Cheating

Cheating is Easy Because Trying is Hard “It is impossible for a man to be cheated by anyone but himself” was accurately stated by poet Ralph Waldo Emerson, and describes that cheating only hurts one’s self. That being said, is that statement justified? The author of the composition “A Letter to the Editor” from the Bulletin, Monroe College’s newspaper, disagrees to this case. Rather, the author, whom has disclosed their name, claims that cheating per se consists more benefits than it does disadvantages. The author also suggests that cheating is a necessity for surviving and that we would be practically helpless without it. Composing the comparison between enduring the harshness that is the wilderness and receiving aid in a testing environment is on par with comparing apples to a semi-truck. Both ideas completely clash against one another for multiple reasons. For the sake of the author whom has cowardly withheld his or her name, we will refer to them as Arthur from this point forward. For starters, Arthur states that society itself seems to massively oppose the subject of cheating, and makes the comparison to that of a “Puritan”. With that in mind, Arthur also explains that receiving a small amount of aid via outside sources such as crib notes or other students wouldn’t hurt to help every so often. He even goes as far as to say that “The very fact that so many loyal Monroe students indulge in this is evidence that it can’t be very wrong.” These statements are a stretch to even consider because he neglects the fact as to why individuals as a whole do not tolerate cheating in the first place: Honesty and responsibility. Honesty as well as responsibility play enormous roles in this situation, for if there were no honesty nor responsibilities in studies, men and women of the world would most likely be working jobs that they only know a small portion of. Would you rather have a brain surgeon that fairly and honestly gained his certification through hard work and