Academic Integrity
Shruthivani Velrajan
Mr. Harrison
Pre AP English 10
11 August 2014
Academic Integrity Integrity is to follow high-quality morals when no one is observing. Integrity is a good quality to have because it makes the person more trustworthy and a better person in general. Academic integrity is when one is honest and fair when it comes to studies and to school. An example of academic integrity is when a person does not cheat even when the teacher leaves the room. If the person decides to take out his notes and cheat when the teacher leaves the room, he is displaying academic dishonesty. Why cheat? Maybe the student has many extracurriculars and is unable to find time to study, he feels pressured by his parents and cheats to please them, or he is just too lazy to study and cheats so he can keep his optional status. Students often cheat because they have an underlying incentive, students rarely cheat for sport. In a high school setting students may cheat so they can get good grades and please their parents, others may cheat because they don’t have time to study. In high school, students must do well so they can get in to good colleges so they won’t be left futureless. Because their whole lives depend on their performance n high school, they have an incentive to cheat. The consequences some students face for academic dishonesty in high school is a suspension or in some cases, expulsion. In universities, students are often more stressed than high school students and require more time for test preparation, but because of pressure, they may end up resorting to academic dishonesty in order to pass classes. In Carnegie Mellon’s Why do Students Cheat? article, the author states that the college students are held o high expectations and are socially pressured to get good grades. Other students are involved in volunteer work or have too many classes in their hands and do not have good time management to make time to study for assessments. Hopefully by facing the
Mr. Harrison
Pre AP English 10
11 August 2014
Academic Integrity Integrity is to follow high-quality morals when no one is observing. Integrity is a good quality to have because it makes the person more trustworthy and a better person in general. Academic integrity is when one is honest and fair when it comes to studies and to school. An example of academic integrity is when a person does not cheat even when the teacher leaves the room. If the person decides to take out his notes and cheat when the teacher leaves the room, he is displaying academic dishonesty. Why cheat? Maybe the student has many extracurriculars and is unable to find time to study, he feels pressured by his parents and cheats to please them, or he is just too lazy to study and cheats so he can keep his optional status. Students often cheat because they have an underlying incentive, students rarely cheat for sport. In a high school setting students may cheat so they can get good grades and please their parents, others may cheat because they don’t have time to study. In high school, students must do well so they can get in to good colleges so they won’t be left futureless. Because their whole lives depend on their performance n high school, they have an incentive to cheat. The consequences some students face for academic dishonesty in high school is a suspension or in some cases, expulsion. In universities, students are often more stressed than high school students and require more time for test preparation, but because of pressure, they may end up resorting to academic dishonesty in order to pass classes. In Carnegie Mellon’s Why do Students Cheat? article, the author states that the college students are held o high expectations and are socially pressured to get good grades. Other students are involved in volunteer work or have too many classes in their hands and do not have good time management to make time to study for assessments. Hopefully by facing the