What are your opinions on CHEATING?

[tomato_0]

there was a thread about this before, but since it was closed, i started another one after going through the rules - hope i didnt break any rules (please dont un-rep me ><)

anyway, the reason why i started this thread was because in our chemistry test the other day, some mutual friends of mine cheated and were so proud that they told another girl in my class. Here in South Australia, once yu are doing your SACE (south australian certificate of education) and are caught cheating, that's a ZERO. i dont comprehend why they would cheat and take the chance of getting a zero.

another thing that i dont understand is why they feel the need to cheat. those two girls get some of the highest marks in the class and don't study. i think its very unfair that they can get away with it. today we got our tests back and one girl received full marks and the other had one mark off. BUT WAIT! there's more! the girl that got one mark off was SO ANGRY because she had one mark off and got angry at that other girl for not checking her work properly. how stupid is that?

cheating is so unfair on the other people of the class. in my class there are people who arent so smart and international students who work so hard to understand questions and string properly answers together and stay up til the next day studying for their tests. my friend nicole was absent for two weeks and i helped her study the lunch before the test and she got through it with a B- and was estatic!

what makes people cheat? i dont understand that. and the fact that the girl was angry she didnt get full marks kind of ticks me off. because i feel so strongly about this, i kinda find it hard to look those girls in their eyes and i kinda dont hold a high opinion of them anymore. is that a bad thing?

what are your opinions on cheating? if you found out that your friends were cheating, would you dob them in? [of course i didnt coz i dont want them to get zeros ]

[keikai]

Haha when I saw the title of your thread I thought your cheating was refering to boy-girl relationships where one of the spouse cheats on the other. Lol.

Anyway, I have a friend who is in a similar position as you are in. She studies in a polytechnic whereby all tests and projects are taken into account to the final grade when you graduate to advance to the university(or whichever higher level course you wish to take up). And the sad thing is, anyone is able to cheat on tests and projects because its just way too easy to pass notes around without the teacher noticing! Its not like the junior colleges where only the final examination counts for graduation marks and the examination hall is strictly scrutinised.

Anyway, she knows a few classmates who apparrently cheats on almost every test there is and while she is failing most of her tests, they get by and score almost full marks for them. She is upset of course, and I bid her to tell the teacher but she finds it somewhat difficult to do so(especially when the 'teacher' is just a lecturer. The polytechnic is not very strictly enforced in their rules for one thing...)

Your situation is worse off than hers because they are your friends whereas she doesn't really know them very well. No doubt the right thing would probably be to inform the teacher or whoever has the power to make decisions about this cheating matter, but it is always 'easier said than done'. If I were you, I'd also be stuck inbetween. Because, yes, I don't want my FRIENDS to get zeros.

I would probably persuade them from doing this anymore, and if they insist on doing so, then its 'byebye' friendship. I would rather live my life without the burden of having to cover up the misdeeds of my friends at my own and other people's expense. Situations differ of course, but in this case of cheating on examinations, its a total no way. If my friends score well due to cheating and manage to get into good schools thereafter, what about those who worked so hard and get deprived of a chance to really study what they always wanted?

I can only say life is never fair and no matter what decision you may make, it definitely affects more than just you alone. Even the slightest would make a difference. Therefore, always consider through wisely. Even if it is hard to do so. And of course, there is always peer pressure. Like, "What would my friends do if I told the teacher about their cheating ways?" or "Am I betraying their trust by doing so?" Just a simple decision yet so many consequences to consider.

Haha I think I typed too much. Its just my opinion, so don't take it too personally. Whatever you decide to do in the end, all the best to you. (I don't mean the turning them in thing, since you already said you didn't, what I meant was other actions you might consider doing, whatever they may be).

[Sou.]

It's definitely not right to do things like that, but people will always do what they have to do to get through life in the easiest way possible. I think that people, in general, are really rather lazy and would prefer to take the easiest escape route, rather than sticking to the honest one. I'm an art student, so I've never been in a serious college-based academic class (I mean man. I took LOGIC for my math course!), but I would always hate those people who would do a really terrible looking installation piece the night before they were due and then wear a low cut shirt and BS their way through the critique!

I think you can just be sure that karma will give them what's coming to them, ne?

[Hanzo]

I'm not pround of this, but I admit I've cheated on quizzes throughout University. Even though they were only worth a small chunk of the grade, I still did it anyways because like someone said above me, it's the easiest way out. And often times it's peer pressure too. I usually let my friends look at my paper just because everyone else is doing so and I dont want to be an ass about it you know...

