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61.9% of Undergraduates Cybercheat

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the another-38-percent-lie dept.

RichDiesal writes "A recent study of 1222 undergraduates found that 61.9% of them 'cybercheat,' which involves using the Internet illicitly to get higher grades. Some of the quotes from students are a bit troubling. As one 19-year-old engineering student put it, 'As more and more people are using the Internet illegally (i.e. limewire etc.), I feel that the chances of being caught or the consequences of my actions are almost insignificant. So I feel no pressure in doing what ever everybody else is doing/using the Internet for.'"

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  1. Cybercheat? by smittyoneeach · · Score: 4, Funny

    Cybercheat?
    Your brain is beat.
    You're only as smart
    As whiskers neat.
    Burma Shave

    --
    Get thee glass eyes, and, like a scurvy politician, seem to see things thou dost not.--King Lear
    1. Re:Cybercheat? by Tr3vin · · Score: 4, Funny

      I had to cybergoogle 'velocitycheat' to mindunderstand what you were cybertalking about.

  2. Cybercheat? by Locke2005 · · Score: 5, Funny

    And about 97% of drivers "velocitycheat", or drive faster than the posted speed limit. See, I can make up new words too!

    --
    I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
  3. Cybercheating by Confusedent · · Score: 5, Funny

    61.9% have cybersex with someone other than their girl/boyfriends?

  4. Re:Fuck you neoacademic and fuck you Taco by kalirion · · Score: 5, Funny

    Somebody forgot to take their cyberlithium this morning....