Comments on: Hi Tech Cheating – Do Your Kids Do It?

By: Xtend-life reviews

Xtend-life reviews — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:23:56 +0000

As a parent of 2 young boys(5 and 7 years old), I find myself constantly amazed at how quickly the world has changed and how different the schooling has become as a result.

When I was at school cheating involved a calculator, thesaurus or dictionary along with writing on the back of your hand (not that I was ever gulity of this, or course)

With the radical change in technological apparatus available to our children, educational structures don't appear to be adjusting to keep up.

There is nothing to stop a child getting the answer to an algebraic problem from the web, but this is not teaching them how to use their brain to solve problems, or is it?

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By: Remedies for Eczema

Remedies for Eczema — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:54:03 +0000

Hey that is a really clever post. When I read the headline I thought "yeah kidds should not cheat like that " but then when I read your spin on it I changed my mind. I think it is actually showing initiative and pulling on resources, which is actually clever. All great SEO's do just that everyday, they don't have all the answers but they know how to find people that do.

However blantant copying of other peoples work with no thought, I also disagree with, as that is lazy.

Thanks for making me think.

By: Chris Jones

Chris Jones — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:26:07 +0000

I am a little concerned that the parents of these students are seem to shrug off the fact that their children cheat. There are no degrees to cheating. "I only cheated a little…I'm not as bad as someone who cheats a lot". Cheating is dishonest and does the student no good in the long run. Making believe that some cheating once in a while is ok is doing a disservice to our children. Allowing a vehicle for students to cheat in the classroom is only providing a temptation for them to go ahead and cheat.

By: DivorceLawyerAustin

DivorceLawyerAustin — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:39:01 +0000

Cheating is part of growing up but I guess kids are prone on cheating because the technology is available to them, Long gone are the times when we used to write the answers on a small piece of paper and hide it in our wrist watch.

By: TexasDivorcePapers

TexasDivorcePapers — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:07:58 +0000

Thats the problem with kids today their enjoying the perks of technology and yet they learn nothing at all. We parents must be vigilant enough to teach our children with their studies not just leave them in front of the computer all the time.

By: Cotbeds

Cotbeds — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:03:22 +0000

I have a daughter and I think it is great that she has access to the internet to help her with her work. I can’t see the net disappearing any time soon so the better she gets at navigating it the better equipped she will be for later life. It is very easy to cheat with it though and I have caught her doing just this several times with her homework. In my day the shortcut was plagarism, find little known works of somebody else and copy it word for word. Today the shortcut seems to be copying and pasting, as least when we had to write it out some of it went in. A few months back I noticed she was getting faster and faster at doing her homework. One day I took the finished result off her and asked her to tell me all about it – she didn’t have a clue and her only defence is that it is what everyone else was doing.

By: Cotbeds

Cotbeds — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:03:22 +0000

By: GeorgeHark

GeorgeHark — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:08:34 +0000

This is not strange. Modern Tech. is full of new tricks and it could be use anywhere by anyone to achieve what you want to achieve if only you know how to use it without being caught.

By: marionsmiths

marionsmiths — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:43:26 +0000

Cheating has never been a good thing though some people used it to get to the top.

By: GPS Navigation

GPS Navigation — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:23:18 +0000

The youths today are very lazy. They use of technology is becoming a crime. I think measures should be taking by school administrators to advoid such scenes and discourage laziness

By: Afro Carribean

Afro Carribean — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:15:00 +0000

OMG!!! what an analysis! Parents refusing !! they t want to protect the interest of their family. It is normal that students cheat but parents shuold know that their child could not be an exemption.

By: new bank account

new bank account — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 16:57:37 +0000

I remember reading that Einstein said he didn't memorize his phone number because it was so easy to look up.

Cheating is certainly not condone, it is also a sign of lack of confidence or self-esteem IMO. Did the teacher do the proper job in preparing the students? Did the parents help the students to learn how to study? Why does the student feel the need to cheat is a better question then just going around saying "bad cheater; bad, bad cheater".

As for technology, I think the post has it right… it exists so why continue with this "let's make learning hard and un-enjoyable because that builds character" attitude.

By: Clint Lalonde

Clint Lalonde — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 05:00:05 +0000

I heard a good one from a College teacher last week who had a student
with tatoos up and down his arms. The student had written test answers
in among the tattos on his arms. The instructor had a tough time
catching him cheating, but once he took a close look he saw answers
mixed in among the tatoos. He said if the student wouldn't have been
quite so obvious, he would have never known.

By: Disney-O-Rama

Disney-O-Rama — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:55:27 +0000

Jeeze… why didn't they have cell phones when I was a teen. We had to pass note or look over one's shoulder to cheat. The advantages today's kids have ;)

By: astuces

astuces — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:59:51 +0000

exelent post! mercy!!!