Academic Integrity Essay “Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.” Said William Clement Stone a prominent businessman. Everyday there is constant cheating, dishonesty, lazy work, and copying of others work. That is what you see during a regular day of school whether in high school or college. Those are who do not follow academic integrity by not avoiding plagiarism, having
Houston, Texas is one of the largest cities in Texas. Houston has its upper class side, with massive malls and art galleries and its lower class side with gang activity and violence. I grew up on the not so pretty side of town. My mother dropped out of school in 9th grade and had me when she was sixteen years old. My father was kicked out of school when he was seventeen years old and sent to a juvenile detention center and later transferred to Harris County Jail. My mother didn’t have a steady job
Essay Two In the Apology, Socrates a Greek philosopher faced trial after being accused of not accepting the gods recognized by the State, creating new deities and, therefore corrupting, the youth of Athens. Socrates to not only to be found not guilty of his accusations also sought to enlighten the court with his knowledge on how not knowing things is truly the key to understanding the world. Socrates was a firm believer that if you were truly intelligent one must accept that knowing everything is