Generational Disease
What’s contagious, but will never make you sick? What wildfire is so great that it will never be extinguished? It isn’t a disease or natural disaster, but at the same time, it is a disease and is becoming a natural disaster to our country's youth: cheating. Although the phrase “you’re a cheater” has a negative connotation to it, is it really wrong anymore? Some, like Wired journalist, Cevin Soling, say yes while others, like Professor say no, however, the truth can’t be brushed under the rug for much longer. I believe cheating is the largest infection of my generation and will have a horrible effect on the future generations to come. Every academic institution in America has very strict policy against cheating. Last year alone, 8,000 Chinese students were expelled from U.S. universities for poor academic performance and/or cheating (Qi). Robert …show more content…
Cevin Soling, a journalist for Wired, is one of these …show more content…
“The Cheater cheats himself of an education. His actions imply that he either does not understand what a quality education is or does not care about getting one…” (Bishop). While Bishop makes an excellent point, we must first understand that 1) an individual knows they are cheating and 2) they will rationalize and justify cheating so that they can morally continue to do it. The former is simple to affirm by common sense. An individual doesn’t simply stumble upon homework answers or unintentionally peek at a deskmates answer sheet during an exam. The latter is eloquently portrayed by Maria Konnikova in her piece, “Inside the Cheater’s