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Originally posted by ConservativeJack
Is this the part where Im suppose to feel bad for cheating?
I bet you the teachers cheated, on their wife or husband, on a test before, lied or stolen.
People make a bigger deal out of that type of stuff than they ought to. We live in a capitalistic materialistic society. So someone steals a TV, make another one.
It only bothers YOU if you LET it.
Originally posted by poet1b
my observation was that there was wide spread cheating, and it was the students getting the higher grades who were cheating the most.
Originally posted by projectvxn
Well it seems the math is in. When 60% of student have cheated or are cheating, that means that the vast majority of students AREN'T LEARNING.
It's not that they are stupid, obviously they are smart enough to get by without doing the work.
Originally posted by tgidkp
why should kids want to join society? disillusionment and disenfranchisement are rampant....kids nowadays are smart enough to see this sham for what it truly is. why should they care?
even ten years ago when i was in HS, some of us were dumb enough to believe that hard work might actually pay off in life.....HA!
in this way, i find it quite easy to reconcile the fact that they "lie, cheat and steal AND say that they are good."
Our education systems seems to be more about conformist conditioning than education. This is why so many college grads are clueless these days.
Originally posted by poet1b
reply to post by crimvelvet
Yep, I have also seen good data thrown out because it goes against the bosses theories. It is all about loyalty to the boss, and screw reality. People talk about government waste, but corporations are extremely wasteful. Having worked in both ends, the less regulated a corporation is, the more wasteful it is. Why? Because being loyal to the boss, or in college the teacher, is more important than doing things right.