Academic Dishonesty, By Eugene Bratek

The article compiled by Eugene Bratek discusses issues with students and academic dishonesty. Studies have been shown that state “a majority of students violate standards of academic integrity to some degree, and that high achievers are just as likely to do it as others”. Students who are in a difficult situation, whether it be at home or at school, and and are struggling to achieve the grades they want will firstly result to academic dishonesty, or cheating. I strongly agree with the author’s statements because from personal experiences, I have had peers who requested to cheat off of homework as easy as a single worksheet. After closer evaluation, I have noticed that the statements from McCabe closely aligned with the students involved in my situation.

1). In most situations, this is true for the students who are naturally intelligent, who may cheat to rise to the top of their class as well as the students who are struggling, and because of this, the students result to cheating. Students at Harvard and Stuyvesant commented, “Teachers must be clear in giving instructions about assignments and particularly articulate about when collaborative work among students is permitted and when it is not” (1). These students made a compelling point that teachers must give very clear instructions, because if the students are not sure about what the assignment requires, then they may cheat off of another student who understands the instructions in order to achieve the grade the