Given in the picture is a big strong man who cheats in an examination by using a cheat sheet. On the wall behind him are words written "Have test honestly and cheating is strictly prohibited". At the same time, a small and weak supervisor standing behind him extends a rod to warn him that he will be punished due to his dishonest behaviors. However, obviously, it doesn't work at all.
The implication of this picture is simple and clear: the punishment for cheating is not severe enough to prevent it. It is common knowledge that people cheat to win competition unfairly, which is against the social belief of fairness and justice and it denies the value of hard work. If cheating is not punished, it will hurt the common interest of those who have devoted their time and energy to study and work diligently and conscientiously and immensely damage the motivation of them. If all things go on like this , more people will lose their faith and go with the stream. They will give up painstaking effort and take the easy route to cheat. In the long,run, the atmosphere in academic community and even the whole society will be corrupted badly, affecting social healthy development. What's more, once caught, those who have cheated once will be labeled as a cheater throughout their whole life. It's a lifelong harm to their reputation and their life.
In a word , it is unwise to take a chance on cheating. And with the improvement of legal system and the advance of anti-cheating means, the cost of cheating keeps rising. It could be predicted that cheating will be less and less with stronger constrain and more severe punishment. After all, success achieved by individual struggle and strength is worth respecting.
