Lie, Cheat and Steal!

In I.School, I want to teach us all to Lie, Cheat and Steal. 

Lie- in a comfortable position.  Lie on the grass, in the snow, in a bath. Lie in waiting. Waiting for the extraordinary which is already there, lying, waiting to be noticed. 

Cheat yourself! No, not the self-sabotage urban dictionary version. Use trickery to avoid pointless tasks. I’m talking frivolous, asinine and avoidable activities.  It’s a sneaky con to doge, evade or shirk (meaningless) responsibilities.

Steal- Start the Steal! Like a little thief- burglarize, pillage, misappropriate your time to your advantage, stealthily.  Rob others of your time taken from you, for ‘them’.  

Morally, we ‘teach’ kids to NOT lie, cheat and steal.  But the reality is kids lie, because their truth is not convenient for BM’s, the business management style, who demands productivity above all else.  “My dog ate my homework” is a farcical antidote demonstrating the need to lie to a teacher because the truth is unacceptable (for profit). “My homework is at my moms/ dads/ step-parents house” (or the homework is absurd). That may be true, but insufficient to the instructor.  Kids cheat on tests because the pressure to preform outweighs morality. Entire faculty meetings have been dedicated to stop kids from plagiarizing.  Money spent on expensive programs to “get” the kids that forge on essays “caught” and therefore punished for not being genuine.  And when kids Are genuine, they are punished.  “That’s not an excuse!” Right. So, kids lie to avoid further condemnation. Do you blame them? When students are on their phones, ask to go to the bathroom when you know they don’t really have to, taking a sick day when symptoms are clear. Steal a day is seen as a crime.  Taking time off to grieve, to heal, or just desire some precious time- is a crime.  By the time students are in high school they are ninjas, they get wicked- good at cheating.  They don’t necessarily feel good about it, but what other options do they have? We have created the environment for such transgressions. 

Lying, cheating, stealing can be sagacious.  It’s about the ability to understand the inner qualities of insight and perception.  More or less?