Cheating has been a big thing in school. Everyone has cheated, and there has been a discussion on whether if we should have harsher punishments or not. Today, I will be talking about the pro of harsher punishments and the con and my view on this. Cheating in academic schools can be a big problem and academic schools should be harshly punished. It is not only dishonest but it is unfair to the other students around you (debate.org). Whether it is using another persons paper and calling it yours or looking at someones people it is dishonest and wrong. If you tell them to stop cheating they would actually lie and cheat again that they say they wouldnt do it again, that is why they need a harsh discipline so they know next time not to do it (debate. org).
School's should not have harsher punishments when disobey the school rules. If a student were to cheat, that student should be instead given advice and be informed on whey cheating is bad ( Wired.com). The kinds of punishments you would give them would not help the students learn to be more obedient or self disciplined. Also if there are circumstances outside of the students control which lead to the student to break the rules he or she may not deserve punishment (wired.com) That is why cheating in school should not have harsh punishments.
My view on this is I think we should have harsher punishments in school for cheating. When you cheat you are being very dishonest and you are being unfair to the other people who worked very hard to get a good grade. Whether if a person uses someone elses paper or if you look at someones paper it is not right. If you dont have a punishment the kid will never learn and he will just keep doing the same thing over and over again. cheating is a very bad thing and we need a punishment so a kid can learn to stop cheating.
I agree with Caleb, cheating is basically lying and trying to take advantage of other people for your own gain. If teachers and admin don't crack down on it, it sends a message that they don't care, and it will never end.
ReplyDeleteI agree with what you are saying. But, what if the assignment/ test determined whether or not that person got accepted into the school he/ she wanted to go to? Is it okay Then?
ReplyDeleteI disagree with Caleb because I think they need to be harsh but not to harsh. I believe that a suspension or a 0 on the test is harsh enough. Another thing is that people almost never get caught so people don't think of the punishments even though we know it happens all the time.
ReplyDeleteI agree and disagree with you. I do think that the ones that do decide to cheat need to be punished to a harsher extent. but I've also heard a lot of people say " if you cheat and don't get caught, its not a big deal". with that i'm not saying I agree with it but I don't disagree with it either
ReplyDeleteI agree that there should be harsher punishment for students who cheat but should every cheater get the same punishment? Should teachers use the same punishment on a student who copies another's homework as someone who cheated on a test? I think that harsher punishment is a good way to reduce cheating but the punishment should depend on the severity of the cheating.
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