SOPHOMORES Journal #4: Puritan Public Censure and Today's Honor Codes (due Oct. 22)
"Resolved, never to speak evil of anyone, so that it shall tend to his dishonor, more or less, upon no account except for some real good." Jonathan Edwards
Puritans believed in public censure, publicly and formally naming, condemning, and sometimes banishing sinners and criminals from their communities. So it was perfectly fine "to speak evil of someone" if "some real good" would come from it--like "calling someone out" for being a cattle thief, a cheater, or even a witch. The community would be better off with the sinner identified, punished, and hopefully, rehabilitated.
Even today, some schools, mostly religious universities and service academies (like Brigham Young University and West Point), have honor codes, where the entire school community is in charge of policing virtues like honesty and chastity. What you might call "snitching" might be considered a moral duty to keeping the school community "clean." Success is only valued when it is achieved in an honest way.
Respond to one of these three prompts:
1. Research honor codes to find where they are still present today. Even better might be to find recent news articles where these legacies of Puritanism have been tested (hint: try Google News). Write a synopsis of your research and/or then discuss the pros and cons of honor codes that you have found through research.
2. If you're a man or woman more interested in providing solutions than in researching problems, then, as an alternative assignment, tell me how you think an honor code (one that promotes academic and personal integrity) might (or might not) work at Saint Mark's. Integrity is supposedly one of our core values, so shouldn't we actively promote and foster its presence?
3. Again, like #2, you want to be proactive. Brainstorm and then write your ideas to foster a climate of integrity at Saint Mark's, going beyond the Honor Code idea. Tell the readers at Schoolsville (especially those in the Ukraine) how we can foster integrity in everything that we do--in our clubs, classrooms, sports, performing arts, etc.
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The honor code is an important part of St. Mark's, as it helps to keep students honest about their schoolwork. I think the honor code is also good because it encourages people to be honest outside of school, as well as inside it. Integrity is one of the four core values taught at St. Mark's. Therefore; it is important to make sure people try their best to be truthful. Not cheating on tests and trying to help others be truthful are only some parts of the honor code. Integrity helps St. Mark's students learn to be truthful in all their dealings: whether it's doing their own work or respecting others by not plagiarizing. St. Mark's doesn't go out of its way with an honor code like the Puritans. But, the students try their best to keep themselves and others honest. This is how an honor code should be used to benefit all the people at St Mark's. It is better for it to be used this way, than people "snitching" on others like the Puritans were known to do. I think the honor code works well because it reminds the students to not cheat and of the consequences of not having integrity. It is because of the school's honor code that the teachers are able to trust that the students are being truthful. It is very good that St. Mark's promotes reliable values like integrity, because that trait helps to foster good qualities found in future leaders.
I believe that having an honor code at St. Mark's could either work or not work in this school. Integrity is one of our core values, and, yes, we should promote it, but there a fine line between promoting an academic value such as integrity and taking the rules into our own hands. The students, in this case, have the power to choose right from wrong. The right, of course, would be to own up to whatever they did. If we did not have an honor code, the students who display integrity would own up to their mistakes and receive the proper punishment for them. However, many students would want to get out of receiving whatever punishment that they would get and would not tell the truth. Even with an honor code, some students try to bend the rules and get away with it. Sometimes they are successful, other times, their plan crashes and burns and they receive double the amount of punishment they would have originally taken. So, to have an honor code is to try to force students to take responsibility for their actions and not having an honor code is trusting students to do the right thing that, at times, is not what they would normally want to do. Either way, it all depends on the student. In my opinion, I think an honor code at St. Mark's is the best way for now, but who knows. We may prove our integrity at one point in time, and only then will we in turn be free to display integrity at our own will.
Puritanism states that success is only valued when it is achieved in an honest way. Many Puritan followers believe that it is perfectly fine to "speak evil of someone" if "some real good" would come from it. In order to establish a well disciplined environment where everyone can trust each other, many school communities establish honor codes. People who "snitch" on others are told to make sure that the situation is of enough importance that it needs to be brought to an adult. Harsh and mean comments should never be ignored, however when it comes to your personal benefit of the situation you should thoroughly think through your decision to "tattle." At Saint Mark's high school our core values are faith, excellence, humility, and integrity. In order to create an environment where integrity is central to the student body we must be willing to be honest and hold ourselves to high academic, physical, and social standards. Students should feel comfortable to share their opinions on topics discussed in class with everyone around them, and have the confidence to join clubs and sports. In order to nurture an environment where honest and trustworthy students are present we must first focus on the staff and courses. If a student sees a teacher that models high standards and trustworthiness then the students will see that staff member as a role model, and strive to become more like them. When courses excite the student body, students should feel confident enough to share their interest on the topic without negative opinions. When teachers and courses are interesting and interactive a positive atmosphere takes place. If Saint Mark's is seen as a hard working student body where kindness and compassion is shared, with our fellow classmates, then integrity is immediately associated with our school. It is crucial that we model integrity throughout our school so that everyone feels invited to take part in extra-circular activities. Also, by welcoming students to join clubs and activities they can be the active face of Saint Mark's. As a catholic high school it should be our mission to remain humble and embody integrity.
The honor code is an important thing to have at St. Marks. It helps to keep students honest about their schoolwork, homework, and tests. The honor codes also encourage honesty outside of the classroom. Honor codes work at St. Marks because it tell the student straightforwardly what their punishment is if they don't honor the codes. The student has the choice on whether they want to risk breaking it. The honest thing to do is to own up to your mistake and take the punishment that comes with it. Sadly not every person in the world is honest. Without an honor code some students would want to get out of the punishment they deserve and would rather lie than tell the truth. Even with honor codes their will always be that one guy or girl who will try to bend the rules. Having an honor code is a way to teach students responsibility and integrity that they will need in the near future. In a school without an honor code teachers must believe the students are telling the truth and doing the right thing at all times during the school day. Integrity is a core value at St. Marks. It is a value that you need in your future as an adult. It is a good trait to have as a future worker or leader because it leads to other good qualities and is a good "house" to develop those qualities. Promoting integrity is important because no one in the real world would want to be friends with a dishonest person and no job would want someone known for their dishonesty. By having honor codes and teaching young men and women integrity and responsibility for their actions, you are preparing them for their future as adults with good values and qualities that will help make them who they are.
The honor code is an important thing to have at St. Marks. It helps to keep students honest about their schoolwork, homework, and tests. The honor codes also encourage honesty outside of the classroom. Honor codes work at St. Marks because it tell the student straightforwardly what their punishment is if they don't honor the codes. The student has the choice on whether they want to risk breaking it. The honest thing to do is to own up to your mistake and take the punishment that comes with it. Sadly not every person in the world is honest. Without an honor code some students would want to get out of the punishment they deserve and would rather lie than tell the truth. Even with honor codes their will always be that one guy or girl who will try to bend the rules. Having an honor code is a way to teach students responsibility and integrity that they will need in the near future. In a school without an honor code teachers must believe the students are telling the truth and doing the right thing at all times during the school day. Integrity is a core value at St. Marks. It is a value that you need in your future as an adult. It is a good trait to have as a future worker or leader because it leads to other good qualities and is a good "house" to develop those qualities. Promoting integrity is important because no one in the real world would want to be friends with a dishonest person and no job would want someone known for their dishonesty. By having honor codes and teaching young men and women integrity and responsibility for their actions, you are preparing them for their future as adults with good values and qualities that will help make them who they are.
I believe that an honor code wouldn't work for everybody at St. Mark's. Honor codes are based solely upon your agreement to the written statement. I believe that although some people, like myself, are fine with abiding by honor codes, others may not follow them. Think about it. By signing your name you are agreeing that you will not cheat or use anyone else's work as your own. Some people may not follow that, especially if they think they can get away with it or have before. It is only your signature, and although your signature does represent your agreement, it may not be so symbolic to some people. Those people would not have a problem with signing something but not necessarily following what it says. Some people will do anything to bring up their grade in a class. Honor codes do not stop people from cheating they only make people say they will not cheat. Honor codes are great if you know that everyone is honorable, but in every group of people there will be some less honorable ones, ones that are ok with potentially lying and cheating. I do not believe that honor codes can be solely responsible for keeping students from cheating.
I chose to write about whether or not an honor code would work here at St. Mark's. I believe that the honor code would work, but most certainly not immediately. St. Mark's is not a school that is as intense or strict as other schools like Brigham Young University or West Point. In my opinion, St. Mark's would have to earn the reputation of an elite, disciplinary high school that has an environment where something like an honor code would strive. This would take time. The code would at first be very disliked by the students, since they were basically stabbing their own piers in the backs by following the code. Also, I think that the majority of the students wouldn't follow the code, mainly because it could earn you the reputation of a "tattletale" or "snitch". However like I said before, St. Mark's would eventually filter out all the kids that think that an honor code would not be necessary, and bring in all the students that feel that an honor code would build great character. Overall I believe that an honor code would strive here at St. Mark's in the near future, due to the focus of integrity here, if applied now.
I think, personally, an honor code at our school, St. Mark's, would work very well. An honor code is a system in which people are trusted to follow the rules and act in an honest way- according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary online. There are several reasons why I think this is a great idea. The first reason is, is that everyone can show their own (and not someone else's) level of knowledge. For example, if someone copies someone's answers for homework, they are not gaining the knowledge the teacher is trying to get them to learn. My second reason continues on with the first reason. If you copy off of someone's homework, you are not going to learn the lesson the teacher is trying to explain and therefore, you will not do well on the quiz or test. My last reason is that in some classes we already have an honor code to put on all of our assignments. For example, in Paschal Mystery, we are told to put our honor code on everything. Not only are we signing this code for ourselves, but we also sign it to know how we did on learning the information by ourselves. Also, as I have noticed, in classes in which we have honor codes, my grades are better. As you can see I think honor codes are very useful, effective, and promising!
