<p>as an anxious applicant, i was temped to 1st write something negative about this whole deal to turn other applicnats off to haverford, but i’m no longer in that crazy place 
i’ve been reading these posts in the last few days and talking to my parents and friends about the honor code not being ratified 1st pass and i’ve realized just how superficially i understood the honor code when i 1st applied. i agree with hc alum that the code benefits students in many ways one of which is in its imperfection and the debates that that causes both campus wide and with yourself. the world is imperfect and if the code were 100% perfect, haverford would not prepare its student for the outside world like it does so well. i still don’t know what i’d do if i saw a violation. if it was a social violation, i’d proably speak to the person and if bad enough, would probably ask them to speak wth honor counsel or i’d do it myself. if it was an academic violation, ??? regardless of what i’d do, the fact that there’s this “code” in the back of my head, would cause me to take some time to consider my actions and why i chose those paths, and as a result, i’d be more aware of my capacities and expectations which is valuable in itself. i realize now that the code is more than not cheating and not stealing- and those things wouldn’t surprise me if they occured at haverford- but those things are really tangential to what i now percieve as the true significance of the honor code… that it is a tool for you to learn about yourself and your relationship to others rather than as a policing policy for others. </p>
<p>it seems the students now are rallying to ratify the code. if they didn’t succeed, then, the class of 2010 will take care of it!</p>