Kodigo

Many know what kodigo is, especially in every student. A kodigo, or tseke (check) in its slang name, is a piece of paper with lots of lessons and lectures written on it; a list of formulas and keywords that was used in previous lesson or lecture; a small note with a written summary of a lesson or lectures or even books and formula; a compilation of formulas; sometimes written in any parts of a body or anything you can write on. It is usually used when cheating on exams, quizzes, tests etc. A kodigo contains everything you need in an exam. For some student, it is a help for studies and a good source of answers in exams. It is said to be better than stretching your head side by side just to copy answers from you seatmates. Nevertheless, it is a wrong doing.

I have heard many funny stories from different students were they are using kodigo in their exams. Some of them were very close to caught by their teachers and most of them were successful cheating. I saw many of my classmates done using kodigo, some just confessed their wrong act. “Dapat alam mo kung saan mo itatago iyan. Dapat magaling kang magtago. At syempre magaling magpalusot. Alam mo na if ever ‘di ba?”, said one of friend who always used kodigo in his exams.

For a first grader student, they usually write their kodigo in their palms. Basically, it includes formulas and keywords were there the only one who understands it, a secret code for them so that if ever they caught they can appeal that it was just a doodle. They sometimes write their kodigo in their feet, where they hide them using their socks. They just turned their socks down and they have it. For higher degree students, some don’t use it anymore but the old school thing is just the simplest and basic. For some of them who cheat, your palm is not enough. As you go up in your school, you also taking up a lot of lessons and cheater’s palm is not enough to write their lessons when cheating. So, they tear some piece of paper in the back of their notebooks and write down all words and formulas that might come up in their exams. Students who cheat in math subjects, I’m sure their kodigo hides in the back of their calculator. There you can find a lot of formulas needed to solve problems in there exams. But sometimes, teachers are really smart to know who among his/her students are cheating and they tries to catch them in the act. But some students are smarter than their teachers so they know to hide their kodigos in many things. They hide their kodigos, written in a pice of paper, under their shirts or uniform; lying beneath their hand watch; in the back of their IDs; under their scratch papers and test papers; hiding in the cover of the ballpen etc. Some uses the technology and write their kodigos in cellphones. Teachers can’t catch a student who is cheating but his/her classmate might know who among their classmates are cheating.

Students really learn a lot in school, when you said “lot”, it means many things. They are prone to many wrong acts that they soon become a habit. A kodigo is just one of these wrong acts they know, but we should remind them what should be the effect of it. Cheating makes your grades high but it doesn’t really make your knowledge high. If you learn something without cheating, if you win something without cheating, that what you calls a success. Kodigo is a wrong way of learning things, they should be written on your mind not a piece of paper or scratch. They say “It is better to cheat than to repeat” which is a wrong phrase and is always misunderstood by the students. “Cheat for a higher grade, and regret if your future failed” this is the better phrase. If you really want to become successful someday, you must study hard and learn many things.