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Cheating
Youth Voice: Cheating is a form of lying. If you cheat you are also a liar.
Cheating on someone or being cheated on is common in some relationships but it's not on! Just because others are cheating doesn't mean it is okay for you to do so.
It's similar to cheating at school. When you cheat in school, the short term reward may be a good grade, but the long term effect of the action is denying yourself knowledge and the satisfaction of achievement.
Cheating in a romantic relationship is very un-cool. If you are uncommitted enough to cheat you should break off the relationship and save the other person a great deal of heart ache. The pain and humiliation of being broken up with is never worse than the pain of being cheated on.
No matter what you tell yourself about your reasons for cheating your motivations are purely selfish. Nobody ever cheats for the sake of another person.
Telling on a person who is cheating is not "ratting", especially when the cheating directly impacts the lives of others (for example: people cheating on a test that is graded on a curve, or your friend is cheating on his girlfriend). You are not doing anybody any favors by covering up for a cheater.
It is never too late to come clean about cheating. There will be consequences but when you admit to cheating you have already taken the first step toward making amends and others will respect that.
Cheating rarely occurs in isolation. It is a fact that it gets easier to cheat each time that you do it, especially if you don't get caught. The likelihood that a person will cheat again is directly related to whether or not they have gotten away with it in the past.
Thanks to the School Journal.
