Academic honesty, is something that is not very well promoted in schools today. Sadly, students are not the only ones who participate in dishonest dealing in schools. Many times the student is supported and encouraged to cheat, plagiarized and copy school work dishonestly by parents and even teachers!This is the influence of our society. In order to get things done we do it hurriedly and take short cuts so we do not have to spend time on "hard", tedious, meaningless tasks. Sometimes when a student is struggling in school and needs good grades for certain activities or sports, dishonesty in their assignments is the easy quick-fix.Parents and teachers encourage it by giving answers and looking the other way.
When role models in students lives are allowing a student to slack in their honesty in school, it is going to overflow into other parts of life. And when an adult does nothing about it, they are giving permission that it is acceptable to be dishonest. Honesty if very important. If one can not be trusted in what he says he will eventually become distrusted in everything he does or says.In life one can not cheat in his job, he would get fired. There are consequences for being dishonest in life and if you continue to do dishonest things in life they will eventually have to pay the consequences.
Teachers and parents need to set good examples in life so that students learn that dishonesty is an unacceptable behavior. In my high school, a person got it very big trouble for cheating, and plagiarizing usually led to rewriting an entire assignment, with a low grade. These may be considered tough rules, but this is a very important lesson to learn. In order to teach my class to be honest individuals, I will expect quality and original work from them. It is important that they clearly understand what is allowed in the assignment and what is not. Also I will need to exemplify honesty in my own life. If I do not hold a high standard of honesty, there is no way they are going to listen to my encouragement to be virtuous and honest citizens.
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