Modest Proposal in Cheating in America
... News article entitled “The Cheating Game.” The results were astonishing; 80% of American high schoolers, those who are high achieving so that they are apart of the organization, have admitted to cheating at least once (scr. ... In some cases teachers will find out just how the students are cheating, they will catch them in the act and take disciplinary procedures, some students will be expelled. Schools have cheating happening right under their noses. Students become upset over cheating, as do teachers and principles. Thus I have a proposal to turn this negative experience into a positive one. I suggest that school systems stop trying to eliminate cheating; instead, they should furnish seminars teaching the students how to cheat correctly so that they will be better prepared to become the political and business leaders of tomorrow. ... Higher education facilities fund many seminars teaching what teacher need to know about Internet cheating. ... Margaret Fain, an Assistant Head of Public Services and Peggy Bates, the Reference Librarian at Kimbel Library, gave a presentation called “Cheating 101: Paper Mills and You.” These women discussed how Internet cheating is growing; they wanted teachers to know what Internet cheating is and how to recognize it in their classroom. ... If school systems support the cheating industry, Internet facilities will no doubt improve the product they offer. ... However, educators can make a valuable contribution by helping to improve this cheating bonanza. A class such as “Cheating 102: Learning How to Use the Internet to your Advantage” will be stimulating both for the students and the industry itself. ... “A Whole Lot of Cheatin’ Going On”, by Mark Clayton, quotes a university freshman as saying, “Cheating is an answer, It might not be a good answer, but nonetheless it is an answer”(185).