10 Possible Consequences of Cheating at School


  1. You'll will probably get caught, causing the following less than desirable events to possibly occur:
  2. You will be asked to leave school and not come back -- ever.
  3. You will fail the class that you needed in order to graduate, thus -- making certain -- that you will not graduate, or you'll be put on probation and have to deal with its associated negative connotations.
  4. Your instructor will think less of you and may possibly see you as a dishonest and conniving human being not worth paying particular attention to when it comes to grading time.
  5. The department chair will take a good look at your records and then decide to have a long and probing discussion with you regarding your understanding of academic honesty and ethics.
  6. Your advisor will get severe headaches when you approach his or her office for a consultation.
  7. Your parents will wonder where they went wrong in raising you and will also get severe headaches when you explain your latest academic misadventures to them.
  8. Your friends will wonder why you lost your brains and how long they've been gone.
  9. Your significant other will realize that you aren't worthy of their time and attention and, then, ask you to get counseling for your evident severe personal character defects.
  10. You'll lose your valuable sleep at night, racked with a guilty conscience, tossing and turning, knowing that you have compromised your usually high levels of ethics and uncompromising moral standards -- also, you'll be aware that somebody, sometime, somewhere, will eventually find out.