Bloomington High School South, The Gothic, 1997, Page 53

Description:	studentscheatingis all toocommonofiy,sh:y.;d\|^ enovation art? Drawing andPainting class express theircreativity by painting on thetemporary walls surrounding therenovation site. Constructioncaused many problems forstudents, including crowdedhallways and the loss of heat insections of the building.Andy VanDerWegereparing to give their MacBethvideo project, juniors AliceHershey and Sina Kramer get alittle crazy. Hershey and Kramerwere in Mrs. Nancy LumbleysBritish Lit. class.s you are innocently staring atyour test, you wonder why youeven bothered to taketrigonometry. The only way youcould pass this testwould be with somedivine intervention. So,you decide to take apeek at your neighborstest.Senior Crystal Lutessaid, Cheating may notbe a major problem hereat South, but itdefinitely exists.Students foundnumerous ways to getaway with cheating.Junior HollynnLambert said, Thephysics classes were theworst. During almostevery test, it seemedeverybody had cheat sheets in theircalculator covers. On homework, itwas the same, one person did thework while everybody else copied it.Junior Ben Pate said, Somestudents will do almost anything tocheat. If a teacher turns his back for asplit second, all a kid has to do isglance over real quick and you got ananswer. Its just not right!Senior Steve McArdle said, In a lotof my classes, people talk about theanswers for the test they are taking.Cheating maynot be a majorproblem here atSouth, but itdefinitely exists—seniorCrystal Lutesby andrea morrisMost ways that people cheat arepretty obvious. I dont understandhow teachers dont catch morepeople.Cheating occurred for severalreasons. From lazinessto time constraints,students felt pressuredto break the rules.Senior Kevin Cortssaid, Everybody cheatsat sometime becausethey could be too lazy todo the work themselves,the assignment is toohard, pressure fromparents to get goodgrades, or they justdont have the time.Sophomore BrettWissel said, Peoplecheat because they getaway with it once andthink they can get awaywith it every time.Students did not think of theproblems cheating may create in thefuture.Junior Sam Burgess said, Peopledont realize how cheating now willcarry over into college and the workplace. In college, cheating once can getyou expelled and in the work place, itwould get you fired. There are nosecond chances.Jim Wittecheating 53
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