WhatExactlyIsCheating?
11 Forkidscheatingmayhappenatschoolathomeorwhileplayingasport.Ifabaseballteamisforkidswhoare8oryoungerit’scheatingfor9-year-oldtoplayontheteamandhithomerunafterhomerun.
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Cheatingcanhappeninalotofdifferentways.Jeffisdoingitbysneakinganswerstoatestbutit’salsocheatingtobreaktherulesofagameorcontestortopretendsomethingisyourswhenitisn’t.Whenpeoplecheatit’snotfairtootherpeoplelikethekidswhostudiedforthetestorwhowerethetruewinnersofagameoracontest.
WhyKidsCheat
Somekidscheatbecausethey’rebusyorlazyandtheywanttogetgoodgradeswithoutspendingthetimestudying. 13 Evenwhenthereseemstobea“goodreason”forcheatingcheatingisn’tagoodidea.
TruthandConsequences
Manykidsfeeltemptedtocheatonceinawhile.Mostresistanddotheworkinstead.Somekidscheatonceandfeelsobadthattheyneverdoitagain. 14 Unfortunatelysomekidsstartcheatingandfeelliketheycan’tstop.
MakingaComeback
Thereareplentyofreasonswhyakidshouldn’tcheatbutsomekidshavealreadycheated. 15
Cheatingcanbecomeahabitbutlikeotherbadhabitsakidcanalwaysdecidetoactbetterandmakebetterchoices.Itmighthelptotalktheproblemoverwithaparentteacherorcounselor.Choosingtoplayfairandbehonestagaincanhelpakidfeelrelievedandproud.
A.HowDoPeopleCheat?
B.Howtodealwithcheat?
C.Othersgetcaughtanddecideitisn’tworthit.
D.Ifthat’syouit’snevertoolatetostopcheating.
E.Otherkidsmightfeelliketheycan’tpassthetestwithoutcheating.
F.There’sanoldsayingthatcheatersneverwinandwinnersnevercheat.
G.Cheatingiswhenapersonmisleadsdeceivesoractsdishonestlyonpurpose.
