UNIT 8 2013高考数学试卷及答案Honesty: Is It Going Out of Style?
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Stacia Robbins
自费留学Ever thought about cheating on a test? Of cour not. But some students are not quite so honest …
2010年12月四级真题
According to a recent poll, 61 percent of American high school students have admitted to cheating on exams at least once. It can be argued such a respon my not mean much. After all, most students have been faced with the temptation to peek at a neighbor's test paper. And students can be hard on themlves in judging such behavior. However, there are other indications that high school cheating may be on the ri.
More and more states are requiring students to pass competency tests in order to receive their high school diplomas. And many educators fear that an increa in the u of state exams will lead to a corresponding ri in cheating. A ca in point is students in New York
State who faced criminal misdemeanor charges for posssing and lling advance copies of state Regents examinations.
甜心宝贝英文 Cheating is now considered to be a major problem in colleges and universities. Several professors say they've dropped the traditional term paper requirement becau many students buy prewritten term papers, and they can't track down all the cheaters anymore.baronet
mmsColleges and universities across the nation have decided to do more than talk about the ri in student cheating. For instance, the Department of Psychology at the University of Maryland launched a campaign to stop one form of cheating. As 409 students filed out of their exam, they found all but one exit blocked. Proctors asked each student to produce an ID card with an attached photo. Students who said they'd left theirs in the dorm or at home had a mug shot taken. The purpo of the campaign was to catch "ringers," students who take tests for other students.
The majority of students at the University of Maryland applauded the campaign. The campus newspaper editorial said, "Like police arresting speeders, the intent is not to catc
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We frequently hear about "the good old days", when Americans were better, happier, and more honest. But were they more honest? Maybe yes, a long time ago when life was very different from what it is today.
School children ud to know the story of how Abraham Lincoln walked five miles to return a penny he'd overcharged a customer. It's the kind of story we think of as myth. But in the ca of Lincoln, the story is true … unlike the story of George Washington and the cherry tree. Washington's first biographer invented the tale of little George saying to his father, "I cannot tell a lie. I did it with my ax." What is important in both stories, however, is that honesty was en as an important part of the American character.
And the are just two stories out of many. Students in the last century usually didn't read "fun" stories. They read stories that taught moral values. Such stories pointed out quite clearly that children who lied, cheated, or stole came to bad ends.
Parents may have further reinforced tho values. It's difficult to know. We do know that children didn't hear their parents’ talk of cheating the government on income taxes - there weren't any.
A clue as to why Americans may have been more honest in the past lies in the Abe Lincoln story. Lincoln knew his customer. They both lived in a small town. Would a check-out person at a large supermarket return money a customer? It's less likely. On the other hand, would overnight guests at an inn run by a husband and wife, steal towels? It's less likely.
Perhaps this tells us that people need to know one another to be at their honest best.
The vast majority of Americans still believe that honesty as an important part of the American Character. For that reason, there are numerous watch-dog committees at all levels of society. Although signs of dishonesty in school, business, and government em much more numerous in recent years than in the past, could it be that we are getting better at revealing such dishonesty?
There is some evidence that dishonesty may ebb and flow. When times are hard, incidents of theft and cheating usually go up. And when times get better such incidents tend to go down.
Cheating in school also tends to ebb and flow. But it doesn't em linked to the economy.8890
ferrinoMany educators feel that as students gain confidence in themlves and their abilities, they are less likely to cheat. Surprisingly, some efforts to prevent cheating may actually encourage cheating - a person may feel "they don't trust me anyway," and be tempted to "beat the system." Distrust can be contagious. But, so can trust!
