Cheating.

I’m going to stray away from my usual topic for this blog. I need to voice my opinion about a topic we recently discussed in my AP Lang class- cheating. Cheating, in my opinion, is wrong; all forms of it. Do your own damn work for Christ’s sake. Don’t copy homework, or a test, or any other assignment or something that’s being counted for a grade. That’s unfair to the kids that actually did the work, and your lazy ass shouldn’t get the same grade, if not a better grade, just because you happened to copy from a smart person.

                Now cheating doesn’t have to be from or with another person. It could simply be you by yourself. For example, say you somehow got a hold of the correct answers for a test you were going to take the next day. That’s just as wrong. Study for the test. If you don’t know what the hell is going on, go in for help. And if worse comes to worse, you get a bad grade. And that’s okay. And don’t tell me that it’s not. You’re not going to get rejected from a college because you struggled in some subjects. Try your best, and if you don’t do well on something, it’s okay. Do you know why it’s okay? BECAUSE YOU DIDN’T CHEAT.

                Then we changed topics. People started saying how you can cheat your way through middle school, high school, and college, and still get a great job as long as “you” had the grades for it. Um… no. Let’s say you cheat in math and science, all the God damn way through school, and then you apply for a job at Rockwell Collins. You might actually get the job, because your resume would show the good grades you actually didn’t earn because you cheated, but they don’t know that, and you could sweet talk them if you’re a people person. So maybe your cheating ass gets hired. When it comes time to do your work and your boss has to see it and the work has to be not only your own, but also accurate, you’re screwed. Because you don’t actually know HOW to do any of the work because you cheated all the way through math and science, which are key to work at Rockwell. It’s the same way for almost any other job.

                Bottom line, don’t cheat. If you’re terrified for that test because you don’t know anything and you chose not to get help from your teacher, then you accept that bad grade like it’s your freaking child. Deal with it.