-You're Never Alone When It Comes To Cheating

“Look, I have the strictest parents in the world, so I will do whatever it takes to make them A’s, ok?” These are words spoken by a female junior at Kean High School.

Her friend who stood beside her, also a junior, agreed and said, “I’m gonna be straight up with you. If it wasn’t for cheating, I’d probably still be in the 6th grade.”

Cheating is worldwide, according to a recent article in the Daily News.

“Honestly, who hasn’t cheated before? I’ve done it so much that I don’t feel bad about it anymore. I don’t feel good, but I don’t hate myself for it anymore.” said an anonymous student at San Jose’ Lynbrook High.

A nationwide survey in 2010 indicated that two-thirds of high school students admit to cheating in some form.”

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Conversations at Kean High have shown similar results. At a table in the cafeteria, five seniors were asked their opinion and one male exclaimed when asked about cheating, “I’m in the 12th grade ain’t I?” and laughed.

“You all are just lazy good for nothings who just want to party ya’ll life away,” said a female senior.

“Oh please! Don’t act like you never cheated before,” said a second male senior.

“For real; it’s human nature,” added a third male senior.

There is at least one student at Kean who thinks cheating is bad.

“Haha,” she said sarcastically. “People like you guys is who p___ me off! I study so hard sometimes, barely making by the skin on my teeth, but you all fly by on ya’ll cheating kites.” said a second female senior. But she was out numbered.

“Basically everybody in their lifetime cheated on a quiz, homework, or even a girl,” chuckled a junior male bystander.

“I ain’t even gonna lie. Sometimes when I get lazy, I copy off my friend’s homework even though they be acting greedy with them answers,” said an approaching female senior.

Although, students basically feel it’s okay to cheat, teachers and administrators disagree.

“I think it’s stealing, I think it teaches children to become fraudulent. It also teaches lack of responsibility,” said Ms. Ileve Peltier, a English teacher at Eudora Kean. She claimed that she never had a cheating experience with one of her students because she teaches her students to be open and honest. “Today teachers need to understand that cheating has gone electronic, and as a result eluding ways to cheat can be pretty difficult,” Ms. Peltier added.

“CHEATERS NEVER PROSPER! was the opinion of computer application teacher Ms. Coreen Celestine. “They don’t learn the skill you teach, then turn and ask how to do it. What I find funny is the works get done, but yet still you don’t know how to do it. It’s a waste of time! Pure laziness! It is absolutely unfair to the dedicated students that work hard to earn their A,” Ms. Celestine said furiously.

Cooking and Childcare teacher Ms.Fielteu was also furious when asked about cheating. “ It is pure dishonesty. I don’t see the point because you’ve got to know the information. I mean, you don’t gain anything from it!. My best advice is to study diligently and fail honorably.”

Administrator and senior counselor Ms. Shirley Smith and Ms. Mackay made pretty good points on the subject at hand. “Cheating won’t get you anywhere you are not gaining anything by using someone else’s knowledge.” said Counselor Smith.

Ms. Mackay explained further. “When you are ready to go into the corporate world, you’re going to suffer. You might be offered a life altering position that will have you set for life because of your degree. In actuality you would have to kick rocks because you cannot do the work! Why? Because you cheated your way through college! Don’t cheat yourself because it will come back to haunt you.”

But it looks like when it comes to cheating, the students’ minds are set in stone.

“Look, cheating is necessary in today’s society, story done!” said a male senior.