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- imsoclever, on 10/12/2007, -10/+104You can only cheat your way so far in life.
- PatrickFisher, on 10/12/2007, -6/+86As someone who often accepted money to do people's homework in high school, I wonder: Why has this taken so long?
Oh, and it's still cheating and you can still get in a lot of ***** for using this service. In university (in mine, at least), you can get kicked out just for supplying someone with homework. So theoretically, no matter what you do on this site, it could get you expelled. Tread carefully. - playerslight, on 10/12/2007, -6/+66The habits you pick up in school help define the rest of your life. How do you ever expect to be successful as an adult if you can't bring yourself to work through assignments that are less than desirable?
The other part of the equation is that kids in school have no idea what courses are going to be most useful in the future. By cheating at, for example, English class, you are cheating your adult self of the ability to communicate effectively with the written word. By cheating at algebra you are robbing your future self of the ability to quickly solve simple problems. By cheating at history you are robbing yourself of the ability to understand how this country developed and why things are the way they are.
By cheating through the 'boring' or hard stuff you are essentially condemning yourself to a life of mediocrity. Cheating robs you of the ability to actually do anything useful. - rasterbator, on 10/12/2007, -7/+43It was an interesting concept before it hit Digg. Now it will get buried by educators, parents, etc.
- Pix869, on 10/12/2007, -6/+39I say go ahead, let the kid cheat.
When he tries to get a job and doesn't even know basic algebra, where's he going then?
I'll tell you where: Gold farming.
Talk about a dead end life. - LaueOfficer, on 10/12/2007, -3/+35hahahahah^10, it's a UK site.
- SurrealDream, on 10/12/2007, -2/+20High school is a North American term. The British equivalent would be "College" which, confusingly, means a University equivalent in North America (sort of like a Polytechnic, as is my understanding).
Basically, High School = College = From 16 - 18 Years. - jdwyckoff, on 10/12/2007, -1/+19This is stupid. 2 reasons
1. Turnitin.com
2. The answers probably will not get back to you in time to be handed in.
just sayin' - consonance, on 10/12/2007, -0/+18I think we can all agree that this site is dirty, dishonest, and unscrupulous.
But on the plus side, its design is Web2.0! - tomvendetta, on 10/12/2007, -8/+25It's a dumb idea for lazy people, and you automatically assume its an American product. Little do you know, you were too lazy to do any research, and so you made yourself look like a dumbass because in all actuality, it is created by someone who resides in the United Kingdom.
Domain name:
schoolshortcut.co.uk
Registrant's address:
2 Willow Drive
Barnet
EN5 2LQ
United Kingdom - IMustBeEmo, on 10/12/2007, -5/+20You think cheating is the root of the problem? You obviously haven't set foot in any schools in the city or suburbs of America.
The school system is the problem.
1. Schools don't manage their money
2. They teach the same thing over and over, year after year - foolfromhell, on 10/19/2007, -4/+17Id rather get a C in english the regular way and know what will be in college than get an A in english the cheating way, and fail college miserably.
Cheating this way or any way in academics is very wrong. - mikev, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13If you're paying money to go to a University and cheat -- why go at all? You're only hurting yourself, and that's by someone who has copied one too many homeworks in his life.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -6/+18@surrealdream The terminology makes sense. European schools are elite compared to the U.S.
I finished 10th grade in Poland, moved to the states, and earned a bachelors degree in less than 2 years. I was 18 when I graduated from College.
American schools are a joke. They serve only to keep kids off the street. - Bove, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13Many colleges have software solutions in place that allow them to search for work people found on the internet or plagiarized.
How would this be any different?
You know, teachers are not dumb. They know when they've seen something before or if the work is different than your usual work. You'll easily get caught, and be lucky if you ONLY fail the course. Many schools will boot you out of school.
I'd rather do my own work. - 3dom, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11err, no, you're screwing everyone who knuckles down and actually bothers to do their assignments. A degree is usually a good method of jumping up a tax bracket or two, so you're also screwing most of the working classes who couldnt afford or manage college, or were too honest to cheat.
- sonstone, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11Everyone should use this site and continue cheating. I could use a little more job security.
- Avalontor, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Some teachers use Dogpile to enter in 20 words from an essay etc and bingo, F- on your paper.
- Pix869, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10Life isn't a sitcom.
