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> For people who are naturally gifted, successful at young age -- why cheat? Many are used to being the best. There’s an old saying that 90% of students aren’t
by cowsandmilk 7y ago
> For people who are naturally gifted, successful at young age -- why cheat?
Many are used to being the best. There’s an old saying that 90% of students aren’t in the top 10% at Harvard. When your entire life, you’ve been the smartest kid in your class, it is a tough adjustment when that is no longer true. So they try to find ways to get that top rank again.
How can you ensure your kid can handle this? Make sure they are exposed to situations where they aren’t the best and reward them for giving their honest best.
- throwaway100773 7y agoThis is probably true but not an excuse for the perverted behavior and incentives that result. If 90% of the students at Harvard aren’t in the top 10% but feel entitled to be and thus cheating becomes a more attractive solution than taking the medicine of reality - clearly the penalties for cheating aren’t quite high enough.
- AstralStorm 7y agoPenalties don't work when only a few cheats are found. In this case, the cheat was obvious, but how do you detection enrollment cheats or totally bought research projects? It's not even funny how little you can do here. Even plain and obvious plagiarism is being missed.