The Battalion newspaper from Texas A&M profiles a brainless wonder:
A student walks into her crammed classroom. She finds the perfect seat - one against a wall. The teacher has the seating arrangement so that tests given to the students differentiate from Form A to Form B, each form with different questions and answers. The student makes sure her seat sits at exactly an angle which allows her to see a test in front of her that is identical to hers. Every once in a while, she glances to her front neighbor's test to compare her answers, calculating her peeks to coincide with when the teacher looks away.
This student, who wished to remain anonymous, likes to think of herself as an "opportunity cheater." She said she cheats to check her answers. "I don't rely on cheating to get me through school, but I will do it if the teacher makes it too easy or if the opportunity is there," she said.
After cheating through high school, this student continues to do so today. She said she was never pressured to cheat by anyone but herself.
"I knew that in high school, if I hadn't cheated, I wouldn't have done really well on my daily assignments," she said. "I didn't cheat on exams. Here, there
aren't any daily grades, so it's more important to do well on exams."
And what about when you graduate and enter the real world, which produces "tests" for which no cheating is possible? Will you expend your energy trying to get around every rule? Will you try to set up every situation so that you can check your "answers?" Will you eventually become insightful enough to wonder why you didn't bother to learn as much as you could in school, or why you didn't choose a major that inspired you so much that you preferred learning to cheating?
Please, Ms. "Aggie with an Alibi". Do the professional world a favor and list this article on your resume when you graduate. If just one company is spared from hiring such a selfish and deluded twit, I'll be pleased.
Posted by kswygert at October 25, 2004 11:40 AM