Students seem to always find a loophole in the class room or the exam for a way to cheat, but there is no excuse for these actions in school. Stricter controls, punishments and better influences from the adult community are needed to prevent students from justifying cheating. According to a recent study into University Students (700 from Monash University), 80% of Undergraduate students are cheating in one form or another . If 80% of Students are cheating (and getting …showed first 75 words of 616 total…

…showed last 75 words of 616 total…the favor of cheating inside a students mind. Sadly the education system has been seriously misinterpreted as a means to an end. Learning was lost a long time ago and cannot be reconstructed until adults show students that school is about broadening the mind, not the marks they receive. Between control, punishment, and most importantly adult understanding and influences cheating will end and the students, schools and teachers will be better off because of it.