Bloomington High School South, The Gothic, 2001, Page 57

Description:	1Lauren DemmingDespite the majority of honest students, there arealways those who find ways around the rulesIt is 11:30 on a Thursday night, and sophomoreScott* remembers that he has a math test thenext day. Scott doesnt want to stay up and studyfor the test and instead wants to go to sleep. Therefore,he quickly programs the terms and formulas that heneeds to memorize into his graphing calculator for easyreference during his test. Scott has just been dishonest.Cheating is an issue nearly all students faced at somepoint during the school yean Popular ways that studentscheated included using calculators to programinformation, copying off of classmates and acquiringtests for a particular course from a friend who hadalready taken the course. But whilesome studentsface myself everyday. I would feel very guilty, and Iwould be afraid of getting caught, Erica said.Different teachers had different policies concerningwhat course of action to take if a student was caughtcheating. If I caught a student cheating I would givethem a zero on the given assignment. If it was a test Iwould then call home and expect the parents to talkwith their child about the situation, Mr. Greg Mongold,mathematics, said.Obviously, there are many risksinvolved in theV»ft^ dishonest and cheat in hopes ofattaining better grades, others simply took the honestroad by doing their own work and not cheating.One student who chose to stay cheat free was seniorErica. Though faced with the possibility of cheatingseveral times, Erica resisted the urge.I dont think that cheating helps anybody out in thelong run. If I would cheat it would be very difficult toVkcheating process.Yet, students have continued to test theirluck. Junior Josh* says his cheating will not stop anytime soon. I havent been caught yet, so I imagine Illkeep cheating in the future. It is just not that big of adeal to me, Josh said.With college just around the corner for Erica, shewants to train herself to do things the right way. I wantto be able to do my own work next year, and not haveto cheat or copy off of somebody else, Erica said.False names were used to protect the identity of thestudents By Jeff CarterLauren DemmingPHOTO ILLUSTRATION:Junior Emily Moss takes atest in the hall. Taking a testin an out-of-classenvironment provided anopportunity for students tobe dishonest without theteachers supervision.PHOTO DXUSTRATION:By programing formulas intocalculators, sophomoresIssac Emmerson and AndrewKloosterman take advantageof their TI-83s. The ScienceDepartment did not allowthese calculators in class.Lauren DemmingLauren Demming^£KiAo^eSti
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