Cheating at School

There's no doubt that many students cheat. Surveys across America show this. Students cheat from time to time, because to them this isn't a big deal. The pressures put forth in society to do well academically at times force students to do things they wouldn't ordinarily do. The weights and measures of getting good grades vs. risk of getting caught cheating are becoming more and more at risk. A recent study of a survey at …

…it is well known that faculty members are likely to ignore cheating.A study of almost 4,500 students at 25 schools, conducted in 2000/2001, suggests cheating is also a significant problem in high school - 74 percent of the respondents admitted to one or more instances of serious test cheating and 72 percent admitted to serious cheating on written assignments. Over half of the students admitted they have engaged in some level of plagiarism on written assignments using the Internet.