Why is cheating at schools in Poland accepted?!

In our school (German high school), it's common to cheat.

So, in order to get what they want, I regret to say, a lot of people in Mexico cheat.

Here is very common to cheat. All my classmates do that, but I don't. I'm a good student.

In high school we were experts at it. Now, in college, I condemn it. I'd rather get an F than cheat.

Yes, I did it a couple of times when I was in school, and tried once when I was at the university but I got caught shame on me!!!!

I try not to cheat at school, but sometimes you can't help it, like when someone accidentally says an answer aloud. One of my friends actually has a brilliant method of cheating. He writes the answers on his ankle, and covers it up with his sock, during the test he occasionally pulls down his sock and presto, there are the answers.

In Italy many people do... it is really common.
In the last years of high school it changes..or so happened for my class.
The reason was that, as many of you said, it is just a bad thing for the student..
But, in my opinion, sometimes it can be acceptable.. some maths rules you can't remember for example...

I remember that a couple of years ago, a museum was opened in Spain (el museo de la chuleta, if I remember well), a museum dedicated to all kind of inventions created by pupills in order to cheat.
Anyone heard of it ?

yes, cheating is very common here especially among enginering students. when i was in college, before the exams, i use a pencil to write the mathematical formulas that we are using on the cover of my scientific calculator. i just can't can't memorize all those formulas. i guess my brain is not meant for memorizing... ask me to do mathematical computations (especially logical computations, the 1's and 0's w/ the and, or , nor, xor, etc)all day but not to read a book or memorize..

Now that I'm in university, I'm shocked to find out that many people still cheat on assignments, if not tests.

I did, on my minor subjects so that I could concentrate on my major subjects. (For the record: I didn't have any intentions to cheat at all, its just that, my classmates were so generous that they would even share their answers ) (Am I cheating? Or I am just showing an acceptance of their offer)

Speaking of cheating, it seems as though we have mainly been speaking about students' cheating. But, here, in the US, there is talk of teachers cheating as well.
With the enactment of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, (NCLB), many researchers and educators are stating that one unanticipated problem that came along with the Act is the "stretching" or cheating of teachers and admins in public schools. With standardized testing being a direct measure of whether the school will receive funding, or not, teachers and educators are finding (unfair) ways to keep their test scores high.

Cheating at schools in Poland will go on unless the authorities clamp down on it. It is a concern as it gives people a false sense of what they can do. In the end, you are only cheating yourself.

Wow, some deflection again, that's sth new

You've answered the second part in the first, zeti :) :)

Just put cameras in exam places and analyze results statistically and cheating stops.American method guaranteed.

We don't want to build a pressure valve like that seen in Japan. They have 'gogatsou byou' which translates as 'May illness'. Students jump off the bridge into the Dotombori river because they didn't get the grades they needed to gain entry to university. That may seem extreme but when a culture squeezes you like that, you either cope or buckle.

Suiciders, that was a Bushism, zeti. Nice one

What's equally incredible is the fact that if caught in the act of ściąganie nothing really happens of consequence to the offender!

I'm watching the Polish news and they're talking about how sophisticated the kids have gotten in their cheating on the Matura.
They text on Facebook, among other imaginative methods, looking for answers to problems! What's equally incredible is the fact that if caught in the act of ściąganie nothing really happens of consequence to the offender!

If you want to eliminate cheating get rid of education through testing. Tests are for the most part BS. They don't prove anything.

Tests are for the most part BS. They don't prove anything

Not much of a deterrent lol

It is a good solution and it might be useful in Poland too.

The worst sanction is to be banned from all the exam boards for five years, which means no A-levels or university. (You can guess what that will mean when you start looking for a job.). Consequences for cheating in the Junior/Leaving Certificate in Ireland include being banned from state exams for five years.

Apart from one American girl who wrote something on her hand, and none of us spoke to her much after that. She was tainted.

I posted these samples as it has pretty suprised me because I always thought that's really rare too cheat in other countries and everyone are really seriouse about it. Reading this thread I've just linked, I feel that I was pretty wrong and naive... the problem exists everywhere.

Tens of thousands of students in universities across Britain have been caught cheating in exams and coursework

March 2012

In Poland, how well you cheat is a badge of honour.

There is a fundamental difference between Poland and the UK in this.