The end doesn’t justify the means.

Academic desperation can lead others to take extreme measures such as cheating in the final exam of a major subject! This is what happened in my final exams. It is alarming, if not abominable. It was a very disgusting scene. When the proctor exists, a student tilted his calculator with answers in it so others will see, others whispered, others even went to the extreme of standing up, walking, and giving crib notes. The nerve! They have the face and the will to do so! I may sound like one of the Pharisees self-righteously condemning the wrongs of others. But my only aim is to highlight a malignant cancer in our classrooms that we take part and in doing so disturb ourselves to be more mindful of our actions. Let us be pragmatic. Cheating happens, yet we do it with in our defined parameters, within the “tolerable level” of society but still it is wrong. In this story, what happened was off the chart, it was choosing the higher evil. My outburst was triggered by the person who stood up, walked, and gave crib notes! For crying out loud it was the finals of a major subject. It is like defecating the altar! It is a direct insult to the integrity of the final exam. It is a clear disrespect of yourself and the person who you are cheating. It is clearly wrong and they know it. In the other hand, I admire those who never turned their heads and never opened their mouths. Even though some of them got low final marks, they are still very victorious in the eyes of God. They overcame the greatest temptation in that moment while others succumb to its instant gleaming glory. Those who cheated were victorious in the eyes of their grades, yet inside I doubt that they feel the fullness.

What I can only do is to disturb people.

Let us learn from this and start anew.