Monday, September 9, 2013

Pressure For Success!







Just when we thought all Harvard kids were all Einstein's, we were all wrong. More than 42% of
freshman admitted to cheating on a test, and 10% of the students admitted to cheating off of homework. In March 2012, Harvard Quiz Bowl team won not just one but four championships had vacated because of cheating scandals involving a student.  "At the end of this process, we hope that Harvard will not only continue to beat national averages in reports of cheating, but also strengthen Harvard's culture of integrity, in which cheating is the rare exception."]- Jeff Neal 

If Harvard has this much cheating going on, then obviously the teachers are really not doing a good job looking around to make sure thats not happening.  Since Harvard is already so hard to get into, you would think they would take cheating very seriously, especially while taking a test. But if we brake this down even more, students go to school to be successful in life. Us students already have so much pressure to get that 4.0 G.P.A at the end of the semester. What if these Harvard students honestly really do study their brains out? What if their just so stressed that they forget an answer because all they are thinking about is the pressure to pass this test. Now I'm not saying its okay to cheat at all. What I'm saying is maybe teachers need to understand what we go through when were taking a test. I know not everyone is not the same but the pressure during a test has a huge impact on students grades.

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