Bloomington High School South, The Gothic, 2009, Page 26

Description:	the art of deceptionBloomington South students voice their opinions on cheating in school.Is taking the easy way out really worth it?students talkCHEATINGSenior Aaron Stevens, freshmanEmily Fath and senior AaronBerCOVICi participated in a forum discussionabout the ins and outs ofcheating. The three students were asked toexplain when, if ever, cheating could be justified.In your opinion, is it okay to get test questions inadvance (say from a student in another section)?AB- Getting foreknowledge is always cheating,AS- its just like the stock market... I think MarthaStewart went to jail for doing that.EF- This is really common, it happens all the time,every day.Is reading SparkNotes a substitutefor reading the book or is it cheating?EF- Part of the reason for reading the book is toobtain the information from the book, and youstill get that from SparkNotes, It is just getting thesame information in a different way.AS- SparkNotes is fine because you couldprobably just get the same information from theback of the book.Does cheating hurt the student?AB-1 dont think most people think about themoral implications of cheating. I think peoplecheat but arent morally reprehensible for theiractions. They just dont see it hurting anyone sothey do it, but really they are,1(26 \| ACADEMICS \| cheating
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