Winners Never Cheat by Melissa

Winners Never Cheat by Melissa - November 2013 Scholarship Essay

I have had a wild variety of teachers, mentors, and role-models throughout my four years at high school and thirteen years of education. There have been good lessons, and others that I wished I hadn't learned the hard way, but the most valuable lesson is that cheaters never win.

For most of my life, school was very easy for me. I hardly ever studied, finished homework in class, and avoided asking teachers for help. It wasn't until high school, I started feeling the pressure. It was my world history class, pry one of my least favorite subjects. I had a hard enough time in the class aside from the fact that I had a horrible teacher. I couldn't learn. I entered the class after not being there yesterday and had a test sitting on my desk. I was tired from a late night and could not remember anything that was on the test. My friend sitting next to me motioned for me to copy her test. I assumed she knew the material after finishing so fast, and after not thinking about it, I cheated. I knew it was wrong but I wasn't thinking. I turned in the test without my teacher having any idea and I thought I was gonna pass the test.

The following week, we got our tests back, I didn't think anything about it until I saw my grade. 53, my first failing grade ever. It was from that point on, I told myself I would never cheat again. I was smarter than that, and needed to learn the information anyways, there was no point of cheating. It was not worth the risk and I regret letting myself fall into such a situation. Cheaters never win, and winners never cheat.