Here is a list of shocking statistics (at least I hope they are shocking) about high school students from the author Betsy Hart:
- “more than a quarter admitted stealing from a store,”
- “almost as many [a quarter of the students surveyed] admitted stealing from a relative in the previous year,”
- “82 percent said they ‘lied to a parent about something significant,’”
- “60 percent admitted to cheating on a test in school during the previous year,”
- “one-third of the kids reported that they ‘used the Internet to plagiarize an assignment,’”
- 92 “percent said they were ’satisfied with my own ethics and character,’” and
- “74 percent said ‘when it comes to doing what is right, I am better than most people I know.’” Read the rest of this entry »
