Academic dishonesty, in schools, is gradually becoming more common. A study from 2006 mentioned how more than 70% of the scholars had seen a form of plagiarizing which is believable since scholars that cheat more tend to see academic dishonesty occur frequently(Ma et al.; Miller and Young-Jones). Learners use the cheating culture as a way to justify themselves so as to feel less guilty. Although they know academic dishonesty is wrong, students deem it to be less immoral if others are being academically dishonest as well. Most learners feel the need to conform so they imitate what they assume to be the societal norms based on what they’ve seen happen around them. …show more content…
If they ever get stuck or frustrated in either, there are cheat codes and websites they can depend on to help them win the “game”(Kaufman). This leads them to surmise that cheating is the easiest approach. In the hope that they can succeed at school just as they have won the game, students will consider cheating as a way to “win” at school. Pupils constantly make decisions by considering the possible benefits and