Have you ever cheated?

[sam_gordon]

They say confession is good for the soul and I thought this could end up being fun.

To clarify, this is for YOU, not a spouse, significant other, friend, relative, neighbor, etc.

Have you ever cheated, and how? It's up to you to define "cheating", can be school work, on a significant other, work project, taxes, whatever.

Three times come to mind for me (and the statute of limitations is WAY gone)...
In Hebrew school we'd do "Vocabulary Bingo". Each student would make up two bingo cards, one with Hebrew words in each box and the other with English words. When we're working with the Hebrew card, the teacher would call out the word in English and we'd get to mark out the Hebrew word. Vice Versa when working on the English card. I was terrible at vocab and quickly learned to make the two cards have the same word, look at the opposite card, then mark out the right one.

As a HS Senior, our English teacher made us memorize the Prologue to the Canterbury Tales... in Old English. I recorded it on a cassette, wore a hoodie when we were supposed to take the test, had earbuds going out of the pocket up to my ears and was able to play/pause my way through. It did turn out that in the process I had actually memorized it. The recording did point out one word I missed, but overall I had it.

In college I was taking a Sportscasting class. I was working at a local TV station and the weekend sports anchor actually taught the class. The assignment was to go to the school's basketball game, have someone run the camera, and you did a play by play. I think it just had to be 3-4 minutes. I went to a game, recorded the action, then went into the edit bay, watched the video, scripted out the PxP, then recorded me reading it over the video.

Whew, that felt better getting those off my chest. Anyone else?

 

[fla4fun]

I always figured I would get caught so I didn’t even try . . . I’m the same when it comes to dishonesty. I will be found out so there’s just no point in lying.

 

[soccerdad72]

Yes, a couple times that I can think of offhand.

The one that always comes to mind was HS typing class (yeah, a required 1 credit class in my school ). As a part of our grade, we had to get a speed test above a certain WPM. It was nearly impossible to get an A in the class without being above a certain level. We would take speed tests once a week at the end of class and I just needed one above that WPM. We did like 4 or 5 tests each time, so on one of the days, I basically just abandoned one attempt (say the 2nd or 3rd test) mid-way through it, skipped to the next line and started typing for the next test (this is in the days of actual typewriters ) so that I made it far enough on that next test to "qualify" for the A grade.

 

[The Mayor]

Nothing I’m holding onto. Maybe some games when I was a kid but don’t remember them now. As my dad used to tell us. Winners never cheat and cheaters never win.

 

[Cogswel_Cogs]

A golf ball or two may have magically fallen from a pants leg on the course while looking for my ball. But not in many years.

 

[BrianL]

Not really. In school I was the kid they were cheating off of, though I may have been reasonably accommodating. I have used cheats in video games, but those are usually kind of built-in as part of the fun. I wouldn't do it when playing against others - only against the computer. Never in a relationship - not that I've ever really had opportunities for such, but I wouldn't.

 

[JulieBeeRN]

I've definitely cheated on my diet.