Cheatin’, Writin’ & ‘Rithmetic and The Biggest Villain in the College Application Drama - I’m glad I’m not going to high school now. If I didn’t know better, I’d be wringing my hands and fretting about the next generation. (I understand older folks like to wring and fret a lot.) But I also know that the parents are most of the problem here – without the pressure of the parents (from wherever it comes), how many kids would get so worked up to cheat so ubiquitously? (And those idiotic rankings just feed the fire…)