Sometimes, in the real world, competent people who deserve a job actually get it, and don't spend time with their three best friends bagging under the watchful yet wacky eye of their over-payed ignorant manager. - zyzzyvette, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8There's a reason why employers look for certain degrees... its because they want you to have the skills that you supposedly learned in order to get that degree. How long can you hold onto a job (not in any fluffywuffy areas, I mean one that requires a real degree) once your employer finds out you're totally incompetent?
- Dilz, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8@ Android
"Rote"
/Spelling Notsee~ - IMustBeEmo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Psh, you think New York is bad?My state is ranked 49th in the country education-wise and I think Alaska is the one behind us.
Something like 60% of all high school drop outs are gifted, which just proves even more that our school system fails. - rasputinaxp, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Nine times seven, thought Shuman with deep satisfaction, is sixty-three, and I don't need a computer to tell me so. The computer is in my own head.
And it was amazing the feeling of power that gave him.
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/vl/notes/asimov.html - WillHutch5, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8@kevin45
Nice generalization, you just made a complete ass of yourself.
@Imustbeemo
Excellent point. I've personally witnessed so much stupidity/inability from teachers/administration, even in school systems in wealthy areas; suburbs of New York in my case, specifically Fairfield County, CT. - scottylist, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Their slogan should be, "No child left behind."
- chungthomas, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6As a hard-working engineering student (I think I am) in Canada, I despise all those who does such a thing. Not only is it not fair to me, but it is also unfair for many other fellow students. Only a dumb found person would that say employers only care about the paper. When I first started out in university, I thought of the same thing, just grab the sheet and go. But later down the road, especially after I started working in the industry in my CO-OP program, I found out that there is no way that one can hide the fact that s/he cheated their way to graduation. Absolutely no way. For large companies like Microsoft or Active Network, they have certain employee testing procedure in their hiring policies in place to ensure that you know your stuff. There is no way to cheat that. And for small companies, as soon as you started working and you don't know a thing (like the really basics), employers will certainly keep their eye out on you. So cheating can only get you so far in life. Do it at your own risk.
- Hypermarkalan, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6At the University of Texas S.A. we treat academic dishonesty very seriously. In a beginning comp class I expect that I'll probably have to deal with about a 20% plagiarism rate per class. Punishment varies depending on the severity of the infraction. Last semester a student cut and pasted a wiki entry and turned it in. That student is no longer with us.
If I choose to dole out the most severe punishment then judiciary affairs will expel the student from the university and place a permanent mark on his or her file. From that point on, no other university will admit them unless they lie about their expulsion.
Smart teachers have their students perform many, many inclass assignments. That way they get a feel for each student's writing. Students don't seem to understand that after a while, teachers just get good at recognizing writing styles. Students will make the same mistakes time and again. We begin to see their patterns.
Not to mention that site is from the UK, and the UK writing style has some very distinctive changes in their variation of English. I've caught quite a few kids because they didn't know the difference between a quote and an inverted comma.
So go ahead and pay for that paper when you get in a bind. If you do you better hope your instructor either doesn't give a *****, or doesn't know how to use Digg and the Google. - Lobut, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Even if I think the school system is busted that does not excuse cheating. I think people should take the zero like a real person or if you were truly gifted, you'd be able to do the 'slow' assignment easily.
- AnteChronos, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6"In addition, it's going to be boring as *****."
Sounds like a great way to get kids accustomed to 80% of the jobs out there. - HemlockUltimate, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Heh you're both right. Managers don't have to be smart, they have to have drive and desire. Some of them may not be as smart as you, but they worked harder than you to get where they are.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Yeah, turnitin subscribes to all the pay sites anyway, so you're all using the same source. it WILL nail you, don't worry. the engine is so sensitive it often OVER detects plagiarism, not the other way around. If you're willing to gamble something as risky as this, you've got bigger problems than that paper you chose not to do till the last minute.
- Pottersquash, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4if your going to cheat DO NOT USE ANY SITE THAT YOU DID NOT DISCOVER YOURSELF!!! if you find out about a service through an easy/obvious source, everyone else has. Schools have trolling programs to weed out this stuff and some professors upload homework just to catch ppl who try to submit.
