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How do locks keep honest people honest ? The way I see it locks are locked to keep dishonest people out of your home ? Locks are locked because of fear, fear someone will take what is yours or fear of being harmed etc.. To me it is just an inconvenience to the honest person to have to lock their doors.

In your replies I see this same fear, in regards to the future worth of your degree.

Personally, I give little thought to such things as I do not want to live my life out of a sense of fear. Nor do I want my life to be dictated by the actions of cheaters or slackers.

I think this response is extremely simplistic. There is nothing wrong with a having a degree of concern that allows you to protect your investments. Maybe locks are a nuisance, but I still lock my house and I'll bet you do too. Fear shouldn't render you helpless, but a little bit of fear is healthy and protects you. I am "afraid" of house fire, therefore I do not leave a pot boiling unattended on my stove. Does that mean I'm sitting around biting my nails and trembling whenever I cook? Of course not. It does mean I pay attention and take basic safety precautions.

I see the same principle here. Although I'm not necessarily advocating SirJake's approach, I think it's important that we keep an eye on these things.

The problem is not that WE are "letting our lives be dictated by the actions of cheaters." The problem is that the "actions of cheaters" may dictate the actions of employers or scholarship awarders. This, in turn, affect us whether we like it or not, whether we ignore our "fear" or not.