Where is it that we don't teach kids that it's bad to cheat?
Since I've been teaching at school I've caught half a dozen kids cheating and I know of at least a half dozen more students who have admitted to me that they've cheated in other classes. I see three things at play here:
1. They don't realize how bad cheating is (they're thrilled when they don't get caught. I always remind them: if you don't get caught in this life, you surely will in the next).
2. The kids are extremely lazy.
3. The kids have such a poor self image that their excuse is that they're just stupid so they have to cheat. Who told them that?
It's a tough situation!
