My academic journey felt like a space mission a challenging journey through a vast unfamiliar cosmos As someone who loves space travel and exploration in games I knew a successful mission required discipline and a willingness to face the unknown But the final exam felt like a final frontier I was not prepared for My knowledge was a scattered asteroid field and I was losing my way I was so exhausted and overwhelmed I just wanted to go back to Earth In a moment of panic I was tempted by a shortcut I found a service that promised to take my online class for me a kind of magical space shuttle that would get me to the final destination without the journey A wave of clarity washed over me A fraudulent grade would be like a space mission completed by someone else I would have the title of astronaut but none of the skills I closed the laptop knowing that the only way to earn my success was to be the captain of my own ship and complete the voyage myself