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unit8HonestyIsItGoingOutofStyle

Everthoughtaboutcheatingonatest?

Ofcoursenot.Butsomestudentsarenotquitesohonest…

Honesty:

IsItGoingOutofStyle?

AtaciaRobbins

Accordingtoarecentpoll【民意调查】,61percentofAmericanhighschoolstudentshaveadmittedtocheatingonexamsatleastonce.Itcanbearguedsucharesponsemaynotmeanmuch.Afterall,moststudentshavebeenfacedwiththetemptation【诱惑】topeek【偷看】ataneighbor'stestpaper.Andstudentscanbehardonthemselvesinjudgingsuchbehavior.However,thereareotherindications【迹象】thathighschoolcheatingmaybeontherise.

Moreandmorestatesarerequiringstudentstopasscompetency【能力】testsinordertoreceivetheirhighschooldiplomas【证书】.Andmanyeducatorsfearthatanincreaseintheuseofstateexamswillleadtoacorresponding【相应的】riseincheating.Acase【例子】inpointisstudentsinNewYorkStatewhofacedcriminal【犯罪的】misdemeanor【不法行为】chargesforpossessing【拥有】andsellingadvancecopies【复制品】ofstateRegentsexaminations【州摄政考试】.

  Cheatingisconsideredtobe【被看做是】amajorproblemincollegesanduniversities.Severalprofessorssaythey'vedroppedthetraditionaltermpaperrequirementbecausemanystudentsbuyprewritten【事先写好的】termpapers【试卷】,andtheycan'ttrackdown【追踪，调查】allthecheaters【作弊者】anymore.

Collegesanduniversitiesacrossthenationhavedecidedtodomorethan【不仅仅是】talkabouttheriseinstudentcheating.Forinstance【比如】,theDepartmentofPsychologyattheUniversityofMarylandlaunched【开展】acampaign【运动】tostoponeformofcheating.As409studentsfiledoutof【排成纵队离开】exam,theyfoundallbutoneexit【出口】blocked【被锁住了】.Proctors【监考人】askedeachstudenttoproduceanIDcardwithanattachedphoto.Studentswhosaidthey'dlefttheirsinthedormorathomehadamugshot【嫌疑人照片】taken.Thepurposeofthecampaignwastocatch"ringers"【代考者】，students

whotaketestsforotherstudents.

ThemajorityofstudentsattheUniversityofMarylandapplauded【赞许】thecampaign.Thecampusnewspapereditorialsaid,"Likepolicearrestingspeeders,theintent【意图】isnottocatcheveryonebutrathertocatchenoughtospreadtheword【扩散消息】."

Wefrequently【频繁地】hearabout"thegoodolddays",whenAmericanswerebetter,happier,andmorehonest.Butweretheymorehonest?

Maybeyes,alongtimeagowhenlifewasverydifferentfromwhatitistoday. 

  SchoolchildrenusedtoknowthestoryofhowAbrahamLincolnwalkedfivemilestoreturnapenny【便士】he'dovercharged【多收的】acustomer.It'sthekindofstorywethinkofasmyth【神话】.Butinthecaseof【就……来说】Lincoln,thestoryistrue.UnlikethestoryofGeorgeWashingtonandthecherrytree.Washington'sfirstbiographer[传记作者]invented【虚构】thetale【传言】oflittleGeorgesayingtohisfather,"Icannottellalie.Ididitwithmyax【斧头】."Whatisimportantinbothstories,however,isthathonestywasseenas【被视为】animportantpartoftheAmericancharacter【精神】.

Andthesearejusttwostoriesoutofmany.Studentsinthelastcenturyusuallydidn'tread"fun"stories.Theyreadstoriesthattaughtmoral【道德】value.Suchstoriespointedoutquiteclearlythatchildrenwholied,cheated,orstolecametobadends【没有好下场】.

Parentsmayhavefurther【更进一步地】reinforced【加强】thosevalues.It'sdifficulttoknow.Wedoknowthatchildrendidn'theartheirparentstalkofcheatingthegovernmentonincometaxes-thereweren'tany.【cheatsb.onsth.】

  Aclue【线索，证据】astowhyAmericansmayhavebeenmorehonestinthepastliesin【在于】theAbeLincolnstory.Lincolnknewhiscustomer.Theybothlivedinasmalltown.Wouldacheck-outperson【收银员】atalargesupermarketreturnmoneytoacustomer?

It'slesslikely.Ontheotherhand,wouldovernightguestsataninn【小旅馆】run【经营，run的过去式】byahusbandandwife,stealtowels【毛巾】?

It'slesslikely.

Perhapsthistellsusthatpeopleneedtoknowoneanotherto【表目的】beattheirhonestbest.

Thevast【大量的】majorityofAmericansstillbelievethathonestyasanimportantpartoftheAmericanCharacter.Forthatreason,therearenumerous【许多】watch-dog【监视器】committees【委员会】atalllevelsofsociety【在社会的各个阶层】.Althoughsignsofdishonestyinschool,business,andgovernmentseemmuchmorenumerousinrecentyearsthaninthepast,coulditbethatwearegettingbetteratrevealing【揭发】suchdishonesty?

  Thereissomeevidencethatdishonestymayebb【退去】andflow【流走】.Whentimesarehard,incidentsoftheftandcheatingusuallygoup.Andwhentimesgetbettersuchincidentstendtogodown.

Cheatinginschoolalsotendstoebbandflow.Butitdoesn'tseemlinkedtotheeconomy.

Manyeducatorsfeelthatasstudentsgainconfidenceinthemselvesandtheirabilities,theyarelesslikelytocheat.Surprisingly,someeffortstopreventcheatingmayactuallyencouragecheating-apersonmayfeel"theydon'ttrustmeanyway,"andbetemptedto"beatthesystem."

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