Why students cheat?!

 Of course, as a part of a school, cheating isn't something unusual. I mean.. sometimes cheating also can be an alternative way (if you really need it, but it's way more better to not cheating because somehow you still have your pride, right?)

It's not only about exams. NO, IT'S NOT. Even in some assignments too. Yaa, that's how reality works around us, as a student.
There are a lot of significant reasons why students cheat. And some reasons are reasons I can relate to, so I know how it feels like.

Okay, so these are the reasons why students cheat:

1. Performance concerns

   • Need to excel at any cost

2. External pressures

   • Academic
     • Semester workload too heavy
     • Others’ cheating puts me at disadvantage
     • Professor/text did not adequately explain material
     • Too many tests on one day
   • Nonacademic
     • Pressure from parents
     • Job leaves no time for study
     • Illness prevents adequate preparation
     • GPA for athletic qualification
     • Financial aid depends on GPA
     • Good grades needed for job or graduate school

3. Unfair professors

   • Overly harsh grading
   • Unfair tests designed to fail students
   • Unreasonable workload in course

4. Lack of effort

   • Did not attend class
   • Did not study, do reading, etc.

5. Adherence to other loyalties

   • Helping a friend
   • Loyalty to a group (fraternity)

6. All’s fair in love and academia

7. Opportunity

   • Unexpected opportunity arose
   • Instructor left room during exam
   • Instructor wasn’t watching carefully
   • Other students didn’t cover their paper

8. Campus ethos

   • Others do it
   • No one ever really gets punished/caught

For further information, here is a video from Steven Crawford about "why students cheat?". Check this out, guys!

And now is another video from sWooZie (actually he is my favorite youtuber). Oh ya and it's not a long-explanation-video like before, but it's more like he told us about his experiences about cheating in High School. He's been cheating since middle school (his videos about cheating are worth to watch because those videos are funny, yet simple, but somehow we can take the precious lessons from another person's experience). His videos about Cheating in High School consist of 3 volumes. So I'm going to post all of the videos about Cheating in High School from sWooZie! 

The first volume:

The second volume:

And finally the third volume:

Oh ya btw, if you ask me if I had ever cheating in tests or assignments. Yes I had. But it was really urgent. Which means I won't do it UNLESS I really need it, hehehehehe.
Because everytime when I think I'm going to cheat, somehow I remember my parents and of course my pride. I mean.. YEAH I'M GOING TO HAVE A BIG GRADE, YOLOOOOO but hey where am I going to put and save "my face" anyway? And if my parents know I'm cheating OH MY GOD I can't even imagine how disappointed they are.

So, my tips is DO NOT EVER CHEAT (unless you really need it lol, and you're not the only one who do it) haha just kidding, but somehow you're the one who is going to choose anyway. But it's better for you to take some efforts and not begging for the instant way, because you don't know what's coming next to you. It might be harder, so get ready, guys! :)