In high school, cheating wasn’t really a big deal. You would see kids cheating left and right, even on state standardized tests. Letting students off the hook for cheating just lets them know that they can do it over and over again. Going into college, some of those students will still probably cheat. High school is supposed to prepare you for college and not just for us to get a certain grade on tests and push us into college. I read an article about cheating in Stuyvesant High School a couple of weeks ago. Students in this prestigious high school faced pressures of receiving high grades in order to get into their dream colleges. To relieve their pressure, they did anything to get high grades, even cheat. I believe that the students and the teachers are at fault for this. Students should not be cheating but teachers should have strict rules of punishment if one plagiarizes or cheats. This is how I feel about cheating.
