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Passing paper notes during a test is a common way students cheat. | Photo Illustration by Evan Sherman
HANNAH CHERN editor-in-chief
STEVEN CURTO assistant editor
Evaluating how cheating plays a role in the educational system and impacts both culture and policy at school
Taking into consideration the many pressures that students face, the female believes that a major cause of cheating is grown from immense pressures that students receive from parents. “I definitely believe that if you’re raised in a household where rewards and punishments are given for grades, there’s going to be a higher rate of cheating,” the female said. “...Pressure from family is something that impacts a student’s willingness to cheat because they will do whatever it takes to please their parents or their teachers.”For a junior girl, who wanted to remain
“IF I SEE SOMEONE WHO CONSTANTLY CHEATS ... I THINK THEY’RE CHEATING THEMSELVES OUT OF AN EDUCATION.” anonymous senior girl
anonymous due to her complacency with cheating, pressures from her mom to obtain at least a B in all of her classes caused her to decide to cheat. “My motivations to cheat are that my mom will ground me if my grades drop below a B,” the girl. “The desire to not be grounded until my grade is back up leads me to cheat my way to get better grades.” In addition to parental pressures that some students face, math teacher Sarah Sides believes that society and individual pressures cause students to
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