Kids these days are under such pressure, I know. And the temptation to take short cuts can be overwhelming at times. But you just shouldn't do it. Found out that the son of good friend of ours may have both hisbaseball and college aspirations seriously crushed because he resorted to a short cut. He was caught cheating on a major assignment at his very high pressure private high school Kid has a 4.something, GPA, lights out pitcher. Was being seriously looked at by many high academic programs. Ran into the parents recently and we were comparing notes on the journey. Kid has been denied admission at many places on grounds of academic integrity. Apparently he still has some options, but his range of options has been very seriously narrowed. Had a talk with my own son about cheating afterwards, since I was quite distressed by this. He says he has never done so, but he also says that kids cheat "all the time." You just can't believe the pressure kids feel, he told me. Mostly they don't get caught, I guess. But man, is that a dangerous way to live, even forgetting about the corrosive morality of it.
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