Furthermore, a revision of the Honor Code will not only limit cheating and plagiarizing, but it will ultimately prepare students for their future, with the understanding that breaking rules will end in a negative consequence. Students will evidently grow out of this habit and regain morals that will improve their honesty. The students at RVHS should be aware and constantly reminded that cheating and violating school rules will lead them to be rebellious, and dishonest people in the future who don’t value genuine qualities. With college as the next step of education students must learn that acts in violation of the code will not be tolerated and can end with the student being suspended or expelled (Source C). Moreover, these colleges and universities…
The conflict regarding the utilization of the honor code can be seen throughout the school system, ranging from even elementary, to the college level. With students feeling increased pressure to succeed and little obligation to turn in their peers, honor codes have fallen out of step with values of the modern college student. Codes such as these are in place to keep young students honest and hardworking. In the recent years these codes have been violated significantly. The question lies within the board of students and within the student body if these codes are in use and if they should be revised or eliminated.…
How did the American government shift from an “expansion with honor” policy to a policy of the expulsion of the Cherokee people? The Cherokee people were once a great nation whose population spanned all across the South Eastern corners of the North American continent. The Cherokee people once called states such as North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Kentucky, and Virginia home. The Cherokee people once governed their own nation, a nation where men hunted and women farmed. A nation where both men and women worked together in harmony as a balance for each other, an equilibrium.…
The uprising conflict regarding the usage of honor codes being apart of school systems, from elementary schools to colleges. Some argue that honor codes are ineffective while others believe the contrary. The recognition of getting a high grade on a test using one’s knowledge is more delightful than knowing the answers are someone else’s. Honor code systems gives students fairness and punishments for the actions they chose to make. In fact my school’s honor code should be maintained because it promotes a positive academic environment, lowers the percentage of academic dishonesty, and it easily adapts to the school environment.…
The handbook states it. An honor code does not change anything. Moreover, an honor code should be placing blame on bystanders. I agree with the students in Source B, who disapproved of a rule in the code penalizing them for not reporting another student’s wrongdoing; it is not their responsibility, let alone would there be an accurate way of determining if a student did know of any wrongdoing. Vangelli says that disciplining action was no longer a part of the proposal, followed by criticism for having to write on every assignment that the work is original.…
In the case study A Matter of Honor, Sheila Allison is an African American Newton High School senior who is popular and athletic. In addition, she is a good student and received a congressional appointment to a national military academy. Soon after she received the news, Sheila is accused of plagiarizing a book review in an honors English class. Regardless of her extenuating circumstance, her teacher Mrs. Durnitz believes Sheila should be responsible for violating the plagiarism policy. The district’s policy is listed in the student handbook and states that students found guilty of plagiarism must receive a failing grade plus repeat the course.…
If students and their fellow peers become responsible for enforcing the honor code, I believe the entire system would be taken more seriously and be…
Since a student revised it, it would be important that an honor code established for out school, incorporates these factors. The two revisions were to “eliminate any formal disciplinary actions actions, although the expectation to take action if one witnessed or knew about any dishonest behavior still existed.” (source B). A pledge of honor was required of at the beginning of each term. For a successful honor code, these two things should be taken into account first hand, since it was the students themselves who created them.…
The entire purpose of the honor code in any school, including ours, is based on the student populations’ integrity. This means that even when one is bystanding a bad behavior, that person would need to turn it in immediately. The students may have these strong moral principles, but do they have courage? To turn in a peer or maybe even friend can be hard to do when the confidentiality or one’s reputation is at stake. Students at Lawrence Academy ‘opposed this obligation to take action against another student because they did not see it as their responsibility.…
However, establishing an honor code could prevent students from taking the easier way to progress in school. As stated in Source C, "…
(Source E). Despite being a minority, a forty percent failure rate of the honor code does not cultivate integrity; students still commit to these unfair actions, and, as a result, students like Alyssa Vangelli should not believe in the integrity of fellow peers. It is quite evident that trust among students cannot prosper when students persist to shatter their school’s honor code. Notwithstanding this, these students, in a super-majority of eighty-eight percent, agree that “a violation of the honor code” would reasonably justify “failure on the assignment” (Source E).…
A step that should be taken in utilizing the honor code is building trust. We see in Source D Lou Bloomfield, the instructor of a physics class, teachers a very large class of 300 to…
The honor code is a list that we as Christians should live our life according to. The honor code for Oral Roberts University could be called the students commandments that they must carry out during their time here and hopefully the rest of their lives. The purpose of the honor code is to give us students a foundation to abide by. The honor code to me represents what an ideal Christian should do by making us pledge to try and grow every day spiritually.…
Technology today allows students to easily access information that may be used to plagiarize on their school work and exams. In light of the problems with plagiarism, honor codes and systems have become increasingly popular to prohibit the amount of cheating in schools. While my school currently has an honor code, it would be better to revise it so the student culture regarding the code will improve and to ensure that students desire to succeed and do well on their work. To begin, student culture regarding the honor codes at their schools is essential because it determines whether or not the rules would be taken seriously. There may be an honor code that is strictly enforced, but if students have no part of the process and are only punished,…
Honor killings and offenses are often thought to be an outlandish crime exclusive to only the currently tumultuous Middle East and surrounding areas, while in actuality, this is far from the case. An honor killing is typically defined as “a killing of a relative, especially a girl or woman, who is perceived to have brought dishonor to the family” . This dishonor is generally related to things regarding premarital relationships, such as premarital sex, or other forbidden acts that a community might find “shameful”. While this definition may fit into the culture of the Middle East, which is predominantly a patriarchal society which enforces strict rules and codes on their women, Hayes brings to light an interesting point regarding why the definition…