Cheating
If you were to say that you have never cheated in your entire life, you would probably be lying. I have noticed that in Benicia Middle School a lot of kids cheat. It’s not just on tests, it’s on everything from homework, and worksheets, to even notes.
Students cheat because they need a good grade. In most families in America, if you get a bad grade then you are going to be in trouble when your parents find out. Also, kids cheat to make themselves look smarter than they really are. If you fail a test and some people find out, then you might get made fun of just because you got a bad grade. Even though cheating is an easy way to get a good grade, it is still very wrong.
If you do cheat, then you are not helping yourself at all. If you don’t know the information now, and you cheat to get it right, then when the test comes you really are not going to know the information. Cheating is like a downward spiral that never ends until you stop cheating and learn how to do the work for yourself. Cheating is also bad because it is like using your friends as a crutch just to get you through school. If you don’t know how to do something, like math, then you should just ask your teacher for help. If you keep cheating then you will fall farther and farther behind.
If you do not cheat and get the grade you deserve, then you can say that you have that freedom; to not worry about what others think, and to learn the information for yourself. If you do cheat, then you are stealing the other person’s freedom to get the grade that they deserve. You would also lose freedom, because it is taking away your freedom to learn the information on your own.
In most schools in America, students cheat all the time. In time, all that cheating will come back and get them because they didn’t learn the information on their own. It is understandable if they want to look smart or not get in trouble, but it will take even longer to learn the information down the road when everyone is ahead of you. Therefore if you do cheat, it is a major loss of freedom for you and the person you cheat off of
