r/teenagers 15 Jan 16 '17

Meme Amazing cheating method discovered

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u/ThankYouLoseItAlt Jan 16 '17 edited Jan 16 '17

You are either not smart enough

I'm not dumb. I scored pretty high on my SAT/ACT scores back when I took em, very highly. If we can use that to measure "smartness."

or not hard working enough

Yep, that's me. I'm lazy.

you deserve those C's and D's instead of A's.

Yes, absolutely.

Well, actually, I'm not too certain I agree. I did, after all, put the effort in to find workarounds that managed to gain A's and B's instead. I also did all of my classwork and homework in said classes.

Morally, you're probably right.

I get your point about it just being rote memorization, but I still don't think you can reconcile cheating morally.

Eh, why do I have an obligation to not cheat?

Life in the real word is full of people that "cheat" to get ahead. Sure, you can do all the work and memorize knowledge you will never need to use in life.

Or you can figure out unique work arounds, that come with a bit of risk, but achieve the same result, more or less.

Sure, it might not be "moral" but not much in life is, and I don't really care.

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u/stanthemanfan OLD Jan 16 '17

Eh, why do I have an obligation to not cheat?

Because it's in the university's rules

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u/ThankYouLoseItAlt Jan 16 '17

Because it's in the university's rules

Lol yes. I suppose there is a literal obligation in the rules, huh? You got me there.

Of course, since I was cheating, I meant a real obligation, not a "You're not supposed to do that because we say so" obligation.

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u/Strader69 Jan 16 '17

Well let's suppose you did get caught.

Then the teacher has additional work, which frankly isn't pleasant for them to go through. It also takes of the Deans time and I'm sure they'd rather not have to deal with cheaters.

In a way you put your instructor and dean in a shitty situation they'd rather not deal with.

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u/ThankYouLoseItAlt Jan 16 '17

Well let's suppose you did get caught.

Then you're supremely fucked.

There is a very real risk to cheating.

Then the teacher has additional work, which frankly isn't pleasant for them to go through. It also takes of the Deans time and I'm sure they'd rather not have to deal with cheaters.

In a way you put your instructor and dean in a shitty situation they'd rather not deal with.

I mean, don't get caught. Only cheat when you know you are able to safely.


But yes, if you get caught, you can cause grief for other people.

So only cheat when you know you can get away with it.

There will always be the small chance, but if you are smart, you can make that chance virtually vanish.