Sunday, April 21, 2019
Luke Wareham- Harsher punishment for students cheating in school
Harsher punishment for cheating in school is important because it prevents students from making the same mistake again. Not only does harsher punishment give students a consequence but it also has a ever-lasting effect on the student. The student will not forget a harsh punishment and it will promote them to make the right decisions. "Punishing criminals deters crimes--in fact, the harsher the punishment, the more it will deter crime" (Michael Cholbi, www.phsycologytoday.com, 2015). Not only does harsh punishment deter crime. but the harsher it gets the more crime is deterred. Ultimately harsher punishment is important for students cheating in school because it prevents them from making the same mistake again.
Punishment for cheating in school should not be harsher because it does not teach morals or make the person more likely to do the right thing later on. It does not teach the student morals because punishment focuses more on consequences rather than what was done wrong. "Punishment makes a child feel like he's a bad person, which is always a self-fulfilling prophecy, so he's more likely to repeat the bad behavior" (Laura Markham, www.physchologytoday.com , 2014). Punishment makes a student feel like a bad person, which does not help teach the real lesson of avoiding cheating. Ultimately harsher punishment for cheating in school is bad because it does not teach morals and makes a person less likely to make the right decisions in the future.
I believe that punishments for cheating in school should be harsher, because it will teach the student a more everlasting lesson and ultimately make it so they make the right decisions going forward. I believe that by giving students a light punishment it will not faze them and they will not fear/think twice about making the same mistakes. By giving students a harsher punishment they will learn from it and avoid making the same mistake again. Finally, I believe that punishment should be harsher for cheating in students because it will have a long lasting effect on the students.
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I disagree with this view point because by giving a harsher punishment, it could have a more negative effect than perceived. By giving them a lighter punishment and helping them through the situation, you teach them a lesson. School is supposed to teach kids, but by giving a harsher punishment, you could make them and other students angry. Which could make them even more opposed to doing there work and learning, which could hurt their future.
ReplyDeleteA punishment for cheating should not be allowing the teacher to use things such as captial punishment. Teachers are there to be a guide through rough times not punish someone because they are dealing with something. Teachers are supposed to be seen as someone a student can run to in a time of need and if the student is scared of what the teacher might do why would they ever go to them?
ReplyDeleteI disagree with your position because by creating harsher punishments would be doing more harm than good. It might scare the students enough to avoid cheating but it could also hurt the student in the future. The students could possibly grow up with fears that anytime they cheat, the worst possible outcomes could happen. Most of the time, the consequences of cheating have nothing to do with the assignment so it doesn't help if the students aren't learning anything from their mistakes. The consequences we already have do a lot of harm to the student's grade and possibly their future so by punishing the student even more won't help but hurt them even more.
ReplyDeleteI do not agree with this position because it depends on how well the teacher teaches the content. If he/she teaches it well, the students likely will know the material well as well as score good on test days without cheating.
ReplyDeleteI don't think harsher punishments should be used for cheating. Capital punishment should definitely not be used because it's just teaching students that it's ok to hit someone for doing something wrong. They might learn to be more aggressive from it. This isn't the type of lesson you want to learn because of cheating.
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