cheating is not the solution

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I just wanted to address how cheating is NEVER the solution when it comes to finding the easy way out.  

I found this extremely adorable

Last Thursday, I took a chem test and 15 minutes later, I heard a guy sitting diagonally from me, ask a girl behind him “Do you want the answer sheet?” and after that, it exploded from there. Not literally, but almost everybody was copying down the answers from a tiny sticky note. It was only 30 minutes into the test, and almost everybody was done, except for me and 9 other people. And let me tell you, I don’t even know how the sub (we had a sub these past 2 weeks) didn’t suspect a thing because it was a pretty long, difficult test.

So going back to cheating, I was amazed by how easy it was to fall into temptation. I’m sure the people who cheated weren’t thinking about what came first, their morals and values. Maybe their reasons were the pressure to do well in school or impress their peers/parents. However, cheating is unacceptable. The worst thing is when you know you’re doing something wrong, but you use an excuse like “Hey, I’m not gonna fail this test” or “Everybody’s doing it, so it wouldn’t hurt if I did.”

I found this Bible verse online; I could not agree more with what this verse says.

Matthew 26:41 says, "Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The Spirit is willing, but the body is weak."

I love this verse so much because it’s one of those encouraging quotes that I always need to keep in mind. Sorry about my long rant, but I felt like this needed to be addressed.

By the way, I apologize for not posting for the past two weeks. I’ve been hella busy, but I’ll try to post again sometime this week. Also, my sister and I recently posted a Youtube video (yes, I sing), and it would mean the world to us, if you guys could go check out our channel. Here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n-9f7m7ADg

Thanks for stopping by,

- Mel :)