Should Schools Have Honor Codes

Plagiarism is when you copy someone else’s work whether it be research, ideas, or photos, and say

Plagiarism is a form of cheating, and a serious violation of the honor code and academic honesty in educational institutions. According to dictionary.com, plagiarism is: a piece of writing or other work reflecting such unauthorized use or imitation [1]. In simplified terms, plagiarism is taking and using some else’s work without giving credit to the righteous owner, for using their information. This work includes but is not limited to text, graphs, pictures, statistics, or other types of information that is not considered “common knowledge.” It is also considered as stealing, thus it is not tolerated anywhere in the world, and penalties are strictly

Plagiarism occurs when a student attempts to pass off as their own work, the work of another, without any acknowledgement as to its authorship or source.

Honest. Disciplined. Hardworking. These words or a variation of these words are most commonly used by schools to describe their students. But to have such students, schools have needed guidelines to follow so students could be considered for the values put in place. Anonymous High School is no different. Currently the school possesses no such honor code system but some students do not notice. The rules put out by the school seem to accomplish their goal quite well and there seems to be no reason for establishing any kind of honor code system. No honor code system should be put into place because the school is functioning fine without it and adding it would only complicate things.

Periodically it is more suitable to have a set of rules in classrooms then to not have any at all. As the time flutters by, more plentiful crimes have been devoted despite the fact not many are in the great state of Idaho. Teenagers are more likely to commit more crimes then adults. Plagiarizing is the number one crime perpetrate by teenagers when they are in school writing an essay. Students like to plagiarize because they are timid of failing or they simply aren’t sympathetic in that subject. Schools need to have honor codes because it can atrocity the crime rate tremendously. Some schools in the state of Idaho have honor codes like Nampa Senior High School and Columbia High School. Although the students do not follow either honor codes at the high schools.

Being a high schooler at Windham High School, I can say that I am not in favor of the honor codes being established at my school. I am a very busy student-athlete that always completes work on time, does what I’m expected to, and never cheats. Why should I have to follow honor codes that would make no difference in my life. Cheating, stealing, and plagiarizing are already not acceptable, we are told by our teachers constantly, and it is stated in our syllabi.

Schools often have honor codes, which prevent academic dishonesty. Honor codes talk about punishments if found cheating and ways for the school to prevent cheating. Honor codes are very important and should be in all schools.

I often wonder why rules or laws have to be established to cover every part of daily life. People generally know what is right and wrong but as I grow older I see that every set of rules is made to prevent people from doing a certain action ever/again. By acknowledging the set of rules it is in a way similar to signing an honor pledge but that just might not be enough in some places such as my high school. It would be a good idea to establish an honor code at my school to prevent practices such as cheating, plagiarism, and stealing with established consequences for violating the honor code.

Implemented at many high school and colleges around the nation, the honor code has changed many students for better and the worst. In essences, the idea of an honor code working to cultivate a student’s integrity may sound helpful, but it can do more harm than good. Honor codes should not be established in my school or any at all, as it does not reduce academic dishonesty, can create tensions between students and places more stress on already stressful students.

I have on many occasions encountered an honor code of sorts whether it be from school, my job or just being a respectable citizen of society. In all cases, I have upheld the honor code to the best of my abilities and not in any single case, have I violated such code. I attribute my behavior to the environment in which I was raised as child. I was raised in a family that valued discipline and respect for others. I was taught at a very early age to respect your fellow peers especially your elder, obey the rules of society and so on. My grandparents did not hesitate to punish me if I strayed from “normative” behavior and this only ensured that I as a child will learn not to do such things ever again. I was also raised a catholic and as a catholic,

My position on the honor codes within a school system is that they can be beneficial during certain circumstances. I say this becuase honor codes are guidelines that usually are not enforced with more consequences behind them rather than morals. They are sometimes enforced with a pledge filled out with a signature but those who create the pledge fail to understand that the signature is on a sheet of paper that will deteriorate and has no moral value behind it in order to enhance its importance. An honor code is a necessity in a school that is trying to be an exemplary school which all schools should be striving to be. On the other hand it may cause many problems restricting students of their feeling of freedom because an honor code provides restraints and if the student body feels rebellious because of those restraints then they will begin to disregard the honor code thus giving no value in morals or importance to that education facility.

We have an Honor system at our school. Anyone with a 3.7 GPA or above is given the title “Honor Student”. I think it is an adept idea. It encourages students to work assiduously and get rewarded for it. I myself am an Honor Student. But as of late, there have been some conflicts between the Honor and Non Honor students. Both groups resent each other. The Honors students saw themselves as superior; they could do almost anything as long as they maintained their GPA. The staff favored them and payed more attention to their needs, rather than the struggling students’. Getting into sports teams or clubs was a lot easier for them as well, considering they were always preferred by all the groups. Lack of equality within the school irritated the Non

Imagine kids walking around school sagging there pants or wearing shorts that only go to the tips of their legs. If schools don't have dress code kid could wear the smallest close or most revealing close possible. All schools should have dress codes.

Why should we have an honor code? We should have an honor code in our school to insure that the kids here are getting a good education and that they won't leave school not knowing what do with their lives because all they did was cheat.

Plagiarism is a act of imprinting another person's writing, conversation, or even ideas. This even includes the information one gets from WebPages, the published papers online and even articles