Things of Unfairness

I believe that P.S.’s treatment was not fair. He did not go into that class planning to cheat to get a 100%, he just wanted to pass so that his father would be pleased with him. After failing the exam last year he thought that failing this year would be so catastrophic that he would never be able to face his father or the other generation of Wilkinson’s that graduated from this school. His friends weren’t happy with P.S. cheating, but they were not mad with him. Mabrey said that P.S. was a smart kid who everyone liked, and was confused why P.S. cheated. There was also that one person who wasn’t really a friend of P.S. He was being over-protective of the honor system and seemed like he was trying to impress the headmaster by asking P.S. questions. The faculty was very confused why P.S. cheated because they never had the insight on P.S.’s life like a reader of the story would. He even said that he might never be able to understand P.S’s reason for cheating. The most surprising reaction was from Phil’s father. The father wanted to embrace P.S. and tell him everything was going to be all right but couldn’t. He wasn’t mad at all, and even made jokes about it. All in all, nobody was mad or disappointed about P.S. cheating, just confused.