<p>So… it sounds like the initial alarm sparked by the first post isn’t necessarily dispositive of anything… it sounds like Haverford students are struggling with the Honor Code in a serious way (a GOOD thing!!)
Trying to make sense of it, shape it, define it for themselves.</p>
<p>Question: At Haverford, the students have to re-ratify it EVERY spring… and it can evolve in time… is this how other Honor Codes are?
Or is this a Quaker consensus thing? My impression was that other schools with Honor Codes, the codes themselves are etched in stone, a matter of tradition… and that students have no say in changing it, re-adopting it, etc. At Haverford, the students are put in the driver’s seat with the Honor Code… it is a living, breathing ideal that students much actively engage. Again… this is all good, I think.</p>