Academic knowledge is the basis upon which future prosperity and financial security has been determined. As a result, students feel inclined to perform above average in school. Now, as students underperform, they try to get good grades by cheating. This method of acquiring desired grades will only harm the student, instead of the imagined outcome. Driven by a child's inability to perform critical tasks throughout their education, academic cheating generates numerous negative consequences. Stemming from the many pressures of high school, academic cheating places a great deal of stress on the minds of American teenagers. For starters, low self-esteem and lack of morals drive a student to cheat to maintain an acceptable grade. When students pick on a less academically inclined student, the unfortunate student will lose self-confidence and resort to cheating, cheating that will begin a downward spiral of negative effects. Furthermore, if bad grades persist and distress the student, cheating is done to stop the unacceptable grades from continuing. Second, loving pressure from parents will generate the urge to cheat in school. For example, a child who is a good student cheats to prove to his parents that he is intelligent and can achieve his goals in school. Furthermore, parents want their children to follow in their footsteps in terms of the education they have received; therefore, more pressure will be exerted...