2007-01-27 18:07:17 · 7 answers · asked by ibid 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
True story. Every single person ranked in the top 1% at my local high school has cheated multiple times to get perfect scores on either their AP Biology, Physics, AP US History, Calculus, Pre-Calculus tests.
Everyone ranked #1-17 has cheated at my school, not because of pressure from parents but because of the intense pressure to appear flawless on a transcript for college.
Everyone who wants to succeed is a conartist
Doesn't that reflect the business world?
2007-01-27 18:15:27 · update #1
Sadly, I do have information to support the gist of your theory but I am not at liberty to disclose it. (That sounds so cloak-and-dagger, but it's true). Unfortunately, there is a cycle that occurs. Affluent parents give the child every opportunity and experience in their early youth. They provide tutors and/or bully the school into giving the maximum amount of services, adjusting test grades, overriding course placements, etc.
In the end, the child lands in honors where he/she has a tough time cutting it. What does the family do? They actually support the cheating, often by justifying the actions!! "Oh, if Mr. ___ had given a better study guide you wouldn't have to do this, etc. " The child gets the message that cheating is OK.
Then, the stakes get higher with standardized testing, both to get into college and to (YIKES!) get professional licensure.
These same people go out into the business world and take these same ethics with them. Then they HAVE CHILDREN and the cycle continues....
This is not every honors student, nor every honors student in an affluent family. I know this for a fact, as well.
2007-01-28 01:54:24 · answer #1 · answered by Wondering 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I disagree with you, and so it seems, everyone else. My son was an honor student throughout middle and high school, so were his friends. These kids were at my house all the time. They have great ethics. Either you're paranoid or you go to a horrible no discipline institution, for which I feel for you. People cannot keep going successfully on cheating. My son is now regularly on the Dean's list at a top tier national college, many of his friends at Ivy League schools. The Business World, by the way, is not a mirror to morality, success or not. It is a place where corruption, or at least cut-throat competition, is rewarded. Think of geeks and nerds and what they do for examples of "clean" success..
2007-01-28 07:08:20 · answer #2 · answered by browneyedgirl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your commentary is very sad. I'm 63 yrs old - come from a different generation - and I hope you are wrong. I will be interested in the other answers you receive. In the mean time - well, just how blind are your teachers?!?!?
2007-01-28 03:22:43 · answer #3 · answered by scottyusa1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont think so, im a really good reputation and im a honor student, too , but im not a conartist
2007-01-28 02:12:36 · answer #4 · answered by Moi 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so. My son was an Honor Student.
2007-01-28 02:10:50 · answer #5 · answered by MsAdventure 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not me.
2007-01-28 02:12:22 · answer #6 · answered by Andrea 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They can't be.
2007-01-28 02:10:36 · answer #7 · answered by Isabela 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