I hope I'm not the only one admitting to this.

[shawn yue]

I have to admit that I cheated on small tests in elementary school and some of high school. Yes I don't feel proud of myself but what has made me done what I have done was that sometimes I have maybe 4 tests in just one day! I need extra time to study on the more important courses and the less important one (French) I cheated. I know I regret it but it's just the pressure I have.

I have witnessed many people cheating before and one person got caught one time too! The person got a zero and then the teacher said you can do it again. He was lucky that day.

[HaNaBi]

Perhaps cheating might be a feeling of desperation, especially when you're doing a test, and you totally don't know how to do a few vital questions after wasting alot of time and you have this feeling that you can't fail. Perhaps that's when the urge to cheat comes in.

[Chun Li]

I would charge people for it. Then I get paid what I deserve and they get the help they need. People can't cheat in life forever, so someday that person will fail. However, I got what I needed out of it so it's fine with me.

[wanie_jay]

its hard when you get that kind of friends. the thing is when your living in that kind of society, when you do something against them, there are chances that these people will pick on you...

i had friends too who cheats in every test, and right now, i have no idea how they did in life. these people think that they're smart for cheating the examiner, but, what they don't realise is they're actually cheating themselves. they knew exactly that they're not smart(stupid), but keep acting around like they're the genius.

i always believe this-what goes around comes around...

eventually, the university/company that's going to hire them will realise about it...

[Chun Li]

I don't think the university or school will know about it. Just because they don't know calculus or geometry doesn't mean anything. What's more important is that they won't know how to discipline themselves to do something they don't like. That's the point of schooling and tests. For kids to learn how to discipline themselves since you won't have parents wiping your @ss after every mistake or deadline you have in your future.

[Cheyanne]

I have definitely cheated before. It was more for kicks and the curiousity. The first time I cheated was just out of curiousity. I wanted to understand the joy people found in it. And yup, I did not get caught and then it got fun for a short while until I got too lazy to cheat. I mean, IT IS mental stress ya know.

So anyway, I need to tell all of you out there: KARMA IS TRUE!!! I remembered the last time I cheated was sorta unplanned. It was during my poly days and we were in the lecture hall having our test. It was multiple choice test. Then I realised that my whole row (they are my classmates) were cheating and I did not join in as I did not see the need to. That is, until the girl who is sitting in front of me (she's from another class) shifted and gave me a very clear view of her paper. So naturally, I started comparing our answers and I realised that most of our answers are different. And then I started thinking twice. And then I took a good look at that girl and she seems like those smart ones who studies hard. So yes! I took the damn wicked apple and changed my answers. And yes! her answers were all wrong while my initial ones were right. Damnit. From then on, I resolved never to fall in the temptation of cheating again. Hehe. That is, until an irresistable apples comes along again.

[NeVerEveR]

Nowadays , cheating in the course of test is quite comman among students, especially those who come from weaker classes . They never really bother themselves to study, so that they won’t looked on as nerds.
They cheat during test, not really by reason of topping their class , in fact, they only wish to display their so called bravado to their “sidekicks” , most probably :unsure:


Grade A students do cheat as well. They yearn to be the second to none in their class , commended by the teachers on their excellent scores, respected by their friends.
They never think about the consequences, once their evil deeds were ascertained, their self-esteem are going to be cheapen, and ,of course, taking on great humiliation
All these SERVE them RIGHT:-) . When everyone around is endeavouring and burning midnight oil , you , dawdling around, ya…like a wandering ghost :retard: , and suddenly come up with exceptional good result, even better than mine …. Gosh, this is just very unjust and undeserved. :crazy:

[orangeman]

I don't like cheating, and never cheat because I think of it as not gaining knowledge.
I learn to gain knowledge, and cheating is taking a shortcut through the river, instead of climbing down the mountain(if that makes sense).

The problem I see in others is that it becomes a habit. It's hard to say no, especially when it's a friend. But if I have to say something, I will, because I'm helping them change themselves.

