Day 2

[st_minority]

Entry entry entry.

What is cheating? Do you believe in cheating? Is cheating even right? (I'm going to maybe try posting a question every day, just to keep it interesting to me.)

Comments

[spookyfbi]

Cheating in what sense? Cheating on a test? I don't believe in tests. In an ideal world, there'd be no need to cheat because there'd be no pressure to perform. School would be a place where kids were inspired to persue their interests, not where they're forced to learn subjects they're not interested in and then tested on their ability to learn these subjects in a way that is not only not indicative of their knowledge, but counterproductive to their learning.
/rant

[st_minority]

Any sort of cheating. Tests usually are where most cheating happens.
I like your philosophy! It makes sense. I never really thought about tests not being necessary or whatnot. I like your view. It should be put into effect. :D

[spookyfbi]

I have such issues about school in general. It seems like kids learn less in school than they would without it, and it teaches kids to hoard knowledge. It also promotes the fallacy that everyone progresses at the same pace, and that not knowing as much as the next kid is something to be ashamed of. So instead of trying to learn it, they'll misbehave or just pretend to know what's going on and then parrot what the teacher said in a test. Or cheat. I mean, there's no such thing as cheating when I'm learning how to use a new computer program. How could I possibly cheat, there's no test. And yet I still learnt how to use it. Or when I'm learning how to prepare a new dish or learning how to get to a friend's new house. Ooh, mustn't cheat by looking it up in the street directory, what a ridiculous notion! Why does no one consider that cheating?
Oh, and PS- my eyes were opened to this concept by a book written in the 1920s. This is hardly a new idea, and yet most schools are still in the dark ages. So yeah, it should be put into effect, but

[rose_melody2]

Cheating is when one uses unfair means to get ahead, and it's never right. It has its consequences. Bad bad stuff. :P

[st_minority]

Bad bad stuff indeed. :) I'm too nervous and too nice to ever cheat off someone. lol