Honor Code

I do not believe an honor code would be effective at Ursinus College for many reasons. First and foremost, I do not believe it would be effective. To provide an example, at my old high school we had an honor code and I can say from experience that it did not work out at all. We had to put “I did not receive or give any aid on aid on this test or quiz” and then sign it. I found it quite ironic that as soon as we walked through the door, I would hear at least three or four students talk about how much they shared answers. Right then and there, I realized an honor code could never work and saw there will always be students to cheat. Other schools talk about how much their honor code works or how well respected their honor code is but I am willing to bet there are a good amount of students that cheat and either don’t tell anyone or cheat in some in some type of way. I believe it could only lead to get students in trouble. There should be a trust between an institution and their students but I do not believe this is the answer. To me, it goes back to the old saying that, “if it aint broke, don’t fix it.” I believe that is the case here at Ursinus. We do not have a huge problem of cheating and I believe that we should focus time and energy elsewhere.