[whatever u want]

hmm...honestly, I've cheated before.....of course, nothing to be proud of doing such things.....but you know...when you really have no choice..you have to do thing like that..even you know cheating is defintely not the right thing to do -.-"

[chineseguyjl]

everybody has cheated before, even if they say if they never did, they are lying or they dont remember. seriously, like in my school the ap students always cheat. its just insane, its like a group does 1 ap class another group does another class then they copy off each other. even the valdict. (highest gpa) cheats. my opinion is that its wrong but we do it, its part of life and survival. if we (the ap students) wanted to cheat on the ap exam, we could probably pull it off too. its just that twisted

[icetears-]

Cheating? Man that's the most common thing in my class. Basically we don't call it cheating, but more of, "asking your partner for the answers".

But so far, it's only during tests & all. It doesn't happen during exams for us, because somehow the difference between tests & exams are great. It just seems so normal to cheat during a test.

Honestly, I've definitely cheated before, where a group of us just turn to the side & ask the other what's the answer in a whisper. But then, it'll never happen in an exam for me. Somehow, cheating in a test isn't really cheating, but only doing so in an exam is really cheating.

It's the way you view it, I guess. Basically each time I get back a test & the teacher, I don't know why, but I always get given the wrong marks, so I always honestly go up & get it changed. Remark: I always get higher marks than what I'm supposed to get.

Zzzzzz so however much I don't want to, somehow I'll feel more clear-consceienced if I do speak up. But then, when I cheat in tests my consceience doesn't even cry out or whimper.

So there, & back to the topic; Basically cheating is wrong. But in my case, it's like piracy, everybody does it, so why can't I? I guess that's always been my excuse during tests.

But then again, I don't really cheat much, since I mostly give up when I don't know the answers XD

[KendoTiger]

There is no turning back. If you cheat on me, you're out of my life. And if it was with one of my friends, they'll be shitting blood within the hour (and then they're out of my life too). Yeah. Never betray, never cheat. If you wish to stray, break up first.

[Sugar&Spice]

Its obvious, someone didn't read the topic well. Cheating as in, on tests.

I don't like cheating, and never cheat because I think of it as not gaining knowledge.
I learn to gain knowledge, and cheating is taking a shortcut through the river, instead of climbing down the mountain(if that makes sense).
The problem I see in others is that it becomes a habit. It's hard to say no, especially when it's a friend. But if I have to say something, I will, because I'm helping them change themselves.

I like your line of thinking!! Your a smart one, because peer pressure can be hard for some. But if you think of it as helping them to change themselves. And not give into cheating, then you won't have to worry about caving in. And you'l be helping a friend as well!!:D

[tomato_0]

Well, i didn't tell the teacher but for the next test we got our scores back and those girls definitely weren't in the top 10 [i was YAY!] and they cheated again. i guess when they learn their lesson is when they get caught, but i'm not holding my breath.

but you guys know that saying, it's easier to go downhill than up, but the view from the top is much better. people that cheat will get caught out or learn their lesson. my bestie said that i when you cheat you cheat yourself and in turn don't learn how to cope under pressure and all, which i think is so true!

chineseguyjl i dont cheat coz i'm against it and anyone that cheats off of me is a goner XD

[PocketLighter]

hahaha uve said it urself "how stupid is that?!?!"

[Sweet Neko]

I admit that I HAVE cheated even though i'm a Grade A Student. I know that it's wrong but on impulse...

It's actually the parent pressure that got me to cheat.

But that cheat was for Chinese, a subject that however much I study for, would not be understandable. I dropped Chinese in year 8 (Thank God)

But then, just today, because I finished my "test" really fast (It was english, I remember definitins well) my friends who didn't study were asking me for answers - I just gave it to them. It's not totally peer pressure but sometimes a person might be too nice - I didn't want to see my friend suffer from my english teacher

[lonely_boy]

***** cheating! I always work my *** off trying to get 100 on every test and all that guy sitting beside me have a cheat sheet with all the test answers on it on his laps so all he needs to do it copy the **** thing. I work so hard and all that guy have to do is copy of the ****ing paper. And guess what? He always made highest academic average, aka first place overall, every year when he spents his lifetime playing StarCraft/RuneScape and making cheating sheet!

[orangeman]

***** cheating! I always work my *** off trying to get 100 on every test and all that guy sitting beside me have a cheat sheet with all the test answers on it on his laps so all he needs to do it copy the **** thing. I work so hard and all that guy have to do is copy of the ****ing paper. And guess what? He always made highest academic average, aka first place overall, every year when he spents his lifetime playing StarCraft/RuneScape and making cheating sheet!

