Great Educational News!
A new study shows:
_Sixty-four percent of students cheated on a test in the past year and 38
percent did so two or more times, up from 60 percent and 35 percent in a 2006
survey.
percent did so two or more times, up from 60 percent and 35 percent in a 2006
survey.
Clearly, success in school is becoming very important to our kids!
_Thirty-six percent said they used the Internet to plagiarize an assignment, up
from 33 percent in 2004.
from 33 percent in 2004.
Kids are also becoming more computer-savvy!
_Forty-two percent said they sometimes lie to save money 49 percent of the
boys and 36 percent of the girls.
boys and 36 percent of the girls.
See, kids today are thrifty, too!
_93 percent of the students said they were satisfied with their personal ethics
and character, and 77 percent affirmed that "when it comes to doing what is
right, I am better than most people I know."
and character, and 77 percent affirmed that "when it comes to doing what is
right, I am better than most people I know."
After all, why be "good" when you can be "better?!"
Convinced this is all somehow a problem, one school administrator says: "We need
to create classrooms where learning takes on more importance than having the
right answer."
to create classrooms where learning takes on more importance than having the
right answer."
posted by Mique @ 12:49 PM
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