Online Education, A Cheaters Paradise?
Cheat cheat, never beat?
Online classes are perfect for working professionals and career beginners who want to complete or advance their education. But are online students actually ”earning” their degree? I’ve spoke to many undergrads who revealed to me how easy it would be to cheat on an exam, and countless others who openly admitted to cutting a few corners.
Online exams are usually timed to help combat cheating by expediting the decision making process for the student. It is assumed that some foundation of knowledge would be required (i.e. completed assignments and reading) to score well on a timed examination. But if the timer is set too long it can easily grant a student ample time to execute a dishonest agenda. Additionally there are no safeguards in place to stop a student from having one of their friends, who happen to be knowledgeable on that particular subject matter, take the exam. Only a students personal code of ethics would stop them. But the real question is why do people cheat?
I’ve heard many passionate arguments as to why students will cut those corners to make the grade. Many rationalize their decision by saying, I’ll never need to know this information in the real world. Prime numbers, Andy Warhol, and conjugating verbs will have nothing to do with what my job consists of some day. Others have told me they’re only taking the class because it’s a core requirement and that it really doesn’t matter much to them. To be honest it is difficult for me to disagree. I’ve worked for some of the biggest companies in the U.S. and have never been asked to solve for x, been quizzed about Andy Warhol’s artistic flare with a Campbell’s soup can, or been handed an essay and asked to conjugate the verbs.
Don’t get me wrong I do not endorse cheating, I simply understand the viewpoint behind why some people do. But earning your degree in this fashion would be no different than going to a Degree Mill and purchasing a piece of paper saying you hold a BA in this or an MBA in that. You will only be cheating yourself today, while setting yourself up for failure tomorrow.
Have you ever cheated on a test – either online or in a classroom? Sound off!
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Cheating is simply an indicator of where the child is. Obviously they don’t have the ability, or even just the interest in learning that subject. Something has been missed. their purpose for learning undercuts all of it. Why do it? If the answer is who cares? well, you have an answer to why someone would do that.
I don’t see the logic in someone cheating on a test or exam. The way I see it, if they can take the time to cheat then they could have taken the time to study. For me, I either study for a test or I don’t.
What a negative article. As an online graduate, my program of study was very rigorous. I worked hard & earned my degree. I earned every point of my 3.9 GPA, without cheating. There are probably just as many cheaters in traditional schools as is online. A person who is a cheater will cheat no matter what.
I have taken online quizes and quizes in the classroom. I have always been tempted to cheat if there is a ‘smarter’ person beside me. But I always tell my self that one day there will be a test that I’ll have to take and I’ll be all alone in the room, and I would fail if I didn’t know what the test ment. So I never cheat on tests.
I’ve taken online quizzes – I can’t see how a person would have the time to cheat. But I guess some can find a way & do.
But cheating only hurts the cheater. I am older – have worked in the real world & have seen college graduates work at a company where people (behind their back) wondered what school they went to – cause that person did not know much of anything.
AND they were fired – 6 months maybe a year later because their diploma meant nothing since they had not learned anything!!
So Beware if you plan to cheat or have already cheated!!!!
Employers are not stupid – they know what you should know as a college graduate.
No I dont cheat but I let others cheat off me cuz its not me than its someone else
I’ve cheated before, though hardly ever online…And by hardly, I mean, I would ask someone else how you did another problem, or they’d show me on the homework. I’m not proud of it, but like the author said, they make you take certain classes in high school, and quite frankly, I don’t have the vitality to create 15 different copies of my face with 15 different designs.
When it comes to cheating what is the point of doing so? As a high school student i have come around other students that cheat for me there’s no point of doing. If you cheat there’s no point of doing so.