My story, Problem Solving, deals with the main character Cody and his willingness to do whatever it takes to pass math. Never paying attention, he finds it difficult to focus and therefore do well when it comes to the tests. One day, Cody realizes there is no way he can pass the test, so he results to cheating. Through the course of the story, the audience sees the how desperate Cody is for a passing grade, but when things go bad, Cody cannot help but feel shame.
To help write my story, I thought of one of the most infamous cheaters who ever lived; Barry Bonds. Bonds was accused of taking steroids during his lavish baseball career. In an article written by Ewen MacAskill, he writes on Bonds' conviction and how he only made it worse for him by denying the truth and pleading innocent. I use his approach as a guideline to make the audience understand that it is the wrong approach to the situation.
Another source i used in order to help my story take off was an article published on foxnews.com. Mark McGwire, another baseball great, was accused and found guilty of taking steroids during his baseball career. However, instead of denying the truth like Bonds did, McGwire came clean and admitted to taking steroids. He was caught and owned up to it becuase there was no way to deny the clear evidence.
I am using these articles in order to show the importance of being honest and having good morals. If Cody had taken the Bonds route, he would have just gotten into more trouble than before because he lied about it. Instead Cody takes the honest route like McGwire and only benefits himself and eventually, gets a second chance.
That's a good story so far Nate, but obviously you need to fill in the blanks. I think you should watch the movie The Perfect Score. It's about kids who cheat to get perfect SAT scores and get into the best colleges. It's really a good movie and could give you a lot of ideas since your story is based on cheating as well as it.
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