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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 500329" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>WOW!!! To difficult child for grasping the possible consequences and choosing not to cheat.</p><p></p><p>THis is an issue I have a HUGE problem with in regard to the entire video game industr. First, my parents are both teachers. Our world growing up revolved around learning. I HATE, LOATHE, DESPISE AND ABHOR cheating. PERIOD.</p><p></p><p>The video game industry has made cheating something "cool" and acceptable. WHY???? EVERY scholastic book fair I have been involved with (LOTS) has had books with a title that is something about video game cheats. NOT hints, tips, finding easter eggs, etc.... CHEATS.</p><p></p><p>I only found one librarian who allowed the book to be sold after it was pointed out to her and the principal made them refund the $ of any kid who bought it because it was against the school's honor code for ALL students and employees. </p><p></p><p>WHY is it so fine to cheat on anything? I know, more points/power is "better" but where is the sense of achievement when you EARN them, when you slay the dragon or whatever if you cheated and became all powerful?</p><p></p><p>This cheating on games extends to other things. There is a chip that poeple can copy games onto for one of the handheld gaming systems. In the US it is illegal but it is legal in other countries. Wiz wanted one. Nothing else for his birthday one year. Just that chip b.c he could copy games and not buy them. He even convinced my parents it was legal here. Then they asked me and I found it wasn't. He learned then that you do NOT compromise honesty around my parents. There is NO gray area for that - ever. He lost a LOT of privileges until he proved that he was not cheating on anything in his life.</p><p></p><p>EVERY kid I talk to in thank you's school has NO concept of cheating being wrong. I do NOT understand this. thank you is super uncomfortable with a lot of them because he does see that it is wrong and you hurt yourself when you cheat. YOU miss out on learning something and accomplishing something. The kids don't limit the cheating to video games because why should they? Isn't it okay? If it isn't okay then why do the major video game makers and publishers get together to put out CHEAT books??? They are NOT hint books, or help books. (off my soapbox now)</p><p></p><p>I think it is AWESOME that difficult child doesn't want to cheat on his game!!! GO difficult child!!!</p><p></p><p>As for the autistic boy being a cheater? That is nuts. Where has the common sense and compassion gone??? Why can't they cut him a little slack?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 500329, member: 1233"] WOW!!! To difficult child for grasping the possible consequences and choosing not to cheat. THis is an issue I have a HUGE problem with in regard to the entire video game industr. First, my parents are both teachers. Our world growing up revolved around learning. I HATE, LOATHE, DESPISE AND ABHOR cheating. PERIOD. The video game industry has made cheating something "cool" and acceptable. WHY???? EVERY scholastic book fair I have been involved with (LOTS) has had books with a title that is something about video game cheats. NOT hints, tips, finding easter eggs, etc.... CHEATS. I only found one librarian who allowed the book to be sold after it was pointed out to her and the principal made them refund the $ of any kid who bought it because it was against the school's honor code for ALL students and employees. WHY is it so fine to cheat on anything? I know, more points/power is "better" but where is the sense of achievement when you EARN them, when you slay the dragon or whatever if you cheated and became all powerful? This cheating on games extends to other things. There is a chip that poeple can copy games onto for one of the handheld gaming systems. In the US it is illegal but it is legal in other countries. Wiz wanted one. Nothing else for his birthday one year. Just that chip b.c he could copy games and not buy them. He even convinced my parents it was legal here. Then they asked me and I found it wasn't. He learned then that you do NOT compromise honesty around my parents. There is NO gray area for that - ever. He lost a LOT of privileges until he proved that he was not cheating on anything in his life. EVERY kid I talk to in thank you's school has NO concept of cheating being wrong. I do NOT understand this. thank you is super uncomfortable with a lot of them because he does see that it is wrong and you hurt yourself when you cheat. YOU miss out on learning something and accomplishing something. The kids don't limit the cheating to video games because why should they? Isn't it okay? If it isn't okay then why do the major video game makers and publishers get together to put out CHEAT books??? They are NOT hint books, or help books. (off my soapbox now) I think it is AWESOME that difficult child doesn't want to cheat on his game!!! GO difficult child!!! As for the autistic boy being a cheater? That is nuts. Where has the common sense and compassion gone??? Why can't they cut him a little slack? [/QUOTE]
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