I hate it when it's Finals time and everyone cheats. I study moderately, but some people get the damn answers, ace it, and make the curves hard for the rest of us. That's not fair. Some people study, but are just not made for tests. I'm not made for tests, so I avoid studying for most of them. I don't keep a grudge on cheating a**holes because it's their life. They want to get grades through this, it's their choice and their morals. It'll only go so far.

[asianparis]

cheating to me i see it like this. its like lying. we've all done it some point in our lives and even thou we all know its wrong, we all have done it. Yes when i was younger i have cheated on quizzes before. but since high skoo started i have not cheated. i guess i just matured and i look at it this way. how am i gonna be well educated and learn anything if i just cheat. and i would be proud of my grades becuz i know i didnt deserve them

[cinnimon~]

Nevermind. Its just YOU who will learn. Sure, they might score well now but the truth is, they know nothing and are pure airheads. Don't worry. Your hard wok will pay off

[chineseguyjl]

Nevermind. Its just YOU who will learn. Sure, they might score well now but the truth is, they know nothing and are pure airheads. Don't worry. Your hard wok will pay off
it just sucks when u see that cheater still get a better life in the future than u.some cheaters are smart. i hate to admit it but its true. like this guy cheats on all the tests in an AP class, he studies the test afterwards and then does legit on the real AP exam. he got a 5. just becuase he knew exactly what to study.

personally i dont cheat, only when i forget to do an assignment. thats rare but anyways... just because its bad doesnt mean its not right the right thing to do. cheating is like a gamble. if cheating works it will secure you a good future but if it fails then u lose everything. so basically the cheaters think about a for sure good score or a lower score that they know they cant get. set aside all ethics and beliefs on how the cheaters never suceed, if there is this one test that u had to take to decide if u get a successful future or failure. and there is no way u can get caught, and if u dont u know ur doomed would u cheat? i'm not talking about the airheads, or the naturally stupid who dont care, i am talking about the people who do care.

i'm not saying cheating is ok, but it is necessary for some to keep up. if they keep on cheating then they are stupid, if they have a willingness to study i'm fine with that. the ones that cheat on everything are the ones i hate, with a passion.

[adiiidas]

cheating to me i see it like this. its like lying.


i totally agree with that, and with that one also has to think about the implications. If cheating is like lying, it can be sometimes necessary? Depending on the situtaion? Because i can think of times when people tell "white lies" for the greater good. But can cheating be used in a good connotation? Or does the ends never justify the means for cheating! (i cant think of any, but doesnt mean there might not be)

[Pao-Pao]

cheating is so unfair on the other people of the class.

Yes I agree with you, cheating is so unfair and it's a really bad thing to do....I don't know why people feel the necessity to cheat...I mean people who study in collage like me, who will be professionals very soon cheat in exams like if it's something natural and normal to do...I don't get it. I'm studying Chemical Engineering and some of my friends cheat very often and I get really mad at them because this is our last year of collage and they will be engineers pretty soon and in theirs hands will be the future and I mean How can I put my trust and my life in engineers like them??...It's not possible :crazy:

[chrissiewoods]

hell with cheating! my professor in history flunked me because i was being copied from during an exam. like i knew that THAT was happening! and like it was my fault! and like i was the one cheating! those guys copying from me are cheating pros so the person they're copying from doesn't even realize what's going on. history's my forte subject so it would be really ridiculous if i flunked that subject because of bad grades... but bloody hell, it's so unfair!

[lil~jo]

Well NZ papers have caught chinese cheating...
They put in on the FIRST page of the Newspaper!!!!

If you'd ask me...cheating is no good.
You're not testing your own ability.
AND..you cause others to suffer too.

Like down here in NZ, all the chinese are being stereotyped as cheaters now...
And that aint nice, is it?

[stag]

cheating helps no one getting caught cheating is the worst feeling in the world, shame mixed with guilt and fear of what's going to happen.

[sushii]

cheating on a test :crazy: bad thing to do..but i admit i've done so before on a really hard test...i'm ashamed of myself for that...

cheating on someone..HORRIBLE!! you're not just hurting the two parties but you're also hurting yourself..i don't see how anyone can live a life of cheating...:wacko: all i have to say is don't do it..

[Sha]

Cheating in exams etc: Do it if you wanna risk failing, and screwing up your life. It's just not worth it. Besides, wouldn't you feel more proud of yourself if you actually did well on your own? Studying can be hard and boring but it pays off. Taking shortcuts in life gets you nowhere.

