By Shawndeeia Drinkard, Brendan Mai/Staff Writers
Steven Carrillo, a senior at Bishop Amat plans to attend a four-year university next fall.
Carrillo said that he would do anything and everything that I have to do to be successful.
On a final exam last spring, Carrillo said that he was struggling in chemistry. He had the opportunity to glance at a copy of the exam, however he didn’t.
He said that the consequences weren’t worth it.
Students like Carrillo are faced with dilemmas when they have to choose where to draw their “anything and everything” line. In a study done by the Bishop Amat Journalism class in December, 57 percent of students said that they had cheated on a test in the past year.
The question has been raised by many, where do students draw the line for what they will do to succeed?
“I cannot answer the question, but students who cheat don’t take the time to study so they get lazy and cheat off of those who are hard workers,” Brianna Gilberto, a sophomore said.
It’s not that students don’t care, it’s just that they fail to realize the importance of things in a timely manner. They wait until the last minute and are stressed out, and they feel like their only option is to cheat.
Who’s responsibility is it to teach them that cheating is wrong?
Mr. Victor Arenas an Amat teacher said he believes that teachers do have some responsibility.
“Teachers automatically assume students know how to interact and how to be polite in the classroom,” Mr. Arenas said.
Most students who answered said that “it’s a parents’ responsibility.” They believe this because they spend most of their time with parents.
Mr. Bernie Kasilag another Bishop Amat religion teacher agreed.
“Students cheat because they don’t study and want the easy way out,” he said. “It is the parents’ responsibility to teach their children ethics, because they are the models for their children.”
