Academic Integrity

A degree is necessary when searching for a good paying job, to enable you to seek a good life, which also requires you to work hard in school. Cheating means that you didn't earn that degree, it says that you took the answers or information off another student's paper in order to pass the assignment or test you were not mentally or physically prepared for. This is not fair to the other person who worked hard to prepare for that same assignment or test. Academic integrity is honesty and responsibility for academic work that you submit or work on with others. Your growth in school shows your growth as a person. The more you learn, the more you find out about yourself and your reaction to the world. If you constantly are dishonest in your

When your teacher gives a test or assignment there is an agreement made that you will honestly undertake the task in order to learn. Academic dishonesty robs you of the benefits of learning about the subject and also wouldn't give you the satisfaction on completing the assignment. Students need to depict qualities of being honest to their education. Academic integrity is one of the most important qualities every student must possess. According to numerous sources on the internet "In today's world despite of having so many facilities, academic dishonesty is growing more and more". This suggest that even though students have electronic media at their disposal they would rather opt to look for an easy way of doing things which comes under the category of 'academic dishonesty.' I believe the higher education leads towards one's career and the future of our economy and society. Higher education must be able to teach students the importance of academic integrity which they must take with them to their careers. Being dishonest in your work is not right, with all the technology in the world school work should be getting easier and easier, so why cheat is the real question, be honest and finish the assignment or do the test on your own get the satisfaction of doing