60 Minutes Response

     I watched the interview of Sam Eshaghoff, a young college student who cheated on the SAT in a prestigious New York High School, on 60 Minutes.

     When watching this video, I learned that thousands of students every year cheat on their SAT’s, ACT’s and college admissions tests. Sam Eshaghoff would take fake ID’s and take the SAT as different people.

     I was very surprised to learn that this happens hundreds, even thousands of times each year. I never knew people would actually go so far to try and cheat on this test.

     I really enjoyed this video, because it showed how often this problem happens. I understand why people would do this; it would change their life, often for the better.

     I also really liked how this video and interview was set up; they interviewed the boy who was someone who cheated for others on the SAT, and then talked to representatives of the SAT companies. They feel as though they should make the identification process more strenuous so that the cheating either does not happen, or is more difficult to happen.

     This really showed me how big of a problem cheating is, and how far people will go for a better grade or test score.

     If you want to see this video go here: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7393498n&tag=cbsnewsMainColumnArea.8