Honor Codes In High School

An honor code or honor system is a set of rules or principles governing a community based on a set of rules or ideals that define what constitutes honorable behavior within that community. An honor code implements a set code that specifies certain rules in their school. An honor code doesn’t benefit students trust in their school system. An honor code can end up making students engage in mistrust, create misuse of the code, and can cause students to be at odds with each other.

The honor code or honor systems is known by educators across the nation. The honor code is used to keep students from making bad decisions educational wise, for example, cheating and plagiarism, therefore, the honor is used to keep students inside the behavioral codes that the honor code has to offer. The honor code is very controversial because of the codes that the system delivers. The system is very influential to the students and creates a behavioral impact that allows the students to follow by the codes and to have complete freedom. The process of the honor code should be maintained due to the honesty and pledges of the students to increase their success. This will allow students to maintain good morals through ethical temptation being

Not so long ago, the honor code system was brought up to the U.S. Senate whether if it’s best to have it input schools to lessen cheating behaviors from students. It was not welcomed at first for those that were against the honor codes and as well of the people in the Senate. Even though after all the revisions and such, some voted to agree to have the codes set in place that would be good enough to have around in school; albeit honor codes don’t always work around schools, and cheating or some type of academic dishonesty will always happen— it’s inevitable.

My school would greatly benefit from the application of an honor code as long as such a code is approved by the student body. Such an honor code would bring about students to reconsider their actions before cheating on a test. This is because an honor code has the ability to create a culture among students which discourages cheating. Also, including harsh punishments within the honor code would dishearten students from cheating out of fear of potential consequences. Schools which have not benefited from honor codes are very different from Classical, and therefore do not prove that an honor code would be ineffective at Classical. Properly implementing an honor code at Classical High School will reduce academic dishonesty and create an environment

Fairmont Heights has had a long history filled with many questionable decisions and people making those decisions. An honor code is put into place to better build the integrity of people and the school they attend. And by making Fairmont Heights have an honor code would be the biggest waste of time the school would ever think of doing. Honor codes belong at already established schools that are better than Fairmont and will always be.

The author, David Callahan, presents case after case discussing the cheating culture here in America. In some shape or form, it is growing increasingly popular seemingly in every culture. Chapter 7, “Cheating from the Starting Line,” sheds light onto several examples of duplicitous situations involving students in academic settings, and job seekers trying to get gainful employment. Cheating at the Horace Mann School and Stuyvesant High School, two of America’s most prestigious prep-schools, was quite prevalent. Parents and students alike encountered immense pressure. Parents to provide for their child or children access to whatever was necessary to pass, and students do almost anything to have success and get into an Ivy League school. Cheating became an accepted or expected norm.

When implemented correctly, an honor code is the best method for ensuring an honest and nurturing school environment. When implemented correctly, an honor code helps responsible and successful students prosper. Because high school marks the transitional period to college, it is essential for a school to establish an effective honor code system that will foster a morality that will last throughout an individual student’s career. Specifically, GSMST should maintain but revise its honor code. Currently, its honor system involves a simple signing of an honor banner for each class. Of course, students are told the consequences of cheating and plagiarism, but the most important concept of an honor code system is never established. GSMST has a very

Honor codes are, like the name itself implies, created as a method of making students follow a set of rules that discourage them from engaging in activities of academic dishonesty. They are made to preserve the honor of the students through a set of rules that are expected to be followed. Honor codes are an integral part of every school and they should be established and maintained in all forms of education. All schools should have honor codes because honor codes foster an environment without cheating, can be revised by the students themselves, and give students control over the environment in which they learn.

There is a misconception that higher standards and stricter honor codes would lead to less plagiarism. The opposite seems to be true. From the first documented honor code in 1736, faculty and students have been required to take the honor pledge and still have to this day. But solely stating the honor code has not proven to improve the integrity of students. These codes are expected to be lived by but have done nothing but become a burden to students and faculty. High schools, colleges, and universities should not have honor codes or honor systems because, some colleges cannot enforce them, students will not tell on one another, and the responsibility of others honor is burdened on students.

Walking into class you instantly spot the big blue words “POP QUIZ TODAY!” In this situation, students often have to make a decision such as “Do I cheat or am I ready?” or “What if my best friend does not know the answer to a question? Do I give her the answer?” Cheating is an issue that many schools have but how do they deal with this issue? Some schools have thought about implementing an honor code, they believe that if there is an honor code, then students will cheat less because they have signed their name promising they will not cheat. However, this is not always the case. In my opinion honor codes can be beneficial, when put in the right environment, I believe that my school should implement an honor code in order to better prepare students for the more rigorous and merciless world and to build a better school environment full of honesty and trust.

Many Schools and institutes of higher learning have implemented an honor code or honor system, with the purpose being to lower the rate of dishonest behavior, mainly cheating, stealing, and plagiarizing. These honor codes do not always prove effective, there are still those who cheat and the proof that honor codes change anything is minimal. These flaws show that schools need to revise their honor code or honor system.

“Since “everyone else” is cheating, they have no choice but to do the same to remain competitive. And there is growing evidence many students take these habits with them to college.” (McCabe, Donald and Pavela). More and more colleges are using the honor codes. The honor code has helped to prevent cheating. The students who use the honor codes become good citizens in the future. Honor codes are helpful because there are expectations, no more cheating and social codes.

Laurel high School is an academic establishment that has it’s fair share of rules concerning academic integrity. However, the honor codes on certain practice, particularly cheating, are not thoroughly enforced. I propose that my school should revise its policies on cheating to ensure that students are earning the grades they deserve and not achieving through academic dishonesty.

When a new Boilermaker enters Purdue University, they must take the following pledge: “In accordance with the honor code, I will not engage in dishonesty in my academic activities, and I will not tolerate such dishonesty by other students” (Purdue UNW). The code is similar to other schools’ honor codes. Students make this pledge on almost every assignment, but when does it just turn into a redundant sentence to sign under before they turn in a project, homework, or assessment.The honor code has been around for over a hundred years and has helped build bonds between students and teachers to try to reduce cheating. However, it has not always been successful at keeping students from cheating and students see it as arbitrary. While the

Students in the digital age if given the chance will cheat. Research shows that students will cheat weather they know they are right or wrong. This is not a surprise, students will cheat given the chance. Cheating wasn’t a problem until technology came out. If there is a restriction on technology and schools for all grades than maybe cheating will fade away in schools.