Why Students Cheat In College Essay

Cheating occurs in a lot of places; however, it is still wrong no matter where one goes. If someone gets caught cheating on their taxes, they would go to prison. If someone gets caught cheating in a golf tournament, they would get disqualified and be suspended or banned from playing in any future golf tournaments. Also, that person’s reputation would be ruined if people knew they were cheating. One of the most common places to cheat is school, no matter if it is elementary school, or graduate school. If anyone gets caught cheating in school, they would be either suspended or expelled. However, people do not think about this when they cheat and they still do it because they want good grades. The pressure of others causes them to cheat because others just care about the results, not the hard work they put into their academics. However, it is wrong because no one learns anything from cheating. Paying someone to do one's homework not only constitutes plagiarism, but also cheats one out of one's education. There are understandable reasons why students cheat in school. Ed Dante argues in his article “The Shadow Scholar” that students “need help learning and, separately, they need …show more content…
Jonathan M Finegold Catalan says in his essay “In Defense of the Shadow Scholar” that people can make more money than: “what a part-time job would pay at minimum wage” (1). People can make good money doing this. Dante claims in his article that he makes a living “on the desperation, misery, and incompetence that your educational system has created” (3). He is great at what he does, and makes a lot of money off it. Dante says that he “will make roughly $66,000 this year” (3). That is some good money for a part time job. However, there are plenty of other ways to make money, and a student can get help with papers that they have written