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Cheating can take from others. Merit scholarships are given based on class rank. If the #11 student cheats to get to #10, then they took scholarship money that

Cheating can take from others. Merit scholarships are given based on class rank. If the #11 student cheats to get to #10, then they took scholarship money that someone else actually earned. This is a very real problem in my school district. Additionally, if you cheated to get good grades and got into a good university because of them, then you probably took the seat of someone that didn't cheat and was not accepted but would have been. Also, (some?) universities internally rank high schools by the performance of the students they accept. So, if School A sends a bunch of 4.0 students that all flunk out, then future students from that school get their 4.0 weighted lower than a 4.0 from School B where students regularly graduate from the university with honors. So, if you are cheating to get a good grade and you get into a good school (taking the seat of a student that didn't cheat) and then you get caught cheating, or just end up doing poorly because you were never that good of a student, then future students from your high school will be penalized because of the poor choices you made (and because the school was unwilling or unable to deal with those choices).

misterbowfinger 8y ago
Yes, precisely!!!! The system is. broken. to. begin. with. And not just with cheating, with a number of different factors. What incentive, as a student, do I have to NOT cheat if I won't get caught?
- tylerhou 8y ago
  1) your own personal ethics, and 2) the fact that being caught, especially in a college environment, has consequences.
  - misterbowfinger 8y ago
    [updated my comment, apologies for the poor wording]
- PuercoPop 8y ago
  Learn. Which is the whole poiny of education in the first place.
- mwfunk 8y ago
  Well, if that’s how you feel, why the hell are you going to school in the first place? It’s expensive as hell, you are wasting tremendous amounts of mommy and daddy’s money, as well as wasting the one and likely only time in your entire life in which you can basically work full time improving yourself for 4 years. If you’ve already given up on improving your value through knowledge, I don't know what else you think you’re bringing to the table. Anyone can lie about themselves, it’s not like that’s some unique and marketable skill (for anything worth doing at least). If you’ve got a trust fund and can just fail through life with no consequences, good for you I guess, but then you’re hardly offering meaningful advice for people who actually want to do something with their education.

misterbowfinger 8y ago

Yes, precisely!!!! The system is. broken. to. begin. with. And not just with cheating, with a number of different factors. What incentive, as a student, do I have to NOT cheat if I won't get caught?

tylerhou 8y ago
1) your own personal ethics, and 2) the fact that being caught, especially in a college environment, has consequences.
- misterbowfinger 8y ago
  [updated my comment, apologies for the poor wording]
PuercoPop 8y ago
Learn. Which is the whole poiny of education in the first place.
mwfunk 8y ago
Well, if that’s how you feel, why the hell are you going to school in the first place? It’s expensive as hell, you are wasting tremendous amounts of mommy and daddy’s money, as well as wasting the one and likely only time in your entire life in which you can basically work full time improving yourself for 4 years. If you’ve already given up on improving your value through knowledge, I don't know what else you think you’re bringing to the table. Anyone can lie about themselves, it’s not like that’s some unique and marketable skill (for anything worth doing at least). If you’ve got a trust fund and can just fail through life with no consequences, good for you I guess, but then you’re hardly offering meaningful advice for people who actually want to do something with their education.