Discussion»Statements»Rosie's Corner» All the kids who cheated to get into college should be kicked out. All those who got degrees by cheating should have them REVOKED. You?
I agree. Allowing them to stay only sets a precedent of cheaters really do win. Not only should the be expelled, but that "mark" should stay on their academic records and not be expunged by mommy and daddy's money. Kind of makes one wonder how much they cheated before they made it to college.
Keeping a degree one didn't earn makes other degrees (even those that were earned legally) worth a lot less. Employers (and others) assume that if you have a degree that you earned it. Possessing a degree means you know the material (ish) and that you put forth the effort to obtain it. Degrees gotten by cheating only serve to defraud those who actually earned them.
I guess we're among the few Shuhak. Notice the dearth of other replies? Very sad. I don't know what it's like to be able to buy your way through life . But if you do it should be LEGAL. Spend $10 million or $20 million for a small building named after you on a college campus to insure your kid gets in. I think wealthy parents have done that since forever. It's not illegal and it's not something you go out of your to hide That's how stupid lazy people get degrees. But going to extremes to cheat and lie? I just do not understand how anyone can justify or rationalize that. Would I buy a building...The Rosie G Culinary School for example...Sure why not? My kid is VERY smart and wouldn't need me to grease the way for him. But hey having a building with my name on it? That would be a very cool exxperience. I don't know whom I'd be if I were very wealthy. Do you know how you would be different than you are or do you think you'd be the same person, only richer? Thank you for your thoughtful reply and Happy St. Paddy's Day Sunday to you m'dear! ;)
I would (hopefully) be the same person. When I was very young I vowed to myself that if I ever became rich I wouldn't flaunt it or let it control me. Even though I never got rich, I stayed true to that vow; and it has made me see money in a different way.
I like the pun - "grease the way by buying/building a culinary school"
Well I didn't go to college nor do I have a college degree. Cheating is always there and always a temptation for people to take the easy way out. To cheat or not to cheat should be a personal decision based upon personal morality which cannot be legislated. OK if laws are broken people can be prosecuted but however they got in if they earn a degree it is theirs. Would be foolish to scrutinize every ounce of every life looking for wrongdoing. We have to accept and live with it. Is because it is attractive to some people that they do it. Start prosecuting for "cheating" and who are we kidding? We might as well incarcerate ourselves. Very judgmental and power-hungry. Like somehow the people who prosecute the most people win. Not a world I would care to live in. I will stick with the way it is naturally - cheating and all. We are good because we believe in being good. What do we want medals for it? Then it is doing good only for the recognition or what it will get us.
Shuhak 