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    Although extracurricular activities are required for colleges, GPA also plays an important role. Once students begin college, there is a need to maintain good grades and most students choose to go to work to earn money. Sports can become a distraction to students. Being on the honor roll while playing a sport at the same time will prove that you can be committed to two things at once. To play in games, athletes should have to be on the honor roll. Extracurriculars are there for students to enjoy

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    achieve your goals, you must have an ability. My abilities of being respectful and calm, will help me to have more honor classes, graduate with a 4.0 or higher, go to college and become a pediatrician. Before I become a pediatrician I will need to use my abilities to do so. As was said before, my strengths are being respectful, and being calm. Because my high school goals are having more honor classes, and having a GPA of a 4.0 or higher my strengths helps me to achieve these goals. Being disrespectful

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    Honor Society Application

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    decision to attend Bishop State Community College after high school because it was important to my parents and myself to have a great transition from high school to college at a gradual pace; with the goal of eventually transferring to an university. I was extremely focus on finding a career that match my passion in the areas of sciences and the years I would like to spend on my education. I never gave a thought about looking into honor societies at my college. In fact, I did not think I had the qualification

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    College of Texas--Austin is a public institution that became based in 1883. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 39,523, its putting is city, and the campus length is 434 acres. It makes use of a semester-primarily based absolutely instructional calendar. University of Texas--Austin's ranking inside the 2016 version of best faculties is countrywide In 1890, George Washington Brackenridge donated $18,000 for the improvement of a three tale brick mess hall called Brackenridge hall (affectionately

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    or honors student? Harder work, raised expectations, and a lot of stress is the first thing that comes to my mind, but after that comes the pride, dedication, and determination that is born from the hardships and being pushed to do our best. Fortunately, we have more to put on applications that may impress colleges, but is it worth all of the extra worry and anxiety we put ourselves through? It seems that a lot of honors students have relatively questionable morals. It’s proven that honors students

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    of an honor code before. From reading the sources I have come to learn that the honor codes were made so there would be less cheating. I’m not so fond of the honor code. As a high school student, I see cheating going on every day. Cheating has become normal now because all the students care about is passing. After all, isn’t that what school is about now, passing and not actually gaining knowledge. High school is just one big competition on who can get the highest grades. (Source F) The honor code

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    are breaking the honor code. Breaking the honor code means the school and students are cheating on each other. Not only it is considered cheating, it is also dishonesty and losing trust. I believe we as students should follow the honor code to earn honesty and trustworthy. If I were to break the honor code, the school and students would believe that I cheat on them. Not only that, I would be the most dishonest person in the entire campus. If the school does not have the honor code, students would

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    Are Honor Codes at a University Level Effective in Maintaining Academic Integrity? Issue Question The issue I am interested in exploring is whether or not honor codes at a university level are effective in maintaining the integrity and academic honesty of their students. The issue is of interest to university administrators, faculty, and other employees, as well as students and education_______. While some argue that honor codes enforced by university administrators are the best or only way to enforce

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    The question of whether a school should implement an honor code or honor system is a hot topic throughout many levels of education. Many individuals are skeptical of the benefits of an honor code and if they truly perform their purpose of promoting and and sustaining an atmosphere of academic integrity. My school should abolish their honor code system because many statistics have developed that the establishment of an honor system os not affecting students to change their inappropriate academic behavior

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    school, I have always been a part of high honor roll, and as a junior and senior, I have been a member of National Honor Society. Because I do not participate in sports, I have always been purely dedicated to my schoolwork and getting exceptional grades. Being in the Honors Program at LLCC would not only continue by achievements in academic honors, but help me grow in my goals and plans for the future. To begin with, being a participant in the LLCC Honors program not only allows perks of early registration

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