Academic Dishonesty (Cheating) Issue 13 Home Page

Scenarios of Academic Dishonesty - Cheating Incident 4 Students write about an imaginary cheating incident. Note the special idioms and expressions they used to describe this situation. Everybody's Doing It! It's No Big Deal! José Guillermo Davila from Mexico from Mexico Photo: S. Peters Yesterday, we had a big history test. Even though I wanted to be honest, it was impossible to avoid cheating because the other students were talking loudly and were so obvious that I couldn't ignore them. By the way, Michael helped me with some questions where I had wrong answers. Maybe cheating is not that bad, but what's the big deal anyway? Everyone's doing it, and teachers let us get away with "comparing answers. Note: In the photo above, the students are simulating the cheating incident described in José Guillermo Davila's story. Go to Incident 5 Go to: Language to talk about cheating Return to: Academic Dishonesty (Cheating) | Issue 13 | Home Page TOPICS Online Magazine - ©1997-2008 - Sandy and Thomas Peters - topics.mag@gmail.com