1. Honor codes are defined as a statement addressing issues such as cheating, stealing, or misrepresentation, made by a school, in which its participants adhere to. In today's society, honor codes are very controversial. In today's news, Harvard University, Dean Khurana began a panel for the school on honor codes within the school. Khurana and other teachers have found that a large amount of cheating takes place during big examples like midterm and finals. They have said that an honor code would actually make cheating more popular. The codes are designed to lead teachers not to try to prevent cheating, which eventually leads to more cheating. The city of Miami is looking to rally support of honor codes within their city government. Many feel it is time to bring a public service honor code in to all levels of Miami-Dade government. As Joseph Centorino puts is, "Anyone whose primary duty is to serve and protect the public cannot perform that duty adequately by remaining a bystander while aware of corrupt practices by a colleague or supervisor.". Both sides make a very valid point of the pros and cons of honor codes. I feel that these codes should be put to use, especially in schools, but I also feel that the person telling the teacher is in a very difficult situation.
1. Honor codes are defined as a statement addressing issues such as cheating, stealing, or misrepresentation, made by a school, in which its participants adhere to. In today's society, honor codes are very controversial. In today's news, Harvard University, Dean Khurana began a panel for the school on honor codes within the school. Khurana and other teachers have found that a large amount of cheating takes place during big examples like midterm and finals. They have said that an honor code would actually make cheating more popular. The codes are designed to lead teachers not to try to prevent cheating, which eventually leads to more cheating. The city of Miami is looking to rally support of honor codes within their city government. Many feel it is time to bring a public service honor code in to all levels of Miami-Dade government. As Joseph Centorino puts is, "Anyone whose primary duty is to serve and protect the public cannot perform that duty adequately by remaining a bystander while aware of corrupt practices by a colleague or supervisor.". Both sides make a very valid point of the pros and cons of honor codes. I feel that these codes should be put to use, especially in schools, but I also feel that the person telling the teacher is in a very difficult situation.
Since integrity is a core value at St. Mark's, having an honor code would not be a bad idea. The honor code would promote students to do their own work. An honor code can benefit the grades of students too because copying down answers is not the same as getting the answers yourself. If the students were to each go and get their own answers, the information will retain longer in the student's mind allowing him or her to possibly do better on tests and quizzes. As good as that might sound, I do not think that it would work. Students get a lot of homework and doing it all can take hours at some times. Nobody wants to be doing work for hours so they will find a get out of it by getting some answers from a generous friend who has already done the work. That's why I don't believe an honor code will work. Another reason would be that it is too hard to enforce. There is not really a way to get concrete evidence that someone got their answers from another person unless a teacher sees them in the action of copying. Because of this, students would exploit that and ignore the honor code anyways. In short, I think that an honor code, if followed, would be extremely beneficial to the students, but when it comes to getting out of work, I simply think that it would fail. An honor code would definitely be the right way to go, because integrity is a core quality, but the enforcing of an honor code would fail, and people would act like it isn't even there.
Since integrity is a core value at St. Mark's, having an honor code would not be a bad idea. The honor code would promote students to do their own work. An honor code can benefit the grades of students too because copying down answers is not the same as getting the answers yourself. If the students were to each go and get their own answers, the information will retain longer in the student's mind allowing him or her to possibly do better on tests and quizzes. As good as that might sound, I do not think that it would work. Students get a lot of homework and doing it all can take hours at some times. Nobody wants to be doing work for hours so they will find a get out of it by getting some answers from a generous friend who has already done the work. That's why I don't believe an honor code will work. Another reason would be that it is too hard to enforce. There is not really a way to get concrete evidence that someone got their answers from another person unless a teacher sees them in the action of copying. Because of this, students would exploit that and ignore the honor code anyways. In short, I think that an honor code, if followed, would be extremely beneficial to the students, but when it comes to getting out of work, I simply think that it would fail. An honor code would definitely be the right way to go, because integrity is a core quality, but the enforcing of an honor code would fail, and people would act like it isn't even there.
St. Marks is a catholic highschool with high morals and standards expected from all students and teachers. If an honor code were to be inducted in to the school, I do think it would work out here, because we are all good kids,and we all know rights from wrongs. We should all know what to do in a classroom. Even if the honor code was disobeyed, we're all at an age where we should start taking responsibilities for our actions. If the honor code were to be inducted I don't see any real change it would make to St. Marks. We are all still going to do what we want to do in life we all have a conscience to know which way to go. In my opinion, I don't necessarily think we need an honor code because we all know how we should be acting at St. Marks. Even if we failed to obey a rule we would still get the same consequences for our actions. We shouldn't really have a code telling us what to do when we already know. Overall, St.marks is full of students who already follow rules and codes written down or not.
An honor code at Saint Mark's would be very controversial. The effects of putting an honor code in place could benefit the school greatly or it could be a complete disaster. The small honor code that is already in place is very beneficial because it really pushes honesty. It forces all students to be completely honest about doing their own work. Also, it helps students to understand the importance of honesty in everything they do. However, if other types of honor codes were put into place, I feel as if many students would agree to it but not actually follow through with it. They would take advantage of the low authority and discipline. If a student were to act against this honor code, they most likely wouldn't be honest about their mistake and would therefore never be punished. The positive effect of an honor code would be the fact that it would teach responsibility for one's actions. All students would learn that doing the right thing an making good decisions, especially in their academics, would help them. The honor code establishes the virtue of integrity throughout the school. Overall, the honor code could have many effects on the school and the results may vary depending on how strict they are
Puritanism was a religious reform movement that arose within the Church of England. Puritans believed that the English Reformation had not gone far enough in reforming the doctrines and structure of the church. They believed in public censure, so they often "spoke evil of someone" because they though something good would come to them if they did. Many school communities have honor codes that help establish a safe and welcoming environment. I believe that if St. Mark's had an honor code it could be a very productive idea but also it might cause much disagreement. An honor code is meant to benefit all that live up to it. An honor code at St. Mark's would be one that promotes academic and personal integrity to live up to the four core values: faith, excellence, humility, and integrity. Those main values show the students that the school is based off great structure and honor. It would help them follow the honor code and become one as a student body. There could also be some issues from people not owning up to their own problems and just ignoring them. Honor codes would make the students realize that their behavior and attitude is very important. All in all, honor codes are meant to help people understand right from wrong and to build up their character in a positive way.
An honor code is a statement addressing issues like cheating, stealing, and misrepresentation. They are made by schools and institutions, and the codes are self-regulating because students are expected to turn in violators. Throughout history, this Puritan idea has proved to be successful. However, in the recent news, "honor codes are likely, if anything, to increase cheating," according to Steven D. Levitt, an economics professor at the University of Chicago. At schools like Harvard, academic integrity has become an increasingly large problem. A study was conducted there to test the success of random seating during exams. At least ten percent of the 242 students cheated on the midterm that was taken, but as random seating is arranged, "almost all evidence of cheating disappears." However, this study's results may or may not have actual merit in the classroom. Following the 2012 cheating scandal, an honor code was introduced at Harvard, in hopes that it will decrease the numbers of cheaters at the university. Still, some professors don't think it will help, and, according to Levitt, it will only increase the tendency for students to cheat. Therefore, a new question is raised. Are honor codes as effective as they are supposed to be? It remains unknown at Harvard, but many administrators still hold on to this Puritan honor code idea as the foundation for academic integrity across the nation.
http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2015/10/21/levitt-study-cheating-exam/
St. Mark's High School is a fantastic school that offers an incredible diversity of clubs and activities, an outstanding student body, and intensive academics. Through all of these things, however, St. Mark's also gears its purpose to strengthening the moral values of the young men and women that show up and work hard every single day. St. Mark's has four core values which are faith, excellence, humility, and integrity. The value of integrity has many meanings and can coincide with the ideas of an honor code. An honor code is a way to promote strong moral values and encourage people to do the right thing. Being a catholic school, I believe that our school does this even without a set honor code. Whether an honor code would work at our school isn't the right question, because the basis and foundation of our school is made on an honor code. However, I believe that showing the benefits to an honor code and the good things that come along with doing the right thing is enough encouragement to always fulfill the duties of being an honest student and leader. I don't think our school needs an honor code to get more people to do the right thing because, in my eyes, that is a bit pointless. An honor code and the will to do the right thing should be based on the person's moral intentions, not their denial of getting caught. Although the ideas of an honor code are what St. Mark's stands for, the enforcement and the creation of one takes away from the original values that we, as a whole, attempt to fulfill every single day.
Honor codes are a set of rules that govern a community based on ideals that constitute honorable behavior. The puritans often used honor codes in their society to identify and extract, or reform sinners. In today's world honor codes are used less often or sparingly. One place where honor codes are still in use is at Harvard University. Some professors of the university place there trust in their students to test honestly and honorably. It is believed that it is easier to trust a smaller class to follow the honor codes. Smaller classes tend to have a more intimate connection with the professor causing them to feel morally obligated to follow the rules. Larger lecture hall students usually have no personal relationship with the professor therefore making it easier for the students to cheat without guilt. The pros of honor codes are a trustworthy environment, a more honest student body, and a level of respect for rules and regulations. A con of honor codes is that they are not always successful. Honor codes can be unsuccessful because their is no supervision and it is up to the student or citizen to make the right and just choice.
