Sophocles once said: “I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.

“ It is the
true, fair game is more interesting and honorable even if you lose compared with unfair. Skaiste has shared
her opinion that “cheating is an unfair game not with a teacher but with yourself. One time it helps, another
no.” I have cheated at school too as most people do. Moreover, I have seen to what consequences it can lead
to and results lead me to the conclusion that cheating in class negatively affects students. So, I want to
discuss with you about firstly, negative effects of cheating, secondly, what solution could be implied in
order to deal with that issue, and thirdly, how this solution can help prevent cheating. Let’s start with the
negative results.
One negative result of the cheating is that students spend their time not productively and it
negatively affects their confidence. First of all, many youngsters waste their time at schools and universities.
They disturb others and do not learn subjects as well. In their mind, it is not required and they can get good
grades by cheating. An author of the Middle-earth blog says that students have to learn basic concepts in
order to move further, or they will continue failing or cheating. In the end, they will not be ready for the
future because the required information is not absorbed and there is nothing to use practically. In addition,
the student of visual art school Cathleen Freedman has told that The black mark in recommendation letter
can destroy any chances to get into top college—or any college, because the impression of a clever student
can be destroyed by a few sentences.
Moving on, cheating affects self-confidence. In my school smart students were cheating
because writing tests fast with answers is easier. But one day when some of them had to use knowledge in
real live, you couldn’t and all their confidence died in a second. That happened because they haven’t
deepened their knowledge and not used it practically. My friend Anna had such situation too. Cheating at
school has shaped negative thinking about her abilities. She thought that she cannot do anything on her own,
even create a few sentences paragraph which expresses her opinion. As a result, the belief in ourselves goes
down because of cheating. Now, as we have discussed negative effects of cheating, let’s talk about the
possible solution and how it can help to deal with cheating.
The solution is to ask your friend or roommate to become your tutor. It will not only make the
learning process easier and interesting but also, what is more important, it will help to spend your time
productively and make you believe in your abilities and yourself. Now let’s see how this solution can help.
Tutoring will help not to waste your time in an educational institution and increase your self-
confidence. Firstly, the help of other people will show you that time spent at schools is not wasteful. By this
I mean, when someone explains how to implement formulas in easy tasks, it becomes clearer how to solve
more complicated or similar tasks. Moreover, according to the administrator of Miracle math tutoring web
when students are educated one-on-one, they learn more and have motivation to study. In addition, my
classmate was always cheating, however, he wanted to get into prestigious university and started learning.
His activeness in class has shown the teacher that he tried hard and the recommendation letter has not
included negative responses.
Secondly, tutoring can increase positive thinking about yourself. Valya told me about one of
her roommates, who was not confident in her abilities. She thought that she will not pass the exam because
there was too much material to learn in a couple of days, and the only way to pass it, is to cheat, but Valya
helped her to learn everything easily. After that she felt confident and passed an exam. Once I had similar
situation, before my IELTS exam. There was a huge amount of material to review, but my friend helped me
to learn everything in a night easily. This is because tutoring makes learning process funny, interesting and
easier. Each tutor uses different methods, which help to learn material and then use it easily in practice, what
makes you feel more confident.
To sum up, today we talked about the negative impact of cheating, the possible solution, and
its positive effects on the problems. After all, it is impossible not to agree with Sophocles that it is better to
fail with the knowledge that you have been not prepared enough than win by playing an unfair game because
one day the truth can be revealed. In order to avoid such result, I want you to come home and ask your
friend or roommate to help you to learn a subject or explain something you do not understand. Do it today.
You will see that after the first time you will feel more confident and you will be able to use information in
practice.