Cheating Affects Basic Confusion In Society By Mari Pearlman Summary

In the article “Cheating in School Reflects Basic Confusion in Society” by Mari Pearlman, she discusses the effects of cheating in schools on society and how it is widely accepted and the sense of pride some get from successfully cheating. The problems stated by Pearlman in the 1999 article are still issues in society today where when students cheat is looked down upon and wanting to punish children for cheating, but when adults cheat it is seen as more of an accomplishment rather than being dishonest. Whether it is cheating in school, in the workplace, or taxes all levels of cheating should be looked upon the same way not the picking and choosing as to what is punishable and what is an accomplishment. Therefore, all adults should have consequences for cheating just like students or let the students feel the pride of cheating similar to adults. Students have always cheated in school and have been held accountable for their actions for committing academic dishonesty. Teachers have had to be the disciplinary when it comes to students cheating, but what if it is not so much the students fault as it is the parents. Pearlman states in her article, “Teachers are particularly frustrated when parents reveal at home some pride in

Perhaps society as a whole both in 1999 and now widely accept cheating and do not necessarily look down upon it, but rather encourage the act of cheating. Pearlman states, “By emphasizing the wrong things in student testing, we end up inviting a culture of compromise” (Pearlman, 1999). The culture as a whole sees cheating as a means to an end instead of something negative or dishonest. For there to be such widespread acceptance of cheating even in different times such as 1999 and now there is not necessarily one group to blame rather than the culture being accepted of