Integrity is one of the many characteristics a person should strive to have and keep constant their entire life. Honor codes are like a basis of telling the truth, not cheating or lying. Doing everything in a good moral state and not cheating and lying to get ahead, or even a better grade. At St. Mark's High School, there are many people who are naturally intelligent and achieve their wonderful grades with ease, there are others who earn their grades with lots of hard work to understand the material, and there are others who cheat to get their good grades. There are many different ways how one could ignore the honor codes, cheat, and get away with it. A few examples are lanyards, iPads, and the wandering eye. The wandering eye is probably the most noticeable or least discreet because during testing, teachers look for it. Another way of cheating is by placing a slip of paper in the lanyards worn around the neck as a small cheat sheet. The lanyards are supposed to be a way of identification, not a way to get a higher grade on a test or quiz. And finally the iPad, can be a huge educational advancement tool but if used immorally it give another easy A. These iPads are supposed to be learning tools that help us further understand our classes in which we are enrolled. But with one easy search on the internet, you can have the answer in seconds. But everything we do is based on honor codes and if we lied or cheated to get where we are today. And we all have to make the decision at one point or another if we want to compromise our morals just to get a better grade or job later in life. It's your choice if you want to hate yourself at the end of the day and wake up one day and ask yourself why you did all those things you did. It is a slippery slope once you go against the honor codes, after lying once it gets easier to lie over and over again. Your morals are your choice, and it is your choice if you want to compromise them.
Meaghan Kane
Honors American Literature
Green
21 October 2015
Blog #4
I choose the second prompt because I prefer to create a solution rather than do research. An honor code at Saint Mark's that promotes personal and academic integrity would be very successful. Since integrity is one of our core values and most of the students already apply it to their every day lives, it would not be difficult to agree to an honor code. Saint Mark's teaches their students to apply integrity to every sport, club, and in-school and outside school event. Due to this, I feel as if we have a student body that respects themselves and others enough to agree to an honor code like this. Some students may not fully abide by it at first because they are not used to it. Students in the future will most likely come to Saint Mark's because of the honor code of integrity. Many parents and students would respect Saint Mark's for the honor code and want themselves or their child to attend and feel the sense of honor and love in our community. I think having an honor code that promotes integrity would be a great way to show that the Saint Mark's community is all about mutual amongst ourselves and others.
Today there are many honor codes throughout the country and most notably at schools and universities all around the country. These honor codes ask the students to be truthful in their work and they way they act. However, these codes don't always work. Earlier this year there was a major case of violations in the honor code at Stanford. After students returned from spring break, there were many investigations of students who potentially violated the university's honor code. These students were facing up to a one quarter suspension and 40 hours of community service for this violation. These students were accused of plagiarism and collaboration that was not allowed. Over 20 percent of this class was facing this accusation. The pros of this honor code is it makes the student or person taking the code think twice before doing someone bad. It can save some people from being accused of plagiarism. Also there can be cons. Some of these cons would be that it puts Students in the position to lie. I think there are more pros than cons though when it comes to the honor system. It also shows who has integrity and can push through the temptation of cheating.
I think that an honor code would not work at St. Mark's because I feel that students are too scared to actually call someone out on what they might be doing wrong. When someone does something that is against he rules I feel like if you tell on them then they end up mad at you and turn the whole grade against you. Another reason I feel that the honor code won't work is that students won't follow it and if they are supposed to be taking a test and a teacher leaves the room for a couple of seconds then they will all give answers and not follow the rules anyway because they can't get caught by the teacher. Even though school does have the core value of integrity I feel that we are still high school students and popularity and being considered cool is more important to many of the students. Although they may feel guilty after cheating themselves, giving away an answer to another student, or even not telling an adult about a situation they still won't stick to an honor code because they are afraid of the consequences that they may receive or the blame that they may get by that student. I think that if you educate the student body about how it is wrong to cheat and then maybe give them a way to anonymously report it, then there may be more cases reported. However, you can't make it mandatory or people won't take it seriously. In conclusion, I feel that an honor code at Saint Mark's just isn't logical.
I chose to do the first prompt and in my research I found a New York Times article about honor code. There are over 100 or so colleges that still have honor codes. However not all students follow their schools honor code, and the main reason for this is pressure from their peers. In 2010 a survey at Stanford 45 percent of the undergraduates said they would not report cheating. At Princeton only 4 out of 85 students who witnessed cheating reported it. I understand not wanting to turn in your friends but it is not right to disobey your schools honor code, and I feel more schools should have honor codes.
I believe incorporating an honor code at St. Marks will benefit most of the academic scholars at our school both spiritually and morally. Having a honor code will help students be honest and well-mannered. St. Marks core values are humility, integrity, faith, and excellence and I think that we should promote these values even more. A honor code will help the students at St. Marks stop cheating on test and make people start to study. These honor codes will increase students' knowledge and academics by making them not to rely on cheating to get through school. The honor codes will help the students be more truthful to themselves and others. The incorporation of these honor codes will also help the students at St. Marks to have a close and intimate relationship with God just like Jesus wanted. The purpose of theses honor codes is to help people be better people not just inside the school but outside the school. The honor codes should be reflexed on and modeled always where ever you are. I believe that St. Marks should have honor codes because it will truly benefit people now and later on in life when they leave St. Marks.
At Saint Mark's I feel that an honor code would be important. If we had an honor code it should involve academics and integrity because both things are pushed the most throughout the school and our mission statement includes it. Having an honor code would only work if the students, staff and parents displayed it to everyone involved and not involved at Saint Mark's. Most importantly, the students as a community would have to show everyone what we're all about and be the biggest influence. The honor code should definitely say something about integrity because at least once everyday someone, for example a teacher, at St. Mark's talks about integrity and the importance of it at this school. I feel like academics and excellence is close to our number one priority at Saint Mark's because we are always told to do our best and we are learning to the best of our ability. If we had an honor code I think that there would always be that one person that decides not to present what that means to the St. Mark's community. St. Mark's having an honor code that is about integrity and academics would be a great improvement for our school community.
Honor codes are a system that addresses any wrongdoing a student may do. These are actually used in the later times, but many places are still using them. Honor codes are usually used by schools or any other institution to correct how students may act. They try to make the students follow the rules and honor their classmates. These codes are used in some colleges and schools such as Caltec, Loyola University, and many others. The pros of these codes is that the area of the enforced code is free of any cheating or unfair advantage upon other students. There is also a sense of trust upon others. Some cons of honor codes are that they are not a real representation of the real world, not everyone will get caught for violating the code, and it will not necessarily raise up honest individuals who uphold the honor code.
The honor code is a statement that addresses issues such as cheating and stealing. Under an honor code, students are forced to turn in other students that have violated the code. An honor code at St. Mark's would be a tricky, though it is true that integrity is one of our four core values. An honor code would definitely have some pros such as giving the students a sense of responsibility. Giving them the choice to pick between right and wrong would also make them feel much more trusted. These choices would prepare us for similar decisions we must make in the real world. Despite the benefits of an honor code, their are also some problems. Their will be people who take the code for granted. Students could be afraid of being called "snitch" so they lie. Students could also be afraid of getting their friends into trouble, so they take advantage of the code. Their could also be students who take the code too literally in which confrontations and disputes could occur. An honor code at St. Mark's would teach students the importance of honesty and responsibility, but the students who tend to take advantage of the rules would ruin the purpose of an honor code. An honor code at St. Mark's would not be beneficial
Many teachers, schools, and sports teams have established their own personal honor codes. To establish an honor code that all the students were to follow at Saint Marks would not be an easy task. Establishing an honor code is hard because many students think that if they report another fellow student people will start to not trust them. They would stop telling them things or not let them be involved in an risky behaviors in fear of them being told on. This is why I do not think an honor code at Saint Marks would work. Even a student with good morals and good intentions would not want to report another student in fear of being hated or rejected by others. A way to fix this is to promise a nondisclosure agreement. If you promise students that their name or any personal details will not be shared then you may have a different situation on your hands. I say "personal details", because the student who is being reported most likely already has ideas of who is reporting them, and releasing any kind of detail about the person would possibly give the reported student hints. So yes, I think having an honor code is a good idea, but I do not think that it would work in our school. People my age are just to worried about their peers turning against them to turn their fellow students in to authorities.
I think an honor code, even though it would supposedly promote academic and personal integrity definitely would not work at Saint Mark's. I think that a high school should promote the responsibility of its students, and let them learn their own lessons from their own consequences. If this honor code was tried to put into action, the result would not be good. People would get mad at each other and fight because of everyone turning others in. Friendships might be ruined, and school would be a lot more stressful from the pressure from faculty to report the wrongs you see and the choice of turning your friend in or being loyal to them. High school, to me, is not just about learning academically, but also about about real-world responsibilities and how to handle them. The honor code might have a little effect, but high school is high school. It wouldn't be right to make high school all about turning people in, teaching students that that is always the way to handle things. Yes, integrity is one of our core values, but the honor code is NOT an effective way to maintain integrity throughout the school.
I do not believe that if we instituted an honor it would be followed. One of the main problems being that we are practically raised to be deceitful not only when it's necessary, but even when it's not. For example, from the first day we touch a computer we are told, "Don't ever reveal your personal information online" by our cranky old librarians who just so happen to have the computer lab in the library. What did that teach us? Don't trust anyone? No, it simply taught us how to lie but convincingly enough that people will believe you when you do give a fake information. Not only do we lie in our alternative machine lives, we lie in real life to bring ourselves up,
"Are you talking to anyone?"
"Yeah, actually, but he's from my old school so you wouldn't know him."
"What class are you supposed to be in?"
"Why are you accusing me of skipping!? I'm supposed to be in free!"
"Did you actually do your homework?"
"Yes, I just did it home room and submitted it then."
If the administration at St. Marks decided to check the academic integrity of the students there, they would either have to bring in a lie detector, or give out an anonymous survey. One of which would produce slow results, and the other just a rough set of numbers. No, I do not think that an honor code would work at all, even if we enforced it. Electronics are notoriously hard to monitor by non-hackers and since we all have iPads, I don't think most of our shady homework dealings would be known. Few people come into high school with integrity, and even fewer come out with it. We're taught that our future is founded by our grades in high school, so wouldn't you do everything you could to ensure yourself a safe future?
