Sophomore Year Experience Analysis

1.) In one or two paragraphs introduce yourself to the NHS Officer Selection Committee. Include anything that you want the Committee to know about you. I would first describe myself as persistent; I never let obstacles hold me back from meeting my own expectations. There have been several instances where I have seen myself not achieving the result I want initially, but I never let these setbacks deter me from trying again and trying harder. Sophomore year was the most challenging years I had, not only because of its academic rigors but because I lost class elections for the student council and class officers after winning freshman year. I was tremendously disheartened after I heard these results, but I realized that they did not have to
Personally, I have a hard time understanding why anyone would share that kind of information with others; helping someone who has not taken an assessment only puts everyone involved at a disadvantage. Firstly, the person sharing the information is at a disadvantage, since he has given away information he did not have when he was taking the test, making that person better prepared. The receiver of the information could easily get a higher grade, and that only makes the student sharing information look worse. But even if a student receives higher grade, he is still risking not knowing the information of the exam complete, which in the long run will hard him when final exams or any cumulative test will come around. This is assuming that neither of the students get caught sharing information; it will only take one student getting caught to ruin the grades of both students on that exam and putting both those students at risk for disciplinary action.

4.) The district’s new character initiative has prompted discussions on cheating. What consequences do you think should be given to students who cheat? State those consequences in the below table. Remember both the person who gives the answers, papers, or other information is considered just as much of a cheater as the student who receives them. You may BRIEFLY expand upon an answer from the
Though cheating in high school may seem insignificant to most high school students, it is important to make students aware that cheating will not be able to help them get everywhere they want. At some point, students in our school will have to go to college or maybe even a graduate school after that. Though there is little doubt that there will still be ways to cheat, the consequences will be much greater; years of tuition down the drain, the possibility of criminal charges, and blemished record forever. By instituting more concrete disciplinary action for cheating now, students will be deterred from cheating in high school and hopefully later in life. By extending those punishments to not only the students who cheat but those who give answers and aid in cheating, students can be more involved in preventing cheating. Students would most likely not put their grades on the line just to give someone else an advantage over them and by teaching students that cheaters are taking advantage of them, school leaders can create an environment that deters cheaters from engaging in immoral and ultimately disadvantageous behavior, and that promotes thoughtful, moral