The Clog from OzCheating and Getting Caught
September 12th 2006 05:30
“If you try and don’t succeed, cheat. Repeat until caught. Then lie.” – Anonymous
What great advice anonymous, (this quoter sounds like the most moral person around, don’t you think?). I don’t want to sound like an uber goody two-shoes but really, going by the above philosophy is likely to get you in trouble, or even worse – in gaol!
Imagine cheating on your Learner’s license for example. They warn you about the penalties for cheating on your L’s test when you’re studying the driver’s handbook, and they even remind you again when you do the practice question at the start of the test:
“If you are caught cheating on your Learner’s test, what penalty will you face?”
a) Nothing
b) Will be fined, and won’t be able to sit the test ever again
c) Won’t be able to sit the test for another 6 weeks.
I think the answer is d), which doesn’t include any prison sentences but a much worse fate for a 16 year old. Imagine turning 16 and not being able to sit for your license for another 6 weeks? You’d be totally shunned from your mega-cool friends who will give you repeated stories on how they got to drive in the rain, and how their Dad let them reverse out of the driveway – unfair!
What is much more serious than cheating on your L’s, is cheating on your uni exam. The main gist of it is, if you so much as glance as another student’s paper your own exam will be confiscated, which essentially means you fail the course. What a waste of 13 weeks hey? But if you really want to cause trouble for yourself at uni just plagiarise your essay and run the risk of getting thrown out of the institution all together!
But if you’re a full believer in that a degree will get you somewhere in life, you should savour your cheating skills for much less consequential things. Fake a bronchial infection to get out of class; drink the optional vodka from the hotel fridge and replace it with water; or when entertaining, avoid the hassle of cooking by doing a Mrs Doubtfire and ordering takeaway, being careful to put the meals on plates before guests arrive!
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What great advice anonymous, (this quoter sounds like the most moral person around, don’t you think?). I don’t want to sound like an uber goody two-shoes but really, going by the above philosophy is likely to get you in trouble, or even worse – in gaol!
Imagine cheating on your Learner’s license for example. They warn you about the penalties for cheating on your L’s test when you’re studying the driver’s handbook, and they even remind you again when you do the practice question at the start of the test:
“If you are caught cheating on your Learner’s test, what penalty will you face?”
a) Nothing
b) Will be fined, and won’t be able to sit the test ever again
c) Won’t be able to sit the test for another 6 weeks.
I think the answer is d), which doesn’t include any prison sentences but a much worse fate for a 16 year old. Imagine turning 16 and not being able to sit for your license for another 6 weeks? You’d be totally shunned from your mega-cool friends who will give you repeated stories on how they got to drive in the rain, and how their Dad let them reverse out of the driveway – unfair!
Do you know how to cheat in poker?
What is much more serious than cheating on your L’s, is cheating on your uni exam. The main gist of it is, if you so much as glance as another student’s paper your own exam will be confiscated, which essentially means you fail the course. What a waste of 13 weeks hey? But if you really want to cause trouble for yourself at uni just plagiarise your essay and run the risk of getting thrown out of the institution all together!
But if you’re a full believer in that a degree will get you somewhere in life, you should savour your cheating skills for much less consequential things. Fake a bronchial infection to get out of class; drink the optional vodka from the hotel fridge and replace it with water; or when entertaining, avoid the hassle of cooking by doing a Mrs Doubtfire and ordering takeaway, being careful to put the meals on plates before guests arrive!
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