Last weekend I met a guy at the party held in our east campus. It was a
postgraduate English Salon, to say it exact. I arrived fifteen minutes early
before the due time. The organizers were all busy around. So I chose a table by
the entrance.the guy I mentioned happened to sit at the table, too.
Our talk went on quite well until he presented the question. “Have you even been a gun man?” Well, before I said my reply, let me explain what’s called “gun
man.” Gun man, I think, is just becoming a popular term in recent years, which
mostly means the person who takes exams for another and from which he or she makes profit.
The guy told me that up so far he had taken exams for other students three times
. The money he made was 1000, 800, 600 RMB respectively. Honestly, I was shocked
when he told me these. Though I have read on the newspapers numerous times about who took exams for whom and who hence went into prison or expelled by school at the end.
Looking at him, I was involved into meditation. In the meantime he chattered continually, by saying how considerate he was for others. “Without me, they may have failed in the exams. They owe me a lot, to some extent. It’s me who got them
certificate and asked so little.”
“Have you ever realized that this kind of behavior was wrong from the beginning
?” I couldn’t help but wonder. Well, in response to this he said that he never
thought of that way. “Since we all got benefit finally--he got his certificate
, I got pay. I don’t think there is anything wrong in this.” “You should try
once, too. It’s no risk at all.” In ending our talk He added.
Really, I didn’t know how to retort him at the moment. But I knew he must have
missed something and it’s the very thing that matters much on one’s moral. It’
s like the saying going: never do to others whatever you do not want to be done
to you. If you cheat at this moment, you would surely have to pay for it sooner
or later.
“Have you ever thought about what you did would do harm to others?” I asked him. “You’ve got to be joking. What big bad influence would my behavior do to others? It’s just a matter of certificate. No big deal.” Shrugging his shoulder,
he said.
Well, what left could, or should I say to him? Could I repeat him the saying-- never do something bad because it’s small? Should I warn him that he had already
gone too far? Or just simply enough tuck away from him and hope that we will never meet again? I have no idea.
But one thing that I do can be sure is that he will realize it is wrong some day
, if not now. He will be awake from this weird circle of cheating and being cheated by price, if not by words. To Do or not to do in essence, after all, is just
very simple a question in this situation.
