A perfect example is Adam B Wheeler a former Harvard student. Wheeler applied to Harvard with falsified credentials and plagiarized essays. Teachers expected him to be a great writer because of his application, because of this expectation he had to continue plagiarizing to maintain his reputation. This web of lies eventually caught up to him and he now faces dire consequences. Adam now faces a year in prison, ten years of probation and had to pay Harvard more than 50,000 dollars (thecrimson). This goes to show that lies always come back to bite us. If Adam was honest from the beginning, he actually had decent enough grades to join other prestigious schools. Wheelers story shows a trend of what happens when we lie; we then have to make more lies to cover up the original. This always end in grief and personal mess, however honesty from the beginning allows people to be confident and not be scared of the
A perfect example is Adam B Wheeler a former Harvard student. Wheeler applied to Harvard with falsified credentials and plagiarized essays. Teachers expected him to be a great writer because of his application, because of this expectation he had to continue plagiarizing to maintain his reputation. This web of lies eventually caught up to him and he now faces dire consequences. Adam now faces a year in prison, ten years of probation and had to pay Harvard more than 50,000 dollars (thecrimson). This goes to show that lies always come back to bite us. If Adam was honest from the beginning, he actually had decent enough grades to join other prestigious schools. Wheelers story shows a trend of what happens when we lie; we then have to make more lies to cover up the original. This always end in grief and personal mess, however honesty from the beginning allows people to be confident and not be scared of the