The article "Cheating in exams: The underlying societal ills" (June 4) is an indictment of English language instructors in preparatory year programs across the Kingdom. A great many of those instructors hold dubious qualifications and are recruited on three-month business visit visas. They do not have Iqamas. That is cheating. Term and year-end marks are "adjusted" by malfeasant directors in compliance with the requirements of the deans of colleges. That is also cheating. Educator, Online response II. I have had the good fortune to teach many good students the various benefits of proper time management and punctuality. We as educators have the responsibility to develop the leaders of tomorrow. Wrong practices should be strongly discouraged. The punctual student must be motivated and rewarded. Irfan Ahmed, Online response III. As the author has correctly pointed out society today relates success to how much money one makes at the end of the day. Whether this money is made honestly and by hard work or by crooked means does not seem to be relevant today. This is unfortunate, but true. It is sad to see that "wasta" and corruption are the only ways by which a person can climb up the ladder. Good morals and honesty must be taught from home and then slowly but surely evils will disappear. Dr. Leena, Online response