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“Ring-ring-ring!” Your alarm clock rings, but you don’t move. You’re exhausted and decide to lie down for just five more minutes.
You fall back into a deep sleep and naturally wake up at 6 am…your bus comes at 6:30…you leap out of bed and into the shower, get dressed, quickly fix your hair into a no-fuss style, gobble down a couple of granola bars and orange juice, and head out the door screaming good-bye to your parents as the bus pulls up to your stop.
Once you get on the bus and plop into your seat…oh, man! You just remembered you didn’t do your math homework that’s due that day!
The bus pulls up to your school and there’s 15 minutes until school begins.
You find a kid from your math class, and the person willingly lets you copy their worksheet. While, yeah; that person is being really nice – you haven’t learned anything. So, when the test day comes you won’t know how to complete this section.
Integrity is most likely shoved down our throats all the time at school, and maybe even at home; but it really is important.
You probably wouldn’t really want someone to copy your hard work; and if you wrote an essay you wouldn’t want anyone to copy your written work verbatim. This would be plagiarism.
Paraphrase, if you must; but cite your work (easybib.com); or make up your own words to tell the story.
“Integrity is doing the right thing, even if nobody is watching.” (Jim Stovall)
Danielle M. Biggs
High School Student
Administrative Assistant & Trustee ~ Lifeline Foundation, Inc.
Sharon M. Biggs, M.A., is a wife, mother, and 21st Century educational leader who serves as Co-Chair & President of Lifeline Foundation, Inc. This 23-year educator is also Founder, Editor, and Chief Writer of LifelineExtensions.blog. View Sharon's other published works at www.examiner.com.
Contact Sharon directly for more information: sharonbiggs@mylifelinefoundation.org
"Children are the globe's most precious commodity."
(Terence H. Biggs, Jr. ~ 2009)
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