Amir works as an English teacher who teaches the students from one house to the other. Sinta was accepted as a civil servant although the city government found out the fakeness of Sinta's SK.
"So, there was no use to protest. Honesty is not the best policy in this country, " Amir expressed his confusion.
Teach to lie
"Donny got the score 32 for Natural Science Semester Exam. I was angry. He was actually lazy to study and he was also lazy to do all house duties," Lucy (pseudonym) said.
"In the afternoon at four, his father gave the permission to play outside to Donny. I was mad. Furious. I said, 'Why do you let Donny play outside? He's got a bad score in Natural Science Semester Exam!Â
"You know what he said to Donny when Donny came back home because of my order? He said, 'It's okay. Don't worry, son. I also cheated in the examination of getting the lawyer license.
"Januar, my husband, didn't give advice to Donny in order that he studied hard for the next exams, but disastrous, he told our son that to be dishonest is all right. That's terrible!"
Four months lies
Talking about the other lie, this one is also bad.
Leo (not a real name) had taught his son, Donald (fake name) to lie to his mother about the ownership of smartphone.
Because of Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, the educations around the world, including Indonesia, had to use online learning. There was no option to learn offline.
Lani asked her husband, Leo, to lend his smartphone to Donald in order that their son could follow the online learnings every day.
"Why don't you lend your smartphone?" Leo asked.