Academic Honesty
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Academic honesty helps students to build these five fundamental values: “honesty, trust, fairness, respect, and responsibility” (Academic Honesty). For example, KAS academic honesty policy says: “Students should always do their own work, they shouldn’t take credits from others when doing group work. Students should be responsible for doing their work,” KAS Academic Honesty Policy. All the KAS students should follow the policy. Being an academically honest student will let you practice these important values and enjoy success in the future.
What is academic dishonesty? We can understand it from UMass Amherst: “There are many people who are cheating, fabricating, plagiarising, and facilitating dishonesty,” UMass Amherst Academic Dishonesty Policy. By being academically dishonest, you may affect the trust between yourself and teachers. The teachers won’t believe in you anymore. This may also affect your own grades. By cheating through school, you won’t learn anything. You learn by doing your own work. It’s hard to understand it if you didn’t do it.
Sometimes students are academically dishonest because of many reasons. Students want good grades, so they can go to good universities. If they don’t have good grades, then they can’t go to the universities that they may want to go to. Another reason is students don’t want to do their assignments. They are too lazy to do it. They don’t want to put in the effort but hope to get a good grade easily. Sometimes students are dishonest because of peer pressure. They have too much pressure on getting good grades. The last reason is students are afraid of their parents and would like to meet parents’ expectations.
The consequences of academic dishonesty can be very serious. Students can be suspended or even expelled from the school. Another consequence can be creating a disciplinary record that may affect future opportunities. It is not worth it to take the risks and gamble with your future and career.
Academic honesty is important because it helps students to develop a positive habit for future employment. Students who cheat or plagiarize risk negative consequences. For example, grade deductions, suspension or expulsion from school. Academic honesty allows us to study in an environment that is fair, honest, trusting, respectful and responsible.
Resources:
“Kaohsiung American School (KAS).” Kaohsiung American School RSS2. Web. 3 Sept. 2015.
“Home | UMass Amherst.” Home | UMass Amherst. Web. 3 Sept. 2015.
“Welcome to the Office of the Dean of Students.” Office of the Dean of Students. Web. 3 Sept. 2015.
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