Sunday, April 5, 2009

Cheating

honestly, i have to say this is ridiculous.  you shouldn't have that many people cheating.  and the argument in that article for it makes it worse.  People shouldn't just be innovative when they need to cheat.  as clever as the water bottle thing was, people should think like that about other things.  and i understand how people want to make things easier, but theres a difference between cheating because its easier then studying, and driving to work because its easier then walking.  

Theres a sight called Life Hacker.  The original idea of this sight was things you do everyday that you could change to make things easier.  For example if you have 500 programs start when you turn on your computer, and it slows it down, you can go into the system configuration utility and make them stop starting then.  It was mostly computer stuff, but now has alot of non computer stuff, such as organising your shoes or whatever.  Its those things we need to think about, not how can i get away with this.  

As for the other parts, i cant think of a time where cheating has had a poitive effect.  It would always be better to actually learn the stuff.  

2 comments:

Mr. Humphrey said...

I'm interested in that life hacker site, Lube. I'm going to have to check it out. As for the cheating issue, I think you've nailed it. Innovation does not come from the need to cheat, because there is never, in my experience, a "need" to cheat.

Anonymous said...

i totally agree. i think it's ridiculous that people cheat as much as they do. if they actually put some time and effort into their work they wouldn't have to cheat. i think it comes down to the people of today being beyond lazy.