a compulsion towards fulfilling their sexual desires. Sex and the thought of sex tend to dominate the sex’s addicts thinking, making it difficult to work or engage in healthy personal relationships. Sex...
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...Flunking Out of College: 101 College is like looking both ways before you cross the street and then getting hit by an airplane. Many students may question themselves on rather they should drop out at least a couple times a week. It just is not for some people, but worry no more. I am going to explain how to flunk out of college swiftly and efficiently. No more crying at least three times a week and eating ramen noodles for every meal. Where one sits in the classroom says a lot about someone. First, sit in the very back of the classroom. This basically indicates no fascination in being there. This is great because shopping online and texting is so much easier. Oh, and falling asleep. This is so simple to do and requires completely no effort at all. It is one of the best things to do. All one has to do is stay out all night partying with friends. Partying can be the next step to the process of flunking out of college. Parties happen quite often in college so finding one isn't hard to do. Joining a sorority or fraternity can also guarantee to be invited to parties. Make sure not to be one of those boring people at parties. Learn how to do it, and do it well. Who cares if there is a test to study for the next day, stay out all night and don't go home until the sun is coming up. The main goal is to not know anything on the test so failure is basically a guarantee. Next, do not take many notes in class. Whatever the professor is saying is not useful in flunking out of college...
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