High School Goals

During the last two courses of Rowan 101, our class learned about setting goals for ourselves and how to achieve them. Goals like achieving an A in one of our more difficult courses is much more of a challenge than it is in high school. In addition, our class also learned about academic dishonesty as well as the consequences that went with it. At Rowan University crimes like plagiarism are taken very seriously and have major consequences unlike in high school. What was taught to us in high school now have a much greater significance here in college
Setting goals for one’s self is not a new thing here in college, they are useful to help one’s drive to succeed. When one sets a goal, it is like a promise to one’s self. In high school, goals were not something that seemed all that important. Any goals that were set were either broken as soon as they were set or they were not that hard to achieve. The biggest goal in high school was graduating and going off to college. In comparison, in college goals have more of a meaning. For example, one of the biggest goals in college is to get a career and to build up connections and networking. A goal to pass a course is now a real …show more content…
In high school, plagiarism and cheating were just told to be a serious matter and that we should not do it under any circumstances. Even then many students found creative ways to cheat and barely any teacher checked for plagiarism. Those that were caught plagiarizing usually had their text or essay terminated and put in as a zero. That is not the case in college, plagiarize is deal with a court case. Those charged guilty of plagiarizing are removed from campus and will have to pay a fine. In addition, that charge will forever be on their academic record, anyone transferring will have that be seen by a professor, dean, or etc. Plagiarizing could absolutely destroy one’s college career and their