The Cheating Culture : Why More Americans Are Doing Wrong to Get Ahead (Hardcover)

from sunshine608

I found this book to be rather depressing and wasn't sure I needed to read a book to know that people are dishonest. The book was interesting, although at times I found it to be a little wordy and lengthy. Overall a pretty good read. I think I may require my student to read certain chapter ( 3,7...

from Devil_llama

The author theorizes that cheating is at an all time high in American culture (it's hard to be sure with his data, since we don't have data far enough back to compare). Very little of what he discusses will come as a suprise for anyone who has spent any time on a college campus, as either teacher...

from karenmerguerian

Very anecdotal in style, which becomes boring after a while. Difficult to get through, surprisingly for such an interesting and provocative subject. Argues that there are structural reasons why people cheat, that cheating begets cheating, and that the problem is essentially top-down and emanates ...