In Richard Perez-Penas "studies find more students cheating, with high achievments no exception" he tells how the percentage of children all over the world cheating is very high and everyone along the lines of parents,guardians, and teachers are responsible for this.
A professor named Donald L. McCabe at Rutgers Universal Business School, also a leader in cheating research said "I don't think that there's any question that students became more competitive", under more pressure, and, as a result, tend to excuse more from themselves and other students, and that's allowed by the adults around them". This shows that students are pressured today more than ever which results to students cheating a lot more. Another detail that goes along with this is found in the fourth paragraph and states "There have always been struggling students who cheat to survive."
This topic is very influential on children lives, especially the children in america. Children cheat because their either lazy, confused about their work or just unsure. The children who are cheating because their confusion on a simple topic preforms in this activity because they simply don't know how to ask for help. I can relate to McCabe's theory that children are pressured now more than ever. Today children are more judge by their grades than their own personality.
This article reminds me of my present life as a C average teenager. After having to back down on who is am really am my grades actually really did increase, but not being me doesn't even makes me happy enough to see my good grade.
Good organization, summary and details. Why is it that you feel you need to "back down" from who you "really are" to perform well in school? Remember, you are not a C average teenager at Parkway. This is a new beginning. Grades don't come out until November. 95
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