Spreading Cheating is Not Cool

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Every morning when I go to work now, at about the 4th bus stop a dad will board the bus with his young son (maybe primary 2?). And everyday, he’ll tap his and his son’s ezlink on the exit reader as he walks pass the exit doors immediately after entry. Effectively, he has paid zilch for his bus ride.

I wonder what sort of signals he’s giving his young son. Young people learn by emulating the older ones. So if the older ones who matter to them are cheating, the young ones may pick up the habit, thinking that it’s okay, thinking that it’s cool.

Please don’t encourage your students to cheat. If you do, that’s your business. Don’t spread the virus. Don’t tell people that they can enter university classes for free and make it sound cool. Try saying that to the student who toils during the weekends to survive getting a tertiary education to support her two ill parents and maybe someday give them a better home.

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