Unbelievable

Ok, you guys have to hear this. It absolutely blew my mind, and I feel confident that it will resonate throughout the West as well.

There is this great guy out here who we’ve been hanging out with, named Eddie. He is currently in the middle of his senior high-school finals, which last about 2+ weeks. Very similar to my own experience, some of his exams are executed in the form of in-class essays. Being the helpful dude he his, Joel offered to assist him in forming the structure of his argument for his exam tomorrow. Eddie politely declined. Confused, we pressed him as to why he would decline the help of such a seasoned journalist (see Joel‘s blog). He was a little mislead, it turns out, by Joel’s offer because he does not know what the discussion topic will be until he sits for the test. He continued by mentioning the consequences of taking notes in with him (cheating).

IF YOU GET CAUGHT CHEATING ON YOUR HIGH-SCHOOL FINALS, YOU GO TO JAIL FOR SEVEN (7) YEARS.

You do not pass Go, you do not collect $200 dollars, you go to flippin prison, where you have to break your own hands by open-palm slapping them on the concrete. Furthermore, if the school board fails to recognize a cheater and the Ugandan education panel does, the entire class fails, the school board members go to prison, and the 200-300 students are never allowed to sit for any exam of any nature in Uganda for the duration of their citizenship (in other words, a lifelong wrist-slap).

In Uganda, high-school is a paid for, voluntary institution, which accepts only academically and financially fortunate students. It carries with it the potential for ruining lives, possibly even resulting in death and decay at the hands of the state. Note: Ugandan prisons do not feed their inmates, so you perish if your family is not willing to bring you food every day. Also, they are so overcrowded that people sleep in shifts, one hour at a time.

Moral of the story: DON’T CHEAT. Secondary moral: BRAD DOES NOT WANT TO GO TO JAIL IN UGANDA.