Cheating in relationships: Do it and you're dead meat. I take great exception to this and it's one of my pet peeves. I don't believe in giving second chances - if you've done it once then you've lost my trust. If you were drunk when you did it, so what? Don't drink yourself into oblivion then. And I have absolutely no respect for those girls that take back their guys after they've cheated on them. None whatsoever. I don;t care what the circumstances were, cheating is cheating - there is no grey area, just plain black and white.

[jayn]

The last time I cheated was when I was 7 or 8. Can't remember too well. But I do remember how it happened. The teacher was partly deaf due to old age I think (she was near the age of retiring) so we took advantage of that :bleh: My best friend sat in the row just behind me. So, instead of showing her my paper, all I did was recited the answer out to her. The teacher of course didn't notice because she couldn't hear us :tongue: It was definitely peer pressure. Even at the age of 7, I knew that cheating is wrong because we learned in Sunday school that God doesn't like people who cheat. I told my friend about that but she couldn't care less and threatened to disown me if I wouldn't give her my answers. After the test, I made it clear to her that I wouldn't do it again but that I'll help her to study. She accepted the offer and didn't cheat during tests anymore. But that didn't mean that she didn't do it after tests. Well, since we were only allowed to use pencils in primary schools, she just rubbed off the answers and wrote the correct one instead and told the teacher that she had made a mistake. I can't believe that girl! Anyway, I didn't blab it to the teacher.

My opinion on cheating is of course it's not the right thing to do. But when you're in desperation and the only way out is cheating, well... what can you do? It's still wrong but sometimes it does save you. For a while, that is. In the end, the cheater will have to pay for the wrongs that he/she has done. Just like in the anime "jigoku shoujo". Did any of you watch that, by the way? It's nice.

[jct8]

Cheating is NOT okay. I would want my marks to reflect my merits and accomplishments.

[J.o.y.c.e.]

Cheating on Test:

I've got to admit, i've done it at least 6 times. And yeah the guilt later on, is actually NOT worth a good mark.

I used to justify cheating as "a strategic technique" to make myself feel better. but then i know now that cheating is NOT right, and you should control yourself from it, and if you do cheat, don'tt try to make yourself feel better by justifying yourself. Make yourself feel bad, so you learn a lesson the hardd way

If you want a good mark on a test or something, study for it .And when you ace it, you'll feel a sense of completion and accomplishment. :]

[Iceblade24]

I think there are two types of scholastic cheating, one of which I can accept but would never do, and one which I find stupid. The first type is cheating off of some menial busywork that a teacher might assign. I don't really care if people cheat because it is just busywork and for the student's own benefit; if they know the material, or just are having a bad week or something and will catch up on the material later, then so be it. However, cheating on an exam is inexcusable. So much pressure is put on students to do well, yet I believe those who resist being cutthroat and winning at all costs will do much better.



I will never understand cheating in a relationship though, as it just shows a lack of self control.

[watiwat]

Cheating academically: Not right, because the marks wouldn't reflect real intelligence, and when a time comes that there is no opportunity to cheat, you're dead meat.

Cheating in relationships: if there's a need to cheat, might as well end the current relationship and go from there, rather than hurting 2 [or more] people in the long run, you've gotten it over and done with already..

<3

[mirumodepon]

its definitely wrong. i don't like people who are cheating.. there was also few cases in my college. this guy is really brave.. he cheats whenever he can. and i think he cheat in every exam. even my senior friend know him because he cheated on him when the final exam...
one day. our teacher could look after our exam. so she asked a senior to help her. .. my friend was quite happy, he thought that senior wouldnt do anything like report to the teacher. then suddenly few days later, i got news that he caught cheating, because actually that time our senior recorded us with his handphone... our teacher pinalty him cut his half mark... we agreed that it wasnt unfair.. because, the rules is anyone who caught cheating will got F in his paper. our teacher is too kind... lately, we go and talk to the teacher...

it is very unfair... that subject is quite difficult and we have to study hard to pass it.. we even didnt get enough sleep to study.. and that guy easily cheat on us and even get higher mark than us.. i'm so upset with him..
one day he will get the karma... i know he always lucky and never caught on cheating... but someday i hope he will realize that is so unethical... he dont feel how hard to study until late of night...

