Honor Code David Brooks Analysis

According to Christina Hoff Sommers, author of “The War Against Boys”, the reason why boys contravene with classroom

Honor codes and systems are proudly displayed by high schools and colleges alike. These collections of rules are proposed with the hope of achieving the ideal of education: producing productive citizens with integrity. While these systems do provide incentive to follow the clearly stated rules and assist in lessening the effects of favoritism on student punishment for violating rules, they are also open to interpretation as they do not qualify situations based on the severity of the infringement or take into consideration the he-said-she-said aspect of reporting cheating. At my school, Union High School, we do not have an official honor code which leads to extreme crackdowns of authority at the first glimpse of a broken rule in some classrooms and a near absence of rules in others. Because of these disparities in punishment by teachers, a system of increased punishment severity should be created by each teacher and approved by the principle to help promote equitable treatment and provide incentives to follow school guidelines.

To begin, gender roles are a common problem in our society that is heavily influenced by the society’s expectations and one’s own expectations. In Tyler’s bedroom on the first day of school, his sister Hannah was talking with him, “‘I never realized you had a reputation, Ty. I am so proud of you.’ ‘It’s not a good

Although, some may not think an honor code can be useful in a college environment, but it can be seen in Dirmeyer, Jennifer, and Alexander Cartwright article which states, "students at colleges with honor codes—typically students enforced cheat less than their counterparts elsewhere do (Cartwrights). Which comes to an understanding that a more healthy academic environment will take place in a college community, if a college does enforce an honor code. This honor code will typically stand

From a young age, boys and girls are told to act a certain way based on their gender. The norms they are told often contradict each other, with boys being told to be confident and girls compliant. As a UNICEF report from 2008 describes, “Children start facing norms that define ‘masculine’ and ‘feminine’ from an early age. Boys are told not to cry, not to fear, not to be forgiving and instead to be assertive, and strong. Girls on the other hand are asked not to be demanding, to be forgiving and accommodating and ‘ladylike’.

These types of schools, elementary schools, middle schools, high schools, or even college schools, have different ways of conveying their use of 'honor codes'. For example, many students have 'cheated' or copied before. Therefore, when the school invests on cameras to look after students all around the school, it is statistically shown that the number of learning individuals currently working to accomplish these in despicable acts is less in percentage. Compared to before, when there weren't many eyes on them (Bacall). Additionally, it's informative information to be told to the teachers, that the cheating that happens in their own classroom without them even noticing, has but disappeared, now that there are hidden cameras inside the classrooms watching out for the students, are not so inclined to cheat anymore and thus makes cheating not as common

Honor codes are something more than a new set of rules and regulations, honor codes would help create a culture of integrity in Union. Alyssa Vangelli in source B demonstrates how honor codes ensure a level of an academic playing field and stress the notion that students are responsible for policing each other. She claims how “students have reminders of morals values and responsibility to perform honestly in the school environment” by signing a pledge of honor. This source can help students from my school understand what type of environment one would want to live in. Students are able to see the importance of behaving with integrity and the expectations that our actions can cause. Students are more likely to obey rules when they feel like they are

In conclusion, the honor code system is one that is valuable in an environment in which it can thrive, (i.e. the presence of “honest” types, corporal punishment, etc.) and would benefit the school society in general, making students more honest and less susceptible to cheating and fraudulent

Honor codes have been a big topic among schools for quite sometime. They have been proven to be effective. Many would disagree in saying they bring about a tattle tale mentality in students. If established correctly honor codes are a great benefit to students and schools.

As kids grow to adults they start learning throughout their lives right from wrong, and reward or consequence. Honor code is a form of this teaching us students about, "trust and integrity," when doing our work or taking a test, so we know when the honor code is violated there are consequences to the actions or a reward for our hard work in trying. Schools should maintain honor code because of this. In order for honor code to work, trust needs to go both ways for students and the faculty at the school so a , "culture of trust and integrity [is created]...[that we] value so highly [in life]" (source c). Some schools can go to far when enforcing the honor code, and student will see it as "another rule to obey" (source b), but the actual main

In my school of cheaters and collaborators, students do in fact “live in complete trust in each other” (Source B) to not report each other and to provide. If the goal of an honor code was to create a close knit community, I’d argue that the rebellion against it has therefore sufficiently done so. I’ve noticed that hand in hand with cheating, is the desire to help others keep up. Students expected to report each other (Source B) would only break the bonds between us thus changing our community for the worse, academic “integrity” aside. Thus, an honor code in which students are expected to report each other is a wedge in the communal quality of the educational

In today’s society, school is no longer about learning new material nor fully understanding the material, rather it is about getting the passing grade, which leads students to act upon instinct and perform questionable actions including: cheating, plagiarizing and stealing. Therefore, it is necessary for schools, such as my own, to implement an honor code in order to cultivate academic integrity, promote a healthy academic environment since it is adaptable to any school domain.

Most people want an honor code because they have to work for what they earn. Such as a higher paying job if they cheat through school and pass they don't really know anything but still get all the perks, so for the people that actually work it's hard to let something like that go. I feel like it would be a good idea to have an honor system

Honor codes in an academic setting can have varied effects, but when executed successfully, they can help to eliminate practices that are dishonest and cultivate trust and integrity among students and teachers. Windham High School should adopt an honor code in order to promote an environment of trust and integrity.

School is an institution that serves as a means to provide the knowledge and skills necessary to successfully function in society, such as literacy and punctuality. Not only do students acquire these skills, but also knowledge of “hidden curriculum,” which teaches certain societal norms and values. This concept was introduced in Lecture 4.2, with the examples being obedience, hierarchy/powerlessness, and acceptance of inequality. In regards to obedience, students learn that obeying authority is essential for success, that we must learn to be quiet and be interested, even if it means acting like it. With hierarchy/powerlessness, individuals come to accept their impotence in regards to having a voice towards how school is ran. The acceptance