Morality Play: Faking the Grade

(A girl comes home from school.) Daughter: Hi, mom! Mother: Hi, dear. What are you so happy about today? Daughter: I got an 'A' in my ethics test. Mother: You did? That's wonderful! And I hardly ever see you study. Daughter: I didn't study. I cheated. Mother: You cheated! Well that's not very nice. Daughter: Aw c'mon, mom, everyone's doing it. You just wait until the end of the test and switch papers with one of the smart kids. Mother: You stole your grade from another student? That's horrible! Daughter: Only Theresa Benson. She dresses funny and everyone hates her. Mother: And that's why you feel so good? Because you cheated another person out of their grade? That poor girl! Bad grades follow a person all through life. What is wrong with you? Daughter: Mom, I don't know the first thing about ethics. When we have a test on cheating, she can steal my grade. (The phone rings. The mother picks it up. She receives what appears to be bad news and then hangs up.) Daughter: Who was that? Mother: Police. Daughter: What did they want? Mother: (Slow to answer) They're investigating the suicide of Theresa Benson. (The daughter puts her hands up to her mouth in horror.) Apparently, she's not used to getting your grades. Daughter: What have I done! (Breaking down into tears.) Mother: There! Why can't you feel like that all the time? Don't worry. It was just your father saying he'd be late coming home from work.
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