A guest blog by Guilford College’s Hawkes Learning Student Ambassador, Ada Boroughs
We live in an age of instant, accessible information. I won’t deny it, nor will I pretend it is without its benefits. With a quick dance across the keyboard, we have the ability to glean knowledge like never before, from history and current events to science and art. That said, the corresponding convenience is tantalizing and has its pitfalls. Access can quickly sour and become abuse, and we find ourselves not so much learning as avoiding.
I don’t have to join the legions of broken records enumerating the moral objections to cheating. I don’t have to add to the volumes of cautionary tales warning against dishonest academics. We know that cheating is wrong. But it’s also tempting.
I understand it—I really do. Life happens. Things pile up. You get flustered, frustrated, and sometimes it’s easier to feed a few commands to a generator and receive a solution than to toil away for hours at something you just can’t seem to understand.
But that’s why we have Hawkes Learning. The software is specially designed so that you don’t have to resort to cheating in order to pass. It’s likely you’ll encounter professors who take pride in their low pass rate—who enjoy being designated as “the difficult class”—but, fortunately for all of us, Hawkes isn’t like that. They want to see you succeed, and every aspect of the software works towards that goal. I say this having taken a Hawkes Statistics course in my first semester of college.
If it tells you anything about my relationship with math, I am a Creative Writing major. Suffice it to say that I struggle (sorry to all my language arts folks for perpetuating the stereotype, but it’s true in my case). With Hawkes, I easily secured an “A.” I was able to do so because everything is right there: Explain Error, Step-By-Step, lessons, 24/7 tutors. I never wanted for assistance, and was thus able to secure a passing grade, not without some difficulty, but without giving up. And even more than that, I came through with an understanding of—and even an interest in—the course.
With Hawkes, you can rest assured that the help you receive comes directly from the software itself rather than some sketchy website deep within the bowels of the internet, and it is tailored to your individual needs. Learning isn’t a “one size fits all” endeavor. It, like any other art, requires a degree of personalization and adjustment. Hawkes recognizes this and sees it as an advantage rather than an obstacle.
You’ve heard it before, and you’ll hear it again, but cheating won’t help you in the long run. Even if you don’t care about a subject in and of itself, if you want a decent grade, you’ll have to learn the material sometime or other. Artificial intelligence is useless on an exam, but a firm grasp of the coursework isn’t. Take advantage of the resources at your fingertips, and if you’re unsure about anything, get in touch with your school’s Hawkes Student Ambassador. We’re happy to help. It’s what we’re here for.
Meet the Author
Ada Boroughs is a first-year student at Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina. She is double-majoring in Creative Writing and Environmental Studies, and hopes to someday work in conservation in addition to becoming a published author. Outside of school, Ada enjoys reading, writing, drawing, listening to music, and dancing, the latter of which she pursues with Greensboro Ballet. She is a huge fan of J.R.R. Tolkien, The Arcadian Wild, hot chocolate, and petting every dog she meets, and if you visit her Pinterest board, you will find dragons, roses, vintage maps, and a collection of delightfully cheesy Lord of the Rings memes.
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