Sunday, August 5, 2007

Cheating Is Rampant...Everyone Is Cheated.

Look at this list: more than 50 sites that sell ghost-written essays to students, who then sign the purchased work and pass it off as their own.

Did you know it was so bad? An epidemic really. And a devastating indictment of our high schools (which obviously don't teach students how to write papers) and colleges (which obviously don't care that so much cheating is taking place or have no idea how to stop it).

First, how could I compile this list? Because I have an essay site (Improve-Education.org) with Google ads. Google's robots see the word "essay" and stick all this junk on my site. For months I didn't understand that I have to tell Google if I don't want a certain site listed. I was really troubled that my visitors might think I approved of these dishonest activities. Finally I started de-listing the names one by one. The list is now up to about 55. In short, there's a control panel where I can simply copy the list below and paste it into this article. All of these are real sites that advertised on my site!

Second, what are some of the broader implications? Our educators, for many decades, have been dumbing down the schools. Our educators undercut reading by using whole word. (For a shocking report on that scam, see #21 on Improve-Education.org). In short, it's no wonder that kids can't write when many can hardly read. This list is merely a huge screaming testament that our educators have been wildly successful at destroying the values and practices they should have been defending.

007termpapers.com
a-termpapers.info
a-termpapers.org
absolutepapers.com
academicblueprint.com
allstaressays.com
allyouressays.com
anythingwritten.com
codemanagers.com
customessay.com
customessay.org
customessaywriting.com
customizedessay.com
customresearchpapers.us
customwriting.com
customwritinghelp.com
customwritings.com
directessays.com
duenow.com
essay-house.com
essay.ca
essaycapital.com
essayedge.com
essayfinder.com
essayplant.com
essays-custom.com
essays-custom.org
essays.alltheservices.com
essayspace.com
essayuniversity.com
essayuniversity.org
essayuniversity.us
exampleessays.com
ezfinda.com
faster-results.com
improve-education.org
informalessay.com
ivyleaguewriters.com
monsterpapers.com
mythesiswriter.com
perfect-essays.com
privatewriting.com
professays.com
qualityphilosophy.com
qualitytermpapers.net
safe-papers.com
samedayresearch.com
schoolessays.com
term-papers.org
termpapersez.com
thesis.org
vault.com
vault.com/college
wedoyouressay.com
wowessay.com

Above, I said, "Eveyone Is Cheated." There must be a vast number of people now with fraudulent resumes. These people will be hired and promoted based on things they cannot do. At some point they'll have to do that thing, and the office or enterprise will falter. Maybe your office has some of these accidents-waiting-to-happen. All this dishonesty and unreality makes the whole society weaker and less coherent. We have to stop cheating because it cheats us all. That might be the central message of chracter education.

Seriously, folks, if this list is okay with you, then keep the current gang in charge. If you want to see the schools improved--so that students can actually write their own papers--we will have to discard a lot of bad ideas and many incompetent people. Improve-Education.org exists to provide leadership toward a better direction.

If you want ammunition for your own crusade, also see Education Revolution on squidoo.com (enter in search box). This is a collection of sources and comments intended to help you bring about change. (Education Revolution is devoted to rabble-rousing, while Improve-Education.org is more scholarly.)

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