2. I think that an honor code at St. Mark’s would work out and be good for the school. With integrity as one of our four core values, I am surprised that we do not have an honor code already. Integrity means to be honest and have strong morals. With an honor code, students won’t be ashamed of snitching on a kid who is cheating, and hopefully there will be no cheating in the first place. I think that an honor code would be great for St. Mark’s because it would promote anti-cheating, and the students will have to think twice if they decide to cheat. Also, it would make St. Mark’s feel more like a home because you can trust that no one will steal anything from the locker room or if you left your iPad in a class, you wouldn’t have to worry about it being taken. It would make our “This is Home,” motto more realistic because you could trust people at school just like you trust your family members in your actual home. An honor code is a great thing to have and I think it would help keep our school “clean” and help us live out one of our own core values.
I believe that an honor code would be beneficiary to the Saint Mark's High School community. It seems as though it would be good to have an honor code as it would actively remind students of Saint Mark's core values. If the student body is actively reminded of the core values, I believe that they will think them over more often and, as a result, have an easier time improving their following of them. Although, I do believe that if an honor code was instated, it would take a few years for the whole of the student body to take it seriously. I believe that the classes the honor code would be introduced to would not hold it with utmost respect, but as new classes would come in, I feel that they would see it as truly a part of the school and hold it as a part of themselves. I feel that the honor code would become part of Saint Mark's pride and enhance the a communal sense of wellbeing from that. An honor code could also help people think about and understand the consequences of breaking its values. Hopefully, being reminded of the consequences of negative actions, students would work at improving their decisions. All in all, I do believe an honor code would be helpful to the Spartan community.
Honor codes are used in some schools throughout the United States. Honor codes are a set of principles that schools have so that their students will promise to act with integrity. Usually students sign the honor code saying that they will not cheat or lie. Some colleges still use these codes. The University of Virginia, Norte Dame of Maryland University, Vanderbilt, and Stanford all use honor codes. There are positive and negative reasons for having an honor code. It is good to have honor codes because there is a better chance that some students won't cheat or lie. If they know that they signed something promising they would do the right thing, then there might be less of a chance of them cheating. Honor codes can also be bad. Some schools take the honor codes too far. Sometimes innocent students get in trouble because they asked another student for help, or their answer happened to be similar to another person's answers. For example, a student at Stanford University was accused of breaking the honor code. He helped one of his classmates with an assignment because they were at a hospital visit. They ended up having very similar answers and were punished. Some of the punishments for breaking honor codes are very severe. Sometimes students fail the assignment, but in other cases they can be suspended for a semester. Honor codes can be helpful in some schools, but they also can be very harmful to innocent students.
An honor code at St. Mark's is a very important thing to have and maintain. An honor code helps keep students honest and hardworking. Our honor code doesn't just stay within the school, it travels with us beyond the walls. It encourages us to be honest with everything that we do. Whether it is with an essay, test, homework, friends, or family. St. Mark's honor code promotes academic and personal integrity as well. Integrity is the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles. Puritans were known to publicly embarrass, shame, and sometimes banish sinners and criminals from their communities. I believe that by having an honor code at St. Mark's help maintain our school's integrity by continually reminding the students to be honest about everything that they do. Students should know right from wrong, as most of them do. Students should have the power to choose right from wrong in many cases. Without an honor code, I believe that many students would occasionally, unfortunately, choose wrong rather than right. The honor code promotes the students to choose the right path and to follow the road to honesty and integrity. This allows the teachers to be able to trust their students more. Integrity is a value found in many wise men and world known leaders. With St. Mark's honor code, we will grow into a path that embodies integrity.
At St. Mark's we have four pillars that we are suppose to respect and uphold. One of those pillars is integrity. As a St. Mark's student we inspire to model Christ and do what is right in all circumstances. Be honest, responsible, and a trustworthy person. Incorporate strong moral beliefs into all aspects of his/her life. And finally practice open, honest, and constructive communication. These are all important to achieve a healthy experience in any high school. Here at St. Mark's we have a fantastic student body, guided by an an amazing faculty. But, like any school, a handful students could try to bend the rules. It is important to do your own work and to not enable any cheating. This only damages the cheating student's education. Also it is important to uphold integrity and humility and if caught to confess and take the rightful punishment. As a school we should foster the value of integrity through our daily life. We should also promote our honor code which says, we promise to do our own work to the best of our ability. Honor codes also incorporate our three other core values at St. Mark's. We should show humility if we get in trouble and admit to our mistakes. We should promote faith in our life by fallowing Christ's image and trying to do what is right. And we should strive for excellence by doing every task to the best of our ability.
2. If St. Marks had an honor, it could both ways. It may work for the most part, but it just might not work. Our school has a community feel about, and if we had an honor code, wouldn't that change. An honor code is defined as a statement addressing issues such as cheating, stealing, and misrepresentation, made by a school or other institution in which its participants pledge to adhere to. So say if St. Marks had an honor code, that whole family feel about how everyone always has your back just might go down the drain and our core values could go away. These values embody who a Spartan is, and without them who knows what we would be. St. Marks is a family, and if we had an honor code, that family could be ripped apart by everyone losing that comforting and loving feeling we have loved so dearly. I believe that St. Marks does not need an honor code because we have something better. Our core values are what the community feel originates from. For this very reason we should actively promote and foster its presence. I think that if St. Marks had an honor code, it would have a completely different dynamic and feel about it.
At Saint Marks High School four terms are enforced in everything we do. Faith, Excellence, Humility, and Integrity. One of these especially stands out among the four, which is integrity. Integrity is a way of life and our school is full of people with integrity. We promote it through our academics, sports, clubs, classrooms, preforming arts, ect. In academics/classroom we maintain integrity by keeping our eyes on our own papers, turning in homework on time, and being truthful. In our sports, we show integrity by playing to our fullest ability, trying our best, never quitting, having good sportsmanship, and always playing a fair game. In our clubs we keep integrity by never messing with votes or ideas to jeopardize another. Lastly, in our preforming arts we never cheat or lie and we own up to our mistakes. Combining all these different occasions, Saint Marks illustrates the definition of integrity through every aspect that the school offers. We all strive to our best abilities and reach for the stars. Our environment is full of honest, hardworking individuals with good hearts and good intentions
Integrity is being honest and having high moral standards. Some teachers have students show their potential academic and personal integrity by having them write and/or sign an honor code. I think that using an honor code at Saint Mark's could work or maybe not work. It can go either way because even though a student here may have high moral standards, cheating is always something that seems so easy to do. But, signing the honor code makes you think twice about cheating because integrity is at the back of your mind. Some teachers at Saint Mark's use honor codes. Since integrity is one of our school's core values, I feel that more teachers should use honor codes even though students know not to cheat or use someone else's work. Having an honor code work really just depends on the student. Some people don't take cheating as lightly as others, so in that case it would work. For the students that don't care if people cheat off of them or always use other people's homework, then the honor code is almost pointless. I think that the students at Saint Mark's overall are honest and will prove their integrity by following through with the honor code.
An academic honor code is a set of rules or ethical principles governing an academic community based on ideals that define what constitutes honorable behavior within that community. On Wednesday, students and faculty discussed communication over the honor code at Harvard University. The discussion was entitled, "What does it mean to teach? What does it mean to learn?" One faculty membered admitted that she and her fellow colleagues felt that their research was is more important the their actual teaching, and students are welcome to ask to work as research assistants if they have a passion for that class. Harvard's first honor code was implemented this fall. It has been started three years after the Government 1310 cheating scandal that resulted in seventy students temporarily withdrawing from school. There is a student-faculty honor code in addition to the undergraduate's honor code that requires students to "produce academic work of integrity." Honors codes provide an academic and moral structure for students to follow, but it also opens up an opportunity for students to taint the honor code and school's name. Another con of honor codes is that they implement in students' minds that there is an easy way to do something if you're careful enough not to get caught.
"Midshipmen are persons of integrity: They stand for that which is right.They tell the truth and ensure that the full truth is known. They do not lie. They embrace fairness in all actions. They ensure that work submitted as their own is their own, and that assistance received from any source is authorized and properly documented. They do not cheat.They respect the property of others and ensure that others are able to benefit from the use of their own property. They do not steal." The United States Naval Academy is one of the most, if not the most prestigious military academy in the United States. The Midshipmen abide by an Honor Code that they take very seriously. Because Navy is a military school it has strict policies that encourage the Midshipmen to be honest and trustworthy. Navy trains its students to be honest and law abiding because when they graduate, they will become part of the armed forces. They are being trained to protect America, a position of the utmost honor. The reason why Navy has the honor code is to prepare Midshipmen for what they will face in their field, whether it is combat, intelligence, politics etc. The honor code at the Naval Academy doesn't just apply to the Midshipmen while they attend Navy, they apply it to their every day lives from the time they graduate to the time they die.
I believe that an honor code would be great at St. Marks for a few reasons. One reason is that honor codes decrease the amount of cheating that is going on in the school. There are not many cheaters in our school anyway but having an honor code will pretty much out an end to that. Most students will not think about cheating anymore because there is a larger risk for cheating. If you cheat when there is an honor code in place, then, in most situations, you have to meet with the academic board to decide your final consequences. It depends on how big the test is but most times when you break the honor code, you are more than likely going to be kicked out. Another positive effect of having an honor code at St. Marks is that the student body will feel more comfortable towards their peers if there is an honor code that ensures their safety and wellbeing. Students along with their possessions are protected by the honor code. So if someone were to lose something but they believe that it has been stolen, then the school would probably do a vigorous search to make sure that no one was stealing. This would only happen if the object was worth searching for. For example, a stolen iPad would not be taken lightly. Overall, an honor code at St. Mark's would fix a lot of issues and prevent other problems from happening
Honor codes have both positive and negative aspects. Honor codes and honor systems are sets of principles based on one's behavior and what's deemed honorable. Many colleges still use honor codes. The large issue with a school honor code is that the definition of what's right and what's wrong may very well differ between several different people. Many students that attend their school under an honor code will follow it, which causes little trouble. A problem with just having an honor code to abide by, is that those who choose not to follow it have lots of room to lie. In addition, the average code-abiding student will attempt to follow the code, but sometimes exceptions need to be made. If a student is in need of help with a lesson, but doesn't want to ask a teacher for assistance, the code dictates that they cannot get help from another student, as that would be considered cheating. While that may be justified, sometimes the problem is mere misinterpretation. What some students may consider plainly helping one another, a teacher might regard as cheating and against the code. Students might be penalized for doing what they honestly believed to be acceptable. Honor codes can either be beneficial or detrimental, it all comes down to the interpretation and enforcement of such codes.
