Originally Posted by Bostonian
Originally Posted by happyreader
The pressure to be perfect also leads to cheating and a whole lot of begging for points once grades come out.

The article

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/26/e...nts-describe-rationale-for-cheating.html
Stuyvesant Students Describe the How and the Why of Cheating
By VIVIAN YEE
New York Times
September 25, 2012

describes such an environment at Stuyvesant.

New York Magazine has a longer story, featuring the Stuyvesant ringleader's rationalizations.

http://nymag.com/news/features/cheating-2012-9/
Cheating Upwards
Stuyvesant kids do it. Harvard kids do it. Smart kids may especially do it. But why?
By Robert Kolker
September 16, 2012