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International school of Panamá Saint George

Biology

Margarita Qiu

Honesty and consequences of not following the rules

Andrea Diaz del Valle

5 J.V.A.

25/6/13

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Honesty and consequences of not following the rules

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Honesty is when you tell the whole truth about something you know without changing anything about what happened, it´s something that should be practiced in behavior and in character as well.
Some people think that lying to someone or lying about something is the easiest way to get out of some uncomfortable situation, but it´s actually worst getting caught by someone than telling the truth in the first place because If you were trying to not hurt other peoples feeling by telling them something that is not true then it would certainly hurt them more, because all we have to do is tell them in a nicer way. Or if you are between a group of friends and you don´t want to be dishonest you can tell that person later what you really wanted to say and just stay silence.
In consequence of being dishonest you could lose all the trust that the people around you had for you, because you are ruining your own reputation by lying to them, so how do you expect them to believe in you when you are always dishonest with them?.
There is a saying “Honesty is the best policy”, and I think this saying is so right, because by being honest we can feel good with ourselves because we know we´re not doing anything wrong and we don’t have to worry about feeling guilty for lying, because lying in a never ending cycle, when you are dishonest you would have to lie about the lie you said before and so on.
And knowing all this, which is the importance of honesty from adults to society?
Because all the kids have their parents as role models, or their elders or the person they grew up with so

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