Essay EL310

If you are not cheating, you are not trying

The world is just filled with people who will tell you that the best way to be successful in life is to work hard in school so that you can get a good job and then make your way up the work force ladder until you reach the top. For a while, this may work. But if everyone were able to do this, then everyone would be at the top and there wouldn’t be anyone working under them. The truth… only a few actually reach their goals through honest hard work. A much easier and faster way to achieve success both in school and work is to simply—cheat. By putting everything you’ve got into cheating and getting around the rules, you will reach your goals in no time and leave everyone else in the dust.

Learning subjects and studying hard may help some students earn good grades, but proper and innovative cheating will achieve those same goals and with only a fraction of the work. You could study for a test on a certain book, reading it over and over again until you know it backwards and forwards, but why bother? It takes up too much time online. Just print those out and read them; they give you all you need to know.  And the homework teachers give you… please! Find the smart kids in the class and copy their notes or homework. You don’t need to study something really hard when you are never going to use it in life. It is far more efficient to do the minimum amount and cheat on the rest.

Once people are out of school and into the work force, many believe that hard work and honest labor will help them to advance in life. But really, cheating and lying will result in higher pay and more opportunities for advancement. You can work for 14 hours a day, five days a week, and slowly climb up the work ladder. Or you can walk around the office, take others' ideas and work, and pass it off as your own. No one will know the difference. Or better yet, bluff. Say something that sounds really smart when, in fact, it means absolutely nothing. What will learning about the information for a project help you to do in a year? That’s right, nothing! It’s far better to take credit for other people’s work and make it look like your own.

Stepping over others and finding ways around rules and regulations is an excellent way to succeed at life. People who actually work hard, learn their subjects, and study to become more proficient at what they do are simply wasting their time and effort. Only when something really needs to get done or when deadlines and goals must be met will those who work hard and honestly be recognized for their skills and abilities. Cheaters, on the other hand, will have those around them thinking how clever and resourceful they are; how they never seem to know anything, but always seem to get ahead. And if cheaters are ever caught, they can always pull the ultimate bamboozlement—blame someone else.