"Highly proficient people commit fraud, pursue paths to success marked by greed, and care little about how their actions affect the lives of others."-Nel Noddings
Sadly, this quote describes the majority of my high school graduated class. Throughout high school, I have taken many advanced placement courses but during my time in these courses, my classmates have grown to be more and more competitive over the years. It did not matter if you had an "A" with a 94.5 percent. What mattered was your rank in the class. Who is number one?
Many students paid other students to write essays, plagiarised, stole test scores from instructors, hid answers in their graphing calculators and cell phones and went to secret websites to get answers for homework and exams. The value of the letter grade had diminished. Knowledge is no longer appreciated or rewarded unless there is a score to prove it.
Many students often feel discouraged or threatened. Results of that is dropping out of school or committing fraud. When will education be valued for experience other than status or rank?
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