By: William Hodges
Cheating is a problem that every school faces not matter how strict their honor code is. Cheating has increased considerably recently because of the new advancements in technology. According to education-portal.com “75 to 98 percent of college students surveyed each year admit to cheating at some time in their academic careers” and use it as a shortcut to getting good grades. First, how do we define cheating? According to the Georgia Tech Honor Code it is defined as “Gaining an unfair advantage over other Students through academic misconduct.” Through new resources such as the internet and communication devices such as cell phones cheating has become much easier to accomplish.
The second video that pops up on YouTube when “cheating” is searched for is a video that teaches kids how to digitally edit a label on a coke bottle, and put notes on it so that it is virtually undetectable to others. The internet has also opened up many new opportunities to plagiarize other peoples work. Websites like rushessay.com offer a “Custom Essay Writing Service” where a student can pay a professional to write an essay for them. Although these are extreme examples of cheating these are still very popular resources for some students.
The best way to approach this situation is to educate professors and teachers on ways that kids cheat. Have them be more aware of what students are doing during a test or an exam. A teacher should not be checking their e-mail during this time but they should be walking around and monitoring the students. If a teacher understands new methods of cheating they can better watch out for it and ultimately get rid of it in and out of the classroom.
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