I do believe that in some ways honor codes will and can work. However, I do not believe that it would work at Saint Mark's. St. Marks is a tight-nit community of friends. We are like one big family who look after each other and protect each other. I feel that this community would take that to the extreme. Although some students would abide by the honor code and truly take on its responsibilities, others would not. No one would want to be the one to "snitch" on their friends.However it is a good idea and is known to work in many communities I am unsure whether it would work at St. Marks. I however do think that Saint Marks should try to have an honor code. At some schools, like William and Mary in Virginia, an honor code is a major part of the induction process. My friend attends mary, and she tells me how safe and comfortable she feels in leaving her laptop on a table in the library while she is elsewhere. She is never afraid that anyone would steal the laptop because the honor code is followed there. This is a wonderful environment to further an education, and I think it is worth a try no matter how it mount pan out in the end. The school could use there current punishments to make this happen. An assembly could take place where all new and returning students would swear by the honor code. Although it might not work, I believe that Saint Mark's should try it.
I think an honor code system would either work really well or really poorly. I think it could work very well because it would teach kids in the classroom how to be honest with their schoolwork. I think integrity is a very important value to have in your life because it means you are willing to do the right thing. If St. Mark's teachers provided an honor code, I'm not too sure that everyone would take it seriously. Some kids might still cheat on tests and quizzes to get a good grade. Academic dishonesty is becoming a problem in schools. Students believe that it is okay to copy off of another person's work in order to get a good grade. I think that since integrity is one of St. Mark's core values, that we should actively promote an honor code system. Even though some students might not follow the honor code, we should still motivate them to do the right thing in school and to be honest about their work.
The honor code is a set of rules and ethical principles that defines honorable behavior within a community. One of the most important settings in which the honor code is used is in court. When a person is on trial and a witness is called to the stand, the witness gives a oath to tell the truth and nothing but the truth. The witness is thereby agreeing to be completely honest and tell the truths about the event. This is an example of the honor code being used in society. The honor code helps to see and value a persons character. The pros of having a honor code is that it puts a pressure on a person to tell the truth and do the morally correct thing. Another pro to a honor code is that it can hold others accountable if some one is to see another person breaking the honor code. The cons to having a honor code is that there are many people who wouldn't follow the code. Some people who don't have as good morals and values may not care if they cheat or lie. It's up to the individual if they want to follow a honor code. The honor code overall can be very beneficial, as long as the people using the code are honorable.
The honor code is a statement addressing issues such as cheating, stealing, and misrepresentation, made by a school or other institution in which its participants pledge to adhere to. Honor codes are self-regulating because under an honor code, students are required to turn in other students in violation of the code. Many colleges still have honor codes in their systems today. In most cases, honor codes usually include cheating, plagiarism, fabrication, multiple submissions, misrepresentation, and unfair advantages. For example, the college of William and Mary in Virginia has their own honor code. Each year, the incoming student’s pledge the honor code of the school that prohibits them from lying, cheating, and stealing. The pros of having an honor code is that you all keep the same promises. You all watch out for each, which makes you less likely to break the code. Another pro is that everyone is treated equally and are expected of the same things. On the other hand, the cons of having an honor code are things like how you are being watched more carefully, knowing someone may tell on you. Another con is how you cannot have any unfair advantages. Between both sides, I think an honor code is a good idea for a school to have because it lets the students know what is going on if they cheat and get caught. It is also good because it expects more out of all the students in and kind of reminds them that it is wrong to go against the code.
Many schools within the USA use a system which persons are trusted to abide by the regulations without supervision or surveillance. This system is called the honor code. The honor code has been used since the start of it in 1840's in mainly colleges but some high-schools. A couple notable colleges that use this questionable system are, West Point University, Duke university, Stanford university, University of Maryland and Texas A&M university. Many people are starting to question this system in which it trusts its students 100% and believes they have enough integrity to not cheat. People are starting to ask themselves, does this system really work? There is no correct answer as there is many pros and cons to the honor code. Recently, there was a scandal at University of Central Florida which involved two-hundred students caught cheating. However, a study was done in 2000 that proved that campuses that use the code with their students, have a better overall grades then campuses that don't use the system. Another con to the honor code is simply the temptation to cheat. It's known that kids cheat in high-school so sometimes kids have a hard time adapting to the honor code as they are used to cheating on everything. Some kids have a hard time resisting the temptation of cheating when you can easily get away with it. However, if found guilty of cheating or breaking the honor code, the college will immediately expel the student. Another pro to the honor code is that once a student graduates from college that uses this particular system, they have more integrity and higher moral standards then kids coming from a "regular" college. Students have also been found to be more trustworthy that faithfully practice the code. There has been no study done that gives a definite answer to whether the honor code is beneficial or not. I believe that the honor code is a very good idea and teaches many life lessons after you graduate from college/high-school!
Although having an honor code at Saint Marks might work, I personally don't think an honor code would be to effective. At Saint Marks one of our core values is integrity. Even though everyone should practice integrity, there isn't a distinct way of knowing who doesn't. Without an honor code there is more room for error. Without honor codes, high school students are able to receive consequences and hopefully learn from their mistake. By having integrity as a core value, it helps remind students that we should try and follow it. Honor codes are more strict in providing consequences for your actions. Even though consequences are needed when a rule is not followed, honor codes make the punishment worse. By not having an honor code, when a student doesn't follow the set rules, they are able to receive a punishment and learn what they did wrong. After they are done with the punishment given, the student is able to continue knowing that even though there isn't an honor code set to be followed, there are still rules and regulations that have to be followed otherwise punishment will be given. As a result i believe that it is better to have core values to follow than to have a set honor code.
2. If an honor code was put into place at Saint Mark's I'm not sure that it would work. I say this because I fell there would be more cons to it then there would be pros. Say someone were to cheat on a test and another student told the teacher then one because we all high school students and we talk about everything that happens inside and outside school someone would find out who told the teacher and that would more than likely cause confrontation between the student who cheated and the student who told. I do think cheating is completely wrong, but I also feel that telling on the student is more snitching and its not really another students business to be paying attention what someone else is doing during a test. I think the honor code should be used more for more serious matters like if someone is being bullied or if they are harming themselves or another in some way.
Honor codes are still in action today in schools such as Harvard, Dartmouth, Princeton, and Vanderbilt. Princeton's Honor Code is student run and has been in tact for over one hundred years. Vanderbilt's code has also been in tact since it's founding. At Harvard, cheating is big problem. One idea that they came up with to put the cheating to a minimum was to seat the students randomly. In one study, 10% of the class cheated when they were allowed to sit with their friends, but when the seats were randomly assigned, cheating almost disappeared. But, while honor codes many times put cheating to a halt, they also made it more prevalent. One professor was afraid that honor codes would only increase cheating. He stated that honor codes make teachers become less aware of cheating, which makes students cheat more. Some pros of the honor code are that many people will abide to the rules, be honest, and never cheat. But, the cons are that many people will still break the code and cheat. The students are honest, but they don't expect any one else to be, therefore making it easier to break the code. The student has to weigh the costs and benefits of cheating and decide if they want to ace their test or get suspended, or worse, expelled. There can be a good cycle and a bad cycle of honor codes. A good cycle would be that the students don't cheat, and if someone does the student the their teacher know. A bad cycle would be that the students cheat and no one tells the teacher.
Would an honor code work at St marks? I personally think that in the higher phases like 4 and 5 an honor code would work. The reason for that is these phases have hard workers that take pride in their work and would rather fail then use someone else's work. But phase 2 would be another story. Some people in phase 2 are just trying to get by. This means they will do anything to pass. By anything I mean cheat. I've heard of people cheating all the time in phase 2. You might be asking what about phase 3? Well phase 3 is a mixture between some honors students and college prep students. Some people like myself take pride in their work and use only their own work. But there are the students that are smart but don't care about school or grades that will cheat just to pass. Thats why phase 3 is a toss up and could go either way. But I feel if the honor code was integrated earlier people would follow it. If the honor code were to be integrated right now it would not be effective in the lower phases but would be able to be used in the higher phases.
