Cheating at School

In last year, cheating rates in schools rose 27 percent from the year before. The recent report on this may leave some citizens wondering if our country—and our schools—could be headed in the same direction.It is common knowledge that, in general, ’s academic curricula and standards are far beyond those of the It is possible that the added pressure on British students to compete academically draws them to cheat. When questioned as to whether there was an increased pressure on students to do well academically in , one anonymous source from the said, “There shouldn’t be!” 

According to the source, there seems to be a more laid-back attitude among students toward cheating in the “I 'helped' someone on their course work because I am in the industry it was on,” said the source without regret. He indicated that helping someone to cheat on a test was not a problem to him, since he did not mind the effort and it was only serving the student positively. According to the recent report, the British students caught cheating this past year used cell phones as the main method of cheating, and are apparently barred from even having them inside an exam room, whether or not they are used for cheating.

At

Georgia
State University

, students tell a different story when it comes to cheating, though perhaps not one professors would find particularly preferable. When questioned about cheating habits, some anonymous

Georgia
State

students said that they have noticed or been a part of cheating via the use of notes between their knees or pre-written essays in Blue books. They have also witnessed group cheating on multiple choice tests through the use of hand signals that correspond with certain letters.

This is not to say, however, that

Georgia
State

students are the only clever entities on campus. A student told one reporter that his professors often switch out Blue books before students start taking the tests. These professors sometimes find cheating devices inside the Blue books and have been known to fail students for attempting to cheat even before the test started.