Kids cheat in school because they are rewarded for it. Kids here that get good grades get additional days off, don't have to take final exams, and get all the attention. Kids in college get the good jobs when they make the good grades. Those are the people who you want to do your banking and be your doctors and attorneys. Think about it. There is tremendous pressure put on making grades, as opposed to learning something. All they want is the letter on the grade report. Make an A and everyone's happy.
No one takes into account that we learn by experience and that we really learn a lot through failure. And we don't allow our kids to fail at anything.
Everyone gets a trophy.
We've dumbed down our curriculum with No Child Left Behind, which I sincerely hope our new President abandons for the bad experiment it is, to the point that we practically spoon feed the kids, then they are only answers to a test, not real learning.
In other words, grades have replaced real, teachable moments. Teachers aren't allowed to teach and to really reach out to kids because it isn't on the TAKS.
I believe that if we would allow teachers to teach and kids to truly learn, that students would not feel the need or the urge to cheat. Of course there will always be cheaters, but I think it would decrease.
No one takes into account that we learn by experience and that we really learn a lot through failure. And we don't allow our kids to fail at anything.
Everyone gets a trophy.
We've dumbed down our curriculum with No Child Left Behind, which I sincerely hope our new President abandons for the bad experiment it is, to the point that we practically spoon feed the kids, then they are only answers to a test, not real learning.
In other words, grades have replaced real, teachable moments. Teachers aren't allowed to teach and to really reach out to kids because it isn't on the TAKS.
I believe that if we would allow teachers to teach and kids to truly learn, that students would not feel the need or the urge to cheat. Of course there will always be cheaters, but I think it would decrease.