An honor code sets the guidelines for good behavior and provides students and teachers alike with a model for what is right. Schools across the nation have honor codes that help to instill the morals and values of a good student. Here at St. Marks, one of our core values that we promote is integrity. We pride ourselves on our great student body and how much they embody the four pillars of St. Marks. Yet, having a basis of how to act would still be beneficial to all who attend. It would foster the presence of an already successful virtue. It may even open the eyes of someone who may not have the same morals instilled in them. It would provide a constant reminder of how to act both inside and outside of the walls of this school. Breaking the honor code at St. Marks would not be tolerated in hopes that any violators would understand that acting in the way they did is not acceptable and will have major consequences in the real world
I believe that having an honor code at St. Mark's could help honest work or it could even hurt it. All students have the power to choose to honestly do their own work, or to cheat. This is the temptation all students can have when test taking. The right thing to do is obviously make honest, original work, but some students may believe that copying or cheating is the way to go. These students will not learn the material as well a the students who actually do their work, which is another reason to not cheat and have an honor code to promote this type of work. However, student may get away with cheating, but if there is an honor code, then the repercussions would be worse if they are caught because they have promised not to cheat. So, an honor code would be great in this situation because the student may not want to cheat after getting in big trouble for cheating. In my opinion, I think an honor code at St. Mark's is a great way to promote integrity, but not all students may follow this. I think it is a very simple means of keeping students honest to their work and keeping them from doing things they shouldn't, like cheating.
think that having an honor code at Saint Marks is very important. It is an example of the way every student should act and model to people in our community. Integrity being one of the four main strong pillars of our school we should be able to trust everyone in the school. The sad thing is that we can't. Even though we all say that we agree to being honest, actions speak louder than words. There has been times where people will say one thing and do another. Like we talked about in class, I personally wouldn't feel comfortable leaving my backpack in the hall with all my personal belongings in it where anyone could take it. That doesnt mean that the people in our school are bad but just that you never know what could happen. People do before thinking and who knows what they could do. I think that drilling integrity in our heads all these years is helping, i trust most people in our school community but proven things in the past always affect future actions. I think that having our honor code does help a lot. It gives us rules to live by while in the school building and in the real world too.
I think that here at St. Mark's an honor code would work well. Even without rules and guidelines about honor codes, I have classes where I must sign and write the honor code on every document. If we were to have an honor code system, students relluctancy to act or behave innapropriately in school would grow. You wouldn't find as many students misttreating others, cheating, or behaving the way they want to. I think that it would make our integrity increase and the excellence that us students acheive here will be greater. My older sister, Kelly, is a senior at Wilmington Friends. I was planning on attending high school there instead of St. Mark's and one big thing that changed my mind was the values of St. Mark's. I feel that we should fully live these values to show how important they really are.
If there was a honor code for St. Marks, I feel like there would be pros and cons. Some pros would be the trust built and the honesty. However I think there will be more cons. The cons would be snitching, confrontation, gossip, and a lot of drama. If someone told on someone else for cheating, everyone would find out who it was. It would just start a lot of conflict and stress people out. High school students cheat all the time anyway, so it wouldn't change anything. High school students talk about everything so it doesn't matter if it's a test or not. I feel like the person who told the teacher would be bullied for it, or confronted. I also feel the snitch would be in risk of physical or emotional harm. I think honor codes for college would be a good idea however. College students are learning their major so they take their classes more seriously. When you leave high school, you realize how serious your grades or school work is. Some colleges have a honor code, such as University of North Carolina, University of Virginia, Meredith College, Notre Dame of Maryland University, and many more.
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Throughout the country there are still many places that have honor codes. Universities such as Caltech and Princeton still use honor codes today. Upon researching this topic, the article I discovered had a lot of valuable info about wether not honor codes work. According to the info honor codes did work out very well at Princeton and Caltech. Students at Caltech are allowed to schedule the time, date, and place for there own exams. Even the exams which were closed book and had time limits were allowed to be scheduled by the student because they are trusted to follow the honor code. However the article does bring up a flaw in the honor code. If students lose their trust in the fairness of the system, than an honor code will fail. This could happen due to a simple rumor that isn't true, or anything else that might make other students believe that someone else is getting an unfair advantage. However at most places this has not happened. I do think it is fair to note however that Caltech only has about 800 people there making it very small as far as colleges go. So while honor codes might work, I would say the tend to work better in places where they are not counting on a lot of people to up hold these rules
Honor codes in society are extremely important. Many people hold honor codes to a high standard. I believe that enforcing an honor code at St. Mark's code really help create even more integrity in our school. Many prestigious colleges and military intimations hold honor codes to an extremely high standard and if we did the same this school institution to the next level. The students will feel more safe about securing of their work if an honor code is in place at school. When a student agrees to the terms of an honor code it is proven that cheating and stealing will almost completely stop. Any cheaters would have to think twice about every decision they make. Even if they did someone would be able to catch them and tell a teacher or an authority figure about what is happening. In most cases the student would have to go before the academic bored for what they have done. Overall, an honor code would ensure the safety of students, teachers, and integrity of the school and create a more honest and trustworthy student body.
I think that an honor code at Saint Mark's could be very beneficial. It could help all students at St. Mark's to take the value of integrity a lot more serious. An honor code for academic integrity could get rid of most cheating at this school. An honor code would work at St. Mark's because most kids would rather take a low grade on an assignment then risk having the potential to get kicked out. However if we were to get an honor code here, it should be only for those who are cheating. I don't think a strict honor code (one where you could get in trouble for not saying if someone is cheating) would be beneficial here, because no here would want to be deemed as a "snitch". If we got an honor code like Harvard, where if you are caught cheating you have to go in front of a honor board and plead your case, students may become more honest to avoid getting in any more trouble. I honestly think that every school could use an honor code.
Honor Codes are an important part of mosts schools throughout the country. Big name colleges like West Point, The Naval Academy, and Brigham Young University all have their own specific honor code. At St. Mark's, we should have an honor code in place that the student body should follow. Teachers have their own rules and a "code" they must follow, so it's only fair that the student body should have one. Our honor code should encourage us to do the right and moral thing. Since we go to a Catholic school, it would only make sense that we do things that morally correct. However, we do not have a code that helps enforce this. If we had a code, then people would be more aware of the actions that should be taken place when people break the rules. The honor code could be advantageous to St. Mark's, because the student body would be affected in a great way by it. With an honor code in place, we could make the atmosphere and environment at St. Mark's a lot better.
I feel that St. Mark's may or may not be able to sustain an honor code. Since we are a catholic school, using integrity with everything aspect of our lives should be a given. Many classes give a packet of papers in the beginning of the year saying the rules of the class and school. Every one of them specifically says that cheating, plagerism, and lying are completely innapropriate and shouldn't be found in the classroom. We sign these papers, agreeing to follow these rules, but many of us don't follow them. I feel if St. Mark's set up an honor code, it would either work very well or horribly. People could either cheat and not say, or follow the honor code and establish an honest classroom. This would also apply outside of the classroom. Some students may see bullying or misuse of technology and substances in a new light. We may never fully understand how an honor code will affect us, though, until we try it here at St. Mark's.
#3. The honor code is one of Sr.Marks core values, so it should be honored as such. Some people fallow the honor code, and others don't. The students who do fallow the honor code are usually the people who grow up and be sucssfull in their later lives. The students who don't fallow the honor code on a regular basis, are the people who won't get very far in life. I try to fallow the honor code as much as I can. I know that I have broken it once or twice, but I know for a fact that nobody can say that they always have followed the honor code one hundred percent. Nobody can always fallow the rules the way they were written, sometimes you have to break the rule to do the right thing. Even though people might have to bend the rules every once in a while, it is best to stay with the rules then going against them.
An honor code at St. Mark's could be a very important thing to have and maintain. An honor code could help keep students honest and hardworking. An honor code wouldn't just stay within the school, it would travel with us beyond the walls. It would encourage us to be honest with everything that we do. Whether it would be with an essay, test, homework, friends, or family. If St. Mark's had an honor code, it would help promote academic and personal integrity. Integrity is the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles. Puritans were known to publicly embarrass, shame, and sometimes banish sinners and criminals from their communities. I believe that by having an honor code at St. Mark's would help maintain our school's integrity by continually reminding the students to be honest about everything that they do. Students should know right from wrong, as most of them do. Students should have the power to choose right from wrong in many cases. Without an honor code, I believe that many students would occasionally, unfortunately, choose wrong rather than right. An honor code would promote the students to choose the right path and to follow the road to honesty and integrity. This would also allow the teachers to be able to trust their students more. Integrity is a value found in many wise men and world known leaders. With an honor code at St. Mark's, we could grow into a path that embodies integrity.
I believe that the honor code is a great way for a student to think about their morals and decisions. I also believe that a good honor code reflects honesty and integrity but only to a certain extent. A school can only ask so much of their students. The most important topic honor codes can mention is cheating. Cheating is a very common act in highschool. It's unfortunate that so many people cheat today but it mainly cannot be stopped. Some teens go to extreme extents just to get the answers on a test or quiz, even just some easy homework answers. Laziness is one of the biggest reasons a person feels the need to cheat, buit there are some cases where he or she is overwhekmed and maybe don't have enough time to finnish a paper, or study for a quiz, or fill out that worksheet so they feel that they have no other choice. New technologies have been invented to point out cheating during schools and even teachers come up with ways to catch their students in the act. Most honor codes prohibit cheating and demand the students to 'taddle tale' on someone when they are cheating but i do not think that is the schools job to tell someone to rat their friend out. This is a problem many highschools can come across everytime there is a cheater. Highschool is a time when poeple are making new friends, and maybe they just want to be in a friend group and they are asked to be trustworthy and to help eachother out on tests. I dont believe honor codes should have the rght to demand turning someone in if they are cheating because it can ruin friendships.
2. I don't believe honor codes are effective because if a student wants to cheat, they will do it whether or not there is an honor code. Although integrity is one of our core values, I don't think we should have an honor code. Students that are honest and don't cheat do not need an honor code to remind them what's right and what isn't. Likewise, a student that does cheat and is dishonest is going to completely ignore the honor code anyway. In my opinion it is completely useless to enforce an honor code at Saint Mark's because we do not have a bad problem with students cheating, and even if we did and honor would not fix the problem. Honor codes may work in some situations, I do not believe they are effective in schools. Students here do a fine job of upholding integrity in academics and in personal life very well with out the presence of a code telling them what to do. In conclusion, is we were to place an honor here at Saint Mark's, I believe it will not have any change to how the students behave in any way. Without any consequences, a rule will always be broken.
