cyber day #8

It is important for students to understand that the school's faculty and staff value student honesty and integrity. Academic dishonesty, cheating and other forms of using other people's work as your own like plagiarism, are considered serious breaks of academic integrity and are major violations of the standards and behavior expected from all students. There are many reasons students choose to plagiarize or cheat.  Reasons range from the more genuine lack of knowledge to outright dishonorable intentions. Some of these acts include: desire to get a good grade, fear of failing, procrastination or poor time management, disinterest in the assignment, and belief they will not get caught. None of these instances are acceptable reasons to plagiarize, cheat, or commit other acts of academic dishonesty. Students who choose to plagiarize or cheat give themselves an unfair advantage on assignments and disrespect the hard work of others in the class. It is important that students understand that while there are reasons some might choose to plagiarize or cheat, teachers may be interested in reading/grading each student's own, original work, not in reading/grading the work already done by others. Academic integrity is the commitment to (and demonstration) of honest and moral behavior in an academic setting. This is most relevant at high schools as it relates to providing credit to other people when using their ideas. In simplest terms, it requires acknowledging the contributions of other people. Failure to provide such acknowledgement is considered plagiarism. Although we are in the middle of a crisis, we can not change who we are and the morals and values we have. We all need to work together and help each other stay on the right path as we go through this worldwide pandemic.