What causes students to cheat in school? Is cheating sometimes ever overused in the definition for using homework websites such as Khan Academy, Quizlet, and other websites that can useful for some people learning differences or anyone to be called a cheater? Ask yourselves, is it true that some websites are unfairly called a cheating or one labeled as academic dishonest impression when it could have a positive viewpoint outside beyond the over corrupted educational institutions? Just do some critical thinking on the subject of academic dishonesty. Calling some people cheater could wrongfully judging the learner, and there's people who are self-educated scholars after awhile in life or self-directed learning/studies because of there differential educational needs.
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i cheat oh yeah
if you do not want to get roasted/criticize i suggest you not come on jiskha of all places to talk about cheating
@Ashley---
I read and re-read this question about cheating. The question you ask is about why some cheat but the remainder of your post seems to me to be suggesting that some we call cheater really aren't cheaters. If I have interpreted your question and post correctly I think you are deflecting and trying to make the case that many people who cheat really aren't cheats if they are upgrading themselves, uplifting themselves, and making themselves better equipped to handle life. That's baloney. No matter how you slice it cheating is cheating. It COULD make you a 100% better, it COULD make you a genius, it COULD make you more/better equipped to handle life BUT when all of the frosting is scraped away and you get down to the cake, you cheated. You can call it what you want but cheating by any other name still is cheating. (Note: When I refer to YOU thoughout I am not referring to you as an individual and I am not accusing you of being a cheater.) The use of Khan Academy is not cheating. I am not familiar with Quizlet. Libre Text is not cheating. Most other web sites to which you allude are not cheating. It is perfectly OK, in my opinion, to click on those web sites, learn about the subject, then use that knowledge to answer a question which you could not answer earlier. But sites like the one you and I are using, in which students openly ask for and acquire answers to unit #?, part ?, items 1 through 20, is cheating no matter how you slice it. The bottom line is no, I don't think cheating is an over used term and no I don't think web sites that teach/explain/give more detail/work example problems/etc are helping cheaters EXCEPT when the student is to take a "closed book" exam and the student accesses those sites to get help while they take the test. I don't want this reply to start a thread that can get lengthy and where some can get sarcastic nor imply wrong things; therefore, this is my one and only contribution to the question. Thank you for your insight and for bring this out into the open.
I read and re-read this question about cheating. The question you ask is about why some cheat but the remainder of your post seems to me to be suggesting that some we call cheater really aren't cheaters. If I have interpreted your question and post correctly I think you are deflecting and trying to make the case that many people who cheat really aren't cheats if they are upgrading themselves, uplifting themselves, and making themselves better equipped to handle life. That's baloney. No matter how you slice it cheating is cheating. It COULD make you a 100% better, it COULD make you a genius, it COULD make you more/better equipped to handle life BUT when all of the frosting is scraped away and you get down to the cake, you cheated. You can call it what you want but cheating by any other name still is cheating. (Note: When I refer to YOU thoughout I am not referring to you as an individual and I am not accusing you of being a cheater.) The use of Khan Academy is not cheating. I am not familiar with Quizlet. Libre Text is not cheating. Most other web sites to which you allude are not cheating. It is perfectly OK, in my opinion, to click on those web sites, learn about the subject, then use that knowledge to answer a question which you could not answer earlier. But sites like the one you and I are using, in which students openly ask for and acquire answers to unit #?, part ?, items 1 through 20, is cheating no matter how you slice it. The bottom line is no, I don't think cheating is an over used term and no I don't think web sites that teach/explain/give more detail/work example problems/etc are helping cheaters EXCEPT when the student is to take a "closed book" exam and the student accesses those sites to get help while they take the test. I don't want this reply to start a thread that can get lengthy and where some can get sarcastic nor imply wrong things; therefore, this is my one and only contribution to the question. Thank you for your insight and for bring this out into the open.
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