Many schools believe that by having honor codes their students will be considered more academically honest. Sometimes honor codes are made for academic reasons or they can be made for unique reasons. For instance at Allegheny College their honor code is made by the students. The code says your allowed to take that test anywhere in the building the test is being given. They can trust that they will not cheat on the test. It was designed to promote individual responsibility and integrity.
Honor codes are slowly fading away but the schools that still keep them are teaching their students about academic integrity. There can be many positive and negative effects of the honor code. Honor codes make sure that each student is fair when taking a test but, it can have bad consequences if you are caught cheating.
At the University of Georgia 603 students were accused of violating the schools academic honor code in the last school year. As their punishment they all accepted zeros on their quiz. Honor codes are meant to be there to help you not to get you in trouble. So maybe next time don't cheat.
Would an honor code work at St marks? I personally think that in the higher phases like 4 and 5 an honor code would work. The reason for that is these phases have hard workers that take pride in their work and would rather fail then use someone else's work. But phase 2 would be another story. Some people in phase 2 are just trying to get by. This means they will do anything to pass. By anything I mean cheat. I've heard of people cheating all the time in phase 2. You might be asking what about phase 3? Well phase 3 is a mixture between some honors students and college prep students. Some people like myself take pride in their work and use only their own work. But there are the students that are smart but don't care about school or grades that will cheat just to pass. Thats why phase 3 is a toss up and could go either way. But I feel if the honor code was integrated earlier people would follow it. If the honor code were to be integrated right now it would not be effective in the lower phases but would be able to be used in the higher phases.
I chose to write my blog on whether or not an honor code would work here at Saint Mark's. I feel that that the incorporation of an honor code at Saint Mark's would not work, although having one would be nice. Having an honor code would be a great thing to have, It not only protects a person's work from being stolen, but it also promotes more creative thinking by forcing students to write their own thoughts. Prestigious schools such as Harvard and military schools such as the Naval Academy have very strong standards when dealing with honor codes, and I think that if Saint Mark's did not uphold these ideals then it would be redundant when we say that we are a college preparatory school. However, I think that if we were to make the change we would have to commit. This sort of thing can only be instituted if and only if it gets enforced school-wide. So even thought I believe that an honor code can make a better school, I think that it would be hard, but not impossible, to incorporate.
I believe an honor code at St. Marks would be a good idea. Although I believe it would be a good idea, I do not think it would work. I believe this because, some classes have honor codes and these codes do not work very effectively. Everybody may have a day where you forgot to study the night before or you forgot what something means. The temptation is always there to cheat, but you have the option to cheat or not to cheat. Another reason I do not believe the honor code would work is because nobody wants to be labeled a "rat" or a "snitch". If you get labeled this it often interpreted that you can not be trusted with any secrets or things that other people are not supposed to know. This is one of the worst things you want to be called. If you "snitch" on the wrong person it is often thought that "snitches get stitches" this means that if you tell on somebody you will most likely get jumped or beaten up. These are the most common reasons an honor code would not work in St. Marks or in most of the schools in our region.
Personally, I think establishing an honor code at St. marks would not change anything. If students are already breaking the rules by cheating a simple code won't change their ways. Integrity is and should be one of our core values but that is up to the individual on whether they want to embody integrity or not. With an honor code comes direct punishment which will cause students not to own up to what they did. Without an honor code more students are likely to admit to their wrong doings because things can be worked out. Not having an honor code is putting the schools trust in the students to not cheat, but having an honor is trusting the students to not cheat and if they do they are expected to own up to it and take responsibility under the code. There are both pros and cons to having an honor code at St. marks, but I think either way it won't make a big difference because it is dependent in the individual's morals not just a code.
Having a honor code at St. Marks is one of the best things that could be illustrated into our daily routine. When the students are aware of what expectations they are held to, they want to succed and pass them. If we had a solid and acting honor code, teachers or students would never have to worry about someone cheating, stealing, or acting in a bad manor. At St. Marks, I think we have a very trustworthy and well behaved student body. If we went by our honor code, I think the academic success would increase and the amount of people getting in trouble would decline. The academics would increase because instead of coping work, kids would do it themselves and actually learn it. The behavior issues would decrease because kids wouldn't want to be the only person getting in trouble and if they did something their friends would have to say something.
I Have chosen to talk about solutions rather than making an email. I believe honesty and integrity are very important in our world. Honor codes are based on these two values. In St. Marks I believe it is hard for some people to follow honor codes. The reason for this is because in the world today everyone focuses on your grades and not if you learn the information. This cause kids to cheat instead of learn the information because they don't believe in themselves to learn it. If Colleges focused less on grades and tests and more on the intelligence of the kid, less people would cheat. St Marks could help the honor code by teaching more information and making tests less complicated. Also I believe honor codes would be improved if a B was 75%. You technically know most of the info with this grade. Also kids would be less likely to cheat if it was easier to get a B. The honor codes in the world today are heavily damaged and need a solution like one of mine.
An honor code at Saint Mark's could work in some cases. One example of a type of honor code
is not talking about people in a negative way. It could keep people from being mean to one another and talking about people behind there backs. It could also stop so many people from cheating or copying work. People would probably be more honest and work harder on their school work. At the same time, it could hurt the Saint Mark's community. People usually don't like when other people tell higher authorities that they are doing something wrong. Even if it is for their own good or the good of other people, no one likes getting in trouble. This could cause the opposite of what some honor codes are supposed to do, that is, not speaking ill of anyone. The person "tattling" on other people could very possibly be outcast and picked on. It might cause them to actually do their work next time but it could be at the cost of another person's feelings. An honor code could be helpful and hurtful in many ways. It could bring people together or tear people apart. The question would be is it worth the consequences of hurting others to potentially fix some of the problems in the school.
An honor code at St. Mark's could work well, because our school is partly based on the values of integrity and excellence. Cheating,p and copying other people' s hard work is not an example of integrity, and you cannot achieve excellence if you do not work hard. At the same time, having students turn their friends in for offenses like cheating would create a culture of distrust and conflict, which is not beneficial to the learning environment. Additionally, students most likely would not participate in it even if they promised to. A student who cheats one time should not be punished as harshly as one who cheats regularly, and there would be no way of knowing which was which. Students who choose to cheat might still and will probably cheat even with the honor code in place. It wouldn not make our school any more moral, and most of the students here behave well anyway because of the Catholic morals that have been instilled in us. Though an honor code may work at institutions such as West Point and Brigham, I do not believe it would work at St. Mark's.
Many colleges across the world, especially in the United States of America, have strict honor codes that the students and faculty must follow. In these honor codes, there are many things about academic honesty and integrity, as well as not cheating and breaking rules in the honor code. One such article on Google News was about how colleges should not have honor codes. The article then goes on to explain how about one hundred students at Stanford university were accused of academic dishonesty in an introductory computer science course. They were sentenced to a one quarter suspension and forty hours of community service for this dishonesty. Such accusations consisted of various offenses from plagiarism to improper collaboration. While academic dishonesty is a very severe rule to break in college, it can go both ways when the description of the class says to "share ideas, hints, debugging help, problem solving strategies, and program structure. It states a specific example where a freshmen was accused of unpermitted collaboration for talking and helping out another student who was behind because of a stay at the hospital. He got an email starting that he would not get a grade for the class. The article then goes on to say that during this day and age where almost everything can be found on the Internet, collaboration is permitted and advised in most classes and workplaces. It states that these honor codes are now impractical. Most honor codes are old, so they are now seen as outdated and restrict what is used in the modern workplace. While honor codes can promote academic honesty, they are way too strict on these things and have harsh treatment for people who break the honor code. I personally think these codes can be refined and modified to fit the modern day style of work.
There are many places and things that have honor codes. Some of those are colleges. These colleges like William and Mary have had honor codes since the 1700s. These honor codes for the most part have not changed and seem like they are not going to change for a while. These codes are also out of date. They are vague and do not give clear guidelines to what is allowed and not allowed collaboration. Also most of these codes are based on peers telling on peers and the instructor to leave the testing room during the exam. Also at these colleges surveys were taken and asked students if they had seen cheating in college, and 87% said that they had. Then another Survey was taken and they asked students if they had taken part in any sort of cheating and 50% of them said they had. While these codes do catch a small amount of cheaters. While those cheaters most of the time were usually not caught during exams. Most of the time they are caught plagiarizing on essays, copying homework, and project answers from other students. That was an instance of Puritan type honor codes and how they work and do nor work in today's colleges.
An honor code is an important thing to have at a high school. At St. Marks an honor code can be used so that the teachers can trust the students. Honor codes help people stay honest about their work. It could either work or not work at a high school. Students are tempted everyday to lie and cheat. Many people would rather void punishment then tell the truth. For example if someone didn't do their homework and didn't want to get in trouble with the teacher they would most likely copy someone else's homework. It is not the right thing to do but when people are stressed and panicking they choose the easiest way to get the job done. At St. marks we have four core values. One of those values is integrity. This value helps the students be honest to the teachers. With the honor code it helps students choose right from wrong. At St. Marks we don't have an honor code like the puritans but we still live with integrity. The students are encouraged to make the right decisions. The environment that we learn and work in helps us to make the right decisions and live with integrity.
Shane Lougheed
Blog #4
Honor code
I believe an honor code is a good thing to have in place at schools because it always reminds students to do their own work or feel somewhat guilty if it is not their own work. There are teachers at Saint Marks that have honor codes in there class as that use it as a reminder to do your own work and not cheat. There will still be people that cheat on there assignments. I think if Saint Marks would implicate a honor code into the school it would have to be inforced with the highest punishment if broken. As it is easy to say that the honor code is an easy fix and it could be implanted into our school any day sounds simple. There would still be students that would cheat on homework, tests and what else there is to cheat on. It is some what part of the human nature to try to succeed at something while making it as easy as possible on yourself. I believe the honor code is really impossible to use and too be 100% truthful and effective. As I believe that the honor code is a good reminder to kid not to cheat, they will still cheat on anything, and lots of people won't tell a teacher about the cheating that is going on. So my point is the honor code isn't 100% effective anywhere it is used because people will still cheat and I believe people won't tell teachers who is cheating no matter how big the consequence.