Hit the web, hit message boards, do your evil in the dark where no one can see. Same thing with any other illegal activity on the web, if your friend tells you, everyone knows!!! - playerslight, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6@4NDr01D:
I can think of very few positions where knowing math is not rewarded. I can think of a great many areas in life where the lack of that knowledge makes you look like a giant tool who isn't deserving of any major responsibility. As for rote memory, most things that are required memorization material are indeed useless in the real world; however, the exercise of being able to memorize and recall information is of great value, especially in positions where instant recall for names, numbers, and other relevant data means the difference between looking like you're on top of the material, and looking like the guy who only knows the stuff that his computer/textbook/palmpilot spits out at him. Nothing is more annoying than the guy who always says "I'll have to get back to you". - pwallroth, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Your better off taking a bong hit and ripping shots of jack d's in your principals office than plagiarizing. Most schools have zero tolerance for cheating and probation for boozing. Don't use this site, cheat in smarter ways.
- monofonik, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3As someone who's pulled countless all nighters to finish term papers, drank gallons of coffee and supplied whatever company makes Red Bull with probably at least a couple thousand dollars of their vast fortune, I hate this website.
I work so ***** hard to get good grades, I'd hate for anyone to get the same acclaim for something they merely paid for.
FURTHERMORE! what if you went to a doctor who'd cheated his way through med school? What if you drove over a bridge engineered by a guy who cheated? - Crossmenjeff, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3yeah a lot of schools already have programs in place to check to see if the work has appeared anywhere else. It's not worth risking the plagiarism charge and the susequent dismissal from your school just because you were too lazy to do a little work on your own. but then again the world does need people to flip its burgers, so cheat away.
- amvakar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2If you can't find something on the Internet, you should just go to a library.
- Hecks, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Certainly true. I'm a lecturer at a British University and the details of this site have already been posted into our staff-only forums. There are plenty of ways to cheat which we can't catch, but using this site isn't one of them.
- my10cent, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I wish students would realize that if you get caught cheating with a site like this it might ruin their chance of ever getting hired or even get into college, it is so not worth the risk.
- SparkyPine, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Just so everyone is aware, there ARE sites that do, in fact, HELP the student develop their own coursework. These sites facilitate learning in a way that is ethical and beneficial. Here is an example of one currently in development: http://www.aparesearchhelp.com
Would hate to see the good guys get eclipsed by the shady ones. - Lobut, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5Yeah that's a good idea ... taking the point away from education that you select and pay for ... real smart.
- Hecks, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Compare: http://schoolshortcut.co.uk/terms.php versus http://www.coursework.info/register.html
Oh the irony, schoolshortcut.co.uk have ripped off their terms and conditions from another site (including grammatical errors). Clearly a classy outfit. - krinthekuz, on 09/16/2008, -0/+2sorry for first comment abuse, but i searched about 10 random categories and none came up with anything. this suffers from the one thing most web2.0 startups can't beat: they don't have any content.
i've seen this before in auction sites, and textbook sites, and most of these have switched from using browsing models (where you can immediately see how little content they have) and gone over to search models (where you actually have to do some work to see that they don't have anything).
add in all the web2.0 cliche graphics, and this is clearly spam. - fantasticFlan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Because kids are legally required to be in school up to a certain age, public schools have to save expulsion for weapons and drugs.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Good thing the site has next to zero information on it. If you're serious about building your education (for free) use legit services like http://www.mynoteit.com to HELP you, not do it for you.
- WillHutch5, on 10/12/2007, -4/+6Of course the gifted kid can do the assignment, it's just an insult to their intelligence to force them to. In addition, it's going to be boring as *****.
- sdpdt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Site looks pretty useless right now.
- maddla, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2That's because colleges financial withstanding is at stake by cheating, their curriculum is their greatest asset along with the professors.
- AlfaWolph, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"'the' Google?"
Shrub reference. - mahdaeng, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@imustbeemo
while i agree wholeheartedly with you that the u.s. public school systems are lackluster at best, i disagree that additional funding will do anything to solve the problem. granted, i understand that you weren't necessarily advocating increased funding, but rather decrying the mismanagement of current funds. i am simply underscoring the idea that many people point to finances as a crucial factor.
i submit, instead, that the main problems are:
1. a social system in which laziness and stupidity are valued - considered "cool". contrast that with much of the rest of the world where the intellectual kids in band or the chess club are considered the cool ones.
2. a social system in which parents are so wrapped up in themselves that instead of doing the work necessary to raise their children (and this includes discipline, proper role-modeling, and the instilling of practical and moral values such as honesty and the work ethic), they shuttle their offspring off to government-funded daycare (which is basically what public schools have become) and let the underpaid, overstressed teachers try their hand at managing the little imps. parents, please don't have children if you're not going to raise them.
i could go on, but i think i've said enough to make my point: the problem is social, not financial. -
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