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Originally Posted by Sigaba
On 25 September 1986 (IIRC), Stephen E. Ambrose looked at a lecture hall filled with anxious undergraduates who were to take a difficult midterm the following week.
He asked, "Who wants to be big time?" A number of students raised their hands reluctantly. "Then don't cheat," he said.
Later, Ambrose would be at the center of a spiraling debate over his research, writing, and retelling of his own experiences. Even though he dismissed the allegations to the end of his life in 2002 as jealously, the controversy has recently deepened << LINK>>. |
This transcends "cheating", IMO, and rises to the level of criminal behavior that is no different than embezzlement or fraud. If true, the real damage is the example this sets for our youth. How do we combat a 'means justifies the end' value system in our youth? I think this is a perpetual problem. The reality is as Bush the younger said in your signature line.