Snitching

[raimius]

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Perhaps this is more important to me because I am going to work in an area where lies and cover-ups can cost millions of dollars–or lives.

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<p>And I imagine tattling on a friend and his cheating ways on a school paper is part of the intensive training required for the position?

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<p>Yes, it is. I have taken an oath to uphold my college’s honor code, which includes not tolerating other cadets lying, cheating, or stealing. Of course, I would try to resolve the issue by going to the other person first, but I am required to take action. My college takes the honor code seriously. If I saw someone cheat and decided to ignore it, we would both be dismissed. It is that serious. It is not about a grade on a paper. It is about integrity; not just the cheater’s but your’s as well.</p>

<p>[The</a> Gazette: Air Force Academy](<a href=“http://www2.gazette.com/usafa/display.php?id=1331560&secid=50]The”>http://www2.gazette.com/usafa/display.php?id=1331560&secid=50)</p>

<p>To the OP, it is not your fault that your friend was denied acceptance. The blame lies squarely on his shoulders. I’m sure he can find some other place to recieve an education, if he so chooses.</p>

[HisGraceFillsMe]

<p>^Exactly.</p>

<p>My school has this huge sign above the front gate that says, “-----(school’s name) High School: Pathway to Excellence and Integrity.”</p>

<p>I am one of several hundred students who take that very seriously. Especially as a Teacher’s Aide…if I see two students who appear to be cheating off of each other in my period, I’ll go to them first just to make sure I’m not mistaken. If it happens again, I go to the teacher. Mostly because that teacher is trusting me to catch things that she can’t and she’s trusting me to be a fair grader, in that no one has an unfair advantage. I refuse to betray that trust, no matter how “trivial” the assignment may seem.</p>