Everyone else cheats, why shouldn't I?

-I do not cheat and I have never cheated on anything... But,



I go to a school where everyone cheats. And it's not just my school, it seems as if most other students do also. This coming school year, I might start cheating. I don't find it fair that I have to work hard and actually study to do well on tests while everyone else gets the easy way out and cheats. I feel as if by them cheating I'm being cheated. They can get better grades than me, a higher rank than me, honors, get into a better school, etc. all by doing nothing. It makes them look better than me but they are just as dumb and lazy as I am.



I feel as if I'm wasting valuable hours of the day by studying useless stuff that won't matter after the test. I might spend 3-4 hours studying while the cheaters will cheat their way through and get the exact same grade that I got. I try so much harder than a lot of these people but they are all artificially above me in rank and I am looked down upon when in reality, they haven't earned their position.



Why should I have to hold back on the opportunity while I live in a society where everyone has this advantage? Now I feel the need to. What is your take on this issue?Cheaters will eventually fail. They get caught or they end up in a situation where they can't cheat and they fail. Even if they cheat their way through university (which is a lot harder, cheating in a university is taken very seriously), once they get a job, it'll be obvious that they didn't actually learn anything and they won't last long.
It's a bad idea in the long-run. Your work ethic will pay off once you're in college or working at a job where you can't get by with cheating. The kids who cheat will eventually get caught or will start doing poorly in school once they hit college. It sounds like your situation is very frustrating right now, but your behavior so far sounds very mature and will pay off eventually.
Not EVERYONE is cheating. Only one kid in my class ever cheated on a test. And I don't think it's smart. Because some teachers (if they find out) figure, You cheated on this you might have cheated on others. And make you re-take it all. And no cheat sheet this time.
Don't you dare cheat! D: You are SMARTER, and obviously much better. What if you get caught? Huh? Later on in life you will be more successful because you actually know everything. They are all unintelligent -.-