“Psssst…… Dude, question number 5 NOW…please!!”
“uhmm…”
Sophocles quotes “I would prefer even to fail with honour than to win by cheating.” Clearly he had not attempted an engineering end semester exam in his life!
But examinations are meant to test your understanding of concepts, grasping of ideas and application of these in real-time environments. And cheating is an integral component of real-time environments, some would argue. How else would kleptocrats survive! How else would bridges and house ceilings collapse and kill hundreds without anyone to shoulder the responsibility?
“… How else would i pass this freaking subject!!?”
“yeah…. that too!”
Hence cheating is justified under the circumstances we breed in? Or is it a cocoon that we weave to console ourselves and keep at bay, the feelings of guilt and disgust? Cheating is voluntary. This means the person indulging is very well aware of the act and its repercussions. Yet he confronts and somehow seems to overpower what the enlightened ones call the powerhouse of the mind, the centre of the body, the essence of the soul… The Conscience! Is the tipping off factor greed? … for more, more marks, more money, more “moh-maya”? Maybe. Maybe not.
Cheating is a short-cut bypass for hard-work? No. People work-hard to cheat, just as hard as people work to avoid it. As my years of experience, which many would rather call inexperience, have revealed…. Cheating, is an art. It needs perfection. It needs practice. It needs involvement.
“I spent the last four days devising this new technique. Just play along. This is foolproof, i analysed every aspect that could go wrong. Mwa ha ha ha ha”
“Funny you should say that, considering we have to do just that in the question you just asked me.”
It is human to err. So why is the average human so scared to err? Why, to avoid not knowing, does he want to cast an impression that he knows. Why would he rely on someone else’s thoughts to pass off as his own. How would he, tomorrow, face himself? How would he, in the years to come, pass off the guilt as just another bad day at the office?! Would it not be more suitable to err and learn!?
“To err is heaven, but to forgive…. Divine! so unless i am taught and evaluated by gods, cheating is my only resort!”
“The gods must be crazy… But evaluating an end semester engineering exam?! Uhhh leave that to the humans.”
The Roman poet Lucan once said,”God cheats men into living on by hiding how blest it is to die!”. Everyone cheats! You cannot not-cheat! And this fact i stand firm on. As a baby, every baby cries. The shrill annoying bewitched cry. And to me, its always for no apparent reason. Though initially maybe it was because "it" was transferred from a nice cosy comfortable womb to an insecure, sadistic, envious world. But hey, some things you got to live with! No use crying over it like a kid! Yet "it" does. And as "it" gets older, "it" times the tantrum to "its" advantage. To get "its" needs fulfilled. Cheating, all the same. So please slap yourself if you prided yourself over being a non-cheater!
“I am a cheater! And a proud one at that!”
“hi-5!!”
So that is the answer! “Take pride in what you do”, the elders could not have said it better! Cheat! And be proud of the fact! Clearly all my thoughts against cheating are not valid in the context of the age we live in. Change is the only thing that is permanent, going with the trend, apparently these days there IS a substitute for hard work!
“Finally you have seen the divine light of realization! Now tell me before i punch your face in…. what is the answer to Question 5??”
“Ahh yes, note it down fast… The statements offered are ambiguous, and clearly the solution is only conjured up to justify the falsely accepted claims made by the author…..”.
;)
We all cheat, don't we?
“uhmm…”
Sophocles quotes “I would prefer even to fail with honour than to win by cheating.” Clearly he had not attempted an engineering end semester exam in his life!
But examinations are meant to test your understanding of concepts, grasping of ideas and application of these in real-time environments. And cheating is an integral component of real-time environments, some would argue. How else would kleptocrats survive! How else would bridges and house ceilings collapse and kill hundreds without anyone to shoulder the responsibility?
“… How else would i pass this freaking subject!!?”
“yeah…. that too!”
Hence cheating is justified under the circumstances we breed in? Or is it a cocoon that we weave to console ourselves and keep at bay, the feelings of guilt and disgust? Cheating is voluntary. This means the person indulging is very well aware of the act and its repercussions. Yet he confronts and somehow seems to overpower what the enlightened ones call the powerhouse of the mind, the centre of the body, the essence of the soul… The Conscience! Is the tipping off factor greed? … for more, more marks, more money, more “moh-maya”? Maybe. Maybe not.
Cheating is a short-cut bypass for hard-work? No. People work-hard to cheat, just as hard as people work to avoid it. As my years of experience, which many would rather call inexperience, have revealed…. Cheating, is an art. It needs perfection. It needs practice. It needs involvement.
“I spent the last four days devising this new technique. Just play along. This is foolproof, i analysed every aspect that could go wrong. Mwa ha ha ha ha”
“Funny you should say that, considering we have to do just that in the question you just asked me.”
It is human to err. So why is the average human so scared to err? Why, to avoid not knowing, does he want to cast an impression that he knows. Why would he rely on someone else’s thoughts to pass off as his own. How would he, tomorrow, face himself? How would he, in the years to come, pass off the guilt as just another bad day at the office?! Would it not be more suitable to err and learn!?
“To err is heaven, but to forgive…. Divine! so unless i am taught and evaluated by gods, cheating is my only resort!”
“The gods must be crazy… But evaluating an end semester engineering exam?! Uhhh leave that to the humans.”
The Roman poet Lucan once said,”God cheats men into living on by hiding how blest it is to die!”. Everyone cheats! You cannot not-cheat! And this fact i stand firm on. As a baby, every baby cries. The shrill annoying bewitched cry. And to me, its always for no apparent reason. Though initially maybe it was because "it" was transferred from a nice cosy comfortable womb to an insecure, sadistic, envious world. But hey, some things you got to live with! No use crying over it like a kid! Yet "it" does. And as "it" gets older, "it" times the tantrum to "its" advantage. To get "its" needs fulfilled. Cheating, all the same. So please slap yourself if you prided yourself over being a non-cheater!
“I am a cheater! And a proud one at that!”
“hi-5!!”
So that is the answer! “Take pride in what you do”, the elders could not have said it better! Cheat! And be proud of the fact! Clearly all my thoughts against cheating are not valid in the context of the age we live in. Change is the only thing that is permanent, going with the trend, apparently these days there IS a substitute for hard work!
“Finally you have seen the divine light of realization! Now tell me before i punch your face in…. what is the answer to Question 5??”
“Ahh yes, note it down fast… The statements offered are ambiguous, and clearly the solution is only conjured up to justify the falsely accepted claims made by the author…..”.
;)
We all cheat, don't we?
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