Has Cheating on Exams Become an Epidemic?

Some think cheating has become an epidemic, but we must keep perspective for our children-and their futures.

In late September, seven students at a Long Island high school were arrested in an SAT cheating scam in which local college student Samuel Eshaghoff allegedly impersonated six Great Neck North High School students in order to take their SAT tests for them. 

The students reportedly shelled out up to $2,500 each for Eshaghoff's services. While shocking, this case is just one of many cheating scandals that have hit our area and schools across the country in the past few years-proof that high academic pressures are causing students to resort to desperate measures.

According to an October article in Newsday, educators' attempts to soothe students' worries about test grades are often disregarded. Though they remind students that SAT scores are just one of many factors that determine college acceptance, many students agonize over test preparation, striving for the grade they imagine will determine their future.