I do not think that an honor code would work at St. Mark's because such a system is often equated to "snitching". In the honor code system, I think that anyone who participated in the system and snitches in a fellow student would be retaliated against or more or less shunned by many students. In this day and age, students have sort of formed an alliance with each other, even those classmates that are not your friends, to protect each other and defend each other from against the "enemy", or the administration of St. Mark's. Having an honor code system would probably not work because most students would rather keep the secrets of their classmates than snitch on them. Honor codes could definitely work at other schools, such as
colleges, where the student population likely isn't as close and would be more willing to snitch on each other. Honor codes seem more likely to work amongst groups of students that are not as closely knit. I believe this is why an honor code would not work at St. Mark's.
Today there are many honor codes throughout our nation and the most notable are in place at the many schools and universities all around the country. These honor codes ask the students to be as honest in their work and in they way they act in everything that they do. However, these codes don't always work. Not too long ago there was a major case of violations in the honor code at Stanford University. After students returned from spring break, there were many investigations of students who potentially violated the university's honor code based on what they did out of school. These students were facing suspensions that could be up to a semester long and up to 40 hours of community service for this secede of a violation. These students were accused of plagiarism and collaboration that was clearly breaking the schools honor code. Over 20 percent of this class was facing this accusation. The pros of this honor code is it makes the student or person taking the code think twice before doing someone bad. It can save some people from being accused of plagiarism. Also there can be cons. Some of these cons would be that it puts Students in the position to lie. I think there are more pros than cons though when it comes to the honor system. It also shows who has integrity and can push through the temptation of cheating.
One of Saint Mark's core values is integrity and I believe that an honor code might work at St. Mark's. Part of being a good student is having good grades. To get good grades you have to give your best in everything you do. Some people though might choose to take the easy way out and cheat. Having an honor code might remind people that cheating is against the rules of St. Mark's and the consequences of getting caught cheating over power getting a few answers right by cheating. The Puritan's honor code had a moral requirement of honesty and harsh punishment for breaking the honor code. That is not a bad idea because for teachers to help students learn from their mistakes they need to know that the information is theirs. An honor code with consequences for breaking it ,I think, would motivate students to have integrity at all times. It is not hard to be honest in your work. For example, to avoid plagiarism when writing, students would be required to paraphrase unless directly quoting a source. The punishment for plagiarism would be making the grade a zero or further disciplinary action. Because integrity is one of St. Mark's core values, the students of St. Mark's must display integrity to fully represent St. Mark's and an honor code is an effective way to do that.
Although integrity is one of St. Mark's core values, an honor code may or may not work at this school. I do think however that St. Mark's students should always be honest in everything they do from school work to after school sports, and having an honor code could promote honesty and good behavior. However everyone makes mistakes and every student will forget to do a homework assignment from time to time so I don't think it would work to have students required to tell a teacher or any other adult at school if they see a student copying or cheating, and I don't thinks it would be appropriate that a student should be severely punished for coping off a friend's paper in homeroom. This is also a school filled with teenagers and having people "snitch" on one other would probably cause a lot of unwanted drama. If St. Mark's was founded with an honor code however I do think it would work then because students coming into the school would already expect to follow it. If it were just implemented in the coming years I don't think it would work because lots of students would most likely be against it and not want to follow it.
I believe that if Saint Mark's had an honor code it could end up having two effects. One, this could be very beneficial to our school and make our student body more honest people. Or two, this could blow up in our faces and cause the students to be slightly more devious because they were put under another rule. I think that having an honor code at our school would encourage not only myself, but everybody that goes to Saint Mark's to be more honest people. Having an honor code could remind students that it is wrong to cheat and plagiarize other people's work. This could help the students in a whole to become smarter and more independent people by having to always do their own work. Saint Mark's high school encourages integrity. Even though it is not exactly a rule it is kind of an honor code that we should live by. On the other hand, by having an honor code, some students might not like that. They might think they are being forced into honoring something. Some people are considered being a snitch but they would just be honoring the code. Students who don't want the honor code just means that if they did end up cheating and getting in trouble, they wouldn't want to get a punishment. All in all, I think that having an honor code at Saint Mark's would be a good idea. It would remind students to always tell the truth and do your own work. Hopefully having this honor code through high school would also stick with them throughout their lives.
Honor codes would be a good think at St. Mark's, but it can also be a bad thing. Honor codes address issues of cheating, stealing, or misrepresentation. These codes are made by schools and the students are told to agree with them. At St. Mark's one of the core values is integrity. A main part of having integrity is being honest and accepting responsibility for what you've done. If St. Mark's had an honor code then most students would follow it. But there are some students that will try to place the blame on others, thus breaking the honor code. The honor code would benefit students' grades due to the fact they wouldn't cheat on homework so the information would be remembered more easily because they would be using repetition of writing down what they've done in class which helps their grades. The downfall of the honor code at St. Mark's would be that the students might not like the authority that's being given due to the honor codes and they try to rebel. The students could easily just deny that they broke the honor code and receive no punishment. The point of this honor code is to try and teach moral values, but there are always the people who go against the rules and learn nothing from it which makes it both beneficial and no help at all.
I think that an honor code is a good thing to live under. However at a high school maybe not. St marks is a place of learning. Not a place of punishment. It is a place of leaning from your mistakes, not automatically being dismissed by them. With an honor code I feel like people would feel overwhelmed and more tempted to want to do the things we aren't supposed to. Without one, people don't get off on doing something bad, so they won't go against anything. Also without the honor code the feeling you get when your at st marks is family and hospitality. If we had one it be almost like a dictatorship, where if you mess up your gone. Integrity is one of our core values. It is defined in my eyes as the ablitity to learn from your mistakes and make a change for the better. That would not fit into a standard honor code. Mainly because you wouldn't be able to change your mistake. If you make one your punished for it and could be banned from the place where you committed it. The only thing bad about not having a honor code is that if something is stolen from you a search would most likely not be done to find it. You'd end up not seeing it again 9/10 times. Overall I think that st marks is not w place for a standard honor code.
Honor codes would be a good think at St. Mark's, but it can also be a bad thing. Honor codes address issues of cheating, stealing, or misrepresentation. These codes are made by schools and the students are told to agree with them. At St. Mark's one of the core values is integrity. A main part of having integrity is being honest and accepting responsibility for what you've done. If St. Mark's had an honor code then most students would follow it. But there are some students that will try to place the blame on others, thus breaking the honor code. The honor code would benefit students' grades due to the fact they wouldn't cheat on homework so the information would be remembered more easily because they would be using repetition of writing down what they've done in class which helps their grades. The downfall of the honor code at St. Mark's would be that the students might not like the authority that's being given due to the honor codes and they try to rebel. The students could easily just deny that they broke the honor code and receive no punishment. The point of this honor code is to try and teach moral values, but there are always the people who go against the rules and learn nothing from it which makes it both beneficial and no help at all.
I believe that the Saint Mark's honor code is an important part of Saint Mark's because it pushes students to be the best they can be. Integrity is one of the four main cores we are taught at saint Mark's. Integrity teaches us that we should own up to our mistakes and receive the punishment necessary for whatever rule we have broken, or on the other hand, notifying a teacher when you spot a student cheating on a test, copying someone else's homework, or anything in that category. At saint Mark's we are responsible for our actions and we are pushed to respect ourselves and others. Without the honor code I feel as though some of us would forget those core values. With a daily reminder of what the school values are, it pushes us to use them in our everyday lives. The honor code not only helps us to act in such a way inside school, but also outside of school. Being taught to be honest, and to treat others respectfully are good characteristics to have, and saint Mark's is doing a good job at teaching that to the student body. It is a good feeling to know that our future generation holds so many good people due to the values they believe in.
2.) I believe that an honor code would be able to, but also wouldn't be able to work at St. Marks. I think for many students at St. Marks an honor code wouldn't work. Unfortunately, even with integrity being one of our four core values, a lot of the students would still fail to follow an honor code. Some teachers do have honor codes that their students have to sign before taking a test and they still disobey it! I know some students would be able to follow and honor code, but I believe most wouldn't. Having an honor code sounds like a really good and responsible way to ensure that kids aren't cheating, disobeying the four core values, or behaving wrongly, but I don't think our school could use it properly. Honor codes at implemented at other institutions haven’t eliminated cheating. As an example, there have been several cheating scandals over the years the West Point and the US Air Force Academy, despite both having robust honor codes. This appears to be a problem regardless of the stature and position of the people participating. For instance, General David Petreaus the highest ranking soldier in Afghanistan lost his job for cheating. Unfortunately, integrity is an inside job and not something that can be force upon people through honor codes.
2.) I believe that an honor code would be able to, but also wouldn't be able to work at St. Marks. I think for many students at St. Marks an honor code wouldn't work. Unfortunately, even with integrity being one of our four core values, a lot of the students would still fail to follow an honor code. Some teachers do have honor codes that their students have to sign before taking a test and they still disobey it! I know some students would be able to follow and honor code, but I believe most wouldn't. Having an honor code sounds like a really good and responsible way to ensure that kids aren't cheating, disobeying the four core values, or behaving wrongly, but I don't think our school could use it properly. Honor codes at implemented at other institutions haven’t eliminated cheating. As an example, there have been several cheating scandals over the years the West Point and the US Air Force Academy, despite both having robust honor codes. This appears to be a problem regardless of the stature and position of the people participating. For instance, General David Petreaus the highest ranking soldier in Afghanistan lost his job for cheating. Unfortunately, integrity is an inside job and not something that can be force upon people through honor codes.
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