[shadow_whiteknight]

Cheating is wrong...
But I have done it once
I cheating b'coz the teacher is so unfair
Juz b'coz my class is a bit noisy, she said tomorrow my class will have a test, juz for my class! And the materials are so...much! It's like 20 pages!
But I never cheated on exam, I even don't cheat on pop quiz

Almost all of you said they (who cheating) will get karma sumday,
I'm not really care 'bout it, coz I think if they're cheating on us, it's mean we're smarter than them. And they're just stupid, if they has graduate from univ, and get the highest mark but with the way cheating, when they're went to work, it'll be them who got many difficulties b'coz they never learn anything (coz always cheating)

Cheating in relationship: ??? Have no idea... But, it's obviously wrong coz it'll made people hurt...
And I just dun understand, why they can be happy while the other person was sad? It's juz evil

[LaEtitiA]

Cheating?
well, it depends on our intense and situation.
sometimes, we need to cheat bcoz of positive things, you know!

i'm not kind of person, i will try to avoid it, but if i really can't...that time i will cheating but if i have another way, i will not do this.

[han_han]

Cheating is never right. Academic dishonesty only serves to demean the goal of education. I respectfully disagree with anyone that says academic dishonesty is justified in any case. The whole reason education consists of tests and such is to measure the caliber of your knowledge and skills that you should have developed during the classes you take. If you lack the skills to pass the tests that they give, cheating will only dig you further into the hole you're in. After all, if you couldn't pass this test without cheating, how will you pass future tests?

Also, how will anyone know that there's a problem with the educational system if everyone gets by cheating? I am addressing every student here with this post, and I implore you not to cheat. You are the future. You are tomorrow's society. How will you be able to do your job if you don't learn the basic skills required for you to function as an engineer, a doctor, scientist, etc.?

If the cheating that I've observed at school continues, then I sincerely grieve for our future. Thankfully, many people realize that cheating doesn't help in the long run, and they make the right choice by actually learning the material required for the class.

[karen`]

Yes, agree that cheating on test is not right. But I think almost 9/10 people do it because of not wanting to get low grades from lack of studying. It's risky, unfair to those who study and those whom you copy off from.

Once I got so mad because when the quiz was over and the teacher said to past up the exam, the girl sitting in front of me copy all my answers down on her test paper directly. I was so angry. When the test was back, I let her earn that 100 on that quiz :( so unfair!

[jaychou_21]

The main rule in cheating is you must never get caught. After all, it's better to cheat than to repeat.

But cheating should never be used as a last resort for getting good grades. No matter how busy you are, someone can't be busy enough not to spare a few minutes to study before an exam. Cheating shouldn't be tolerated.

I used to have nothing against cheating until my junior high school year when our would-be salutatorian copied some of my answers in our periodical exam. (I can't remember the subject but I guess it's either English or Social Studies, because those were the two subjects I was good at xP). It turns out that he focused too much on the hard questions that when it was time to pass the papers, he wasn't able to get back to the easy ones and he missed about 20 questions. (When I confronted him he admitted to copying more or less 30 of my answers.) He wasn't even seated right next to me, so I didn't know why he chose to copy my answers because he's the second honor in our class and I was just a quiet loner who dreams of becoming a TV quiz show host. :tongue: So when it was time to submit our papers in an orderly fashion (left to right, then back to front), he stealthily picked my answer sheet out of the bunch (I know it's mine because since I'm seated at the second-to-the-last row, it's supposed to be before the bottommost one.) It just took him around 15 seconds to transfer the fruits of my long hours of studying onto his paper. :dry:

I confronted him after the test and at first, he pretended to know nothing and even told me he was just comparing his answers with mine but he confessed his sins later on when I assured him that it's totally fine with me if he really cheated. After all, nobody would believe me that the school's second best student will copy the answers of the 44th-ranked student. I sought the aid of our would-be valedictorian and we reported the incident to our class adviser, which prompted her to check our papers before the proper time. When the results came out, guess what? The cheater scored higher than me! :oops: :-x But it was evident that he cheated because we shared the exact same answers from questions #80 - #100, which I (in that case, WE) got mostly correct. Come to think of it, he wouldn't have outscored me if I didn't let him copy my answers. Since then, I've been very reluctant to share my answers, no matter how right or wrong they are.

The moral of the story: don't cheat and never share your answers with anyone, especially with those who are smarter than you. :sweat: