What I Learned In College

The past year has been quite a journey and I have learned and matured greatly over this time. I understand how big of a mistake I made, and I have thought on numerous occasions of how I would keep something like this from happening again if I was once again a student at the University of Alabama. I gained much insight from this event as I now live my life in a different manner and hold myself to higher ethical standards. I plan to live out these standards both inside and outside of the classroom, as I believe academic integrity carries over to more than just school. I hold myself personally accountable for every action that I take, and after everything has happened I know how to conduct myself even when no one is watching. My character has changed over the year and I carry out all of my actions in an honest manner regardless of the situation and these actions will also been shown in an academic setting. I believe honesty is key when following the academic code of conduct and I will be honest in all instances, which includes during the completion of any school work. I have learned that it is better to be honest when doing anything and I am also able to own up to any

Alexander Hamilton always had a dream ever since he was a little boy to fight for his country and make a revolution happen.

Unfortunately, I missed the opportunity to participate in the group discussion in person on the day we were on campus. I have since emailed both particpants in my group, Anna Guzman and Tara Rhodes, who both responded promptly that everyone was submitting short answers to the questions in our discussion group, to compare and analyze. I have since compared and reviewed their answers with mine and we have similar opinions on Shackleton’s leadership traits, the meaning of the great achievement of failure to us all seemed to be that his greatest achievement was successfully keeping his team of men alive for two years.

As the leader of this dilemma, I believe that it is important to ensure that the codes of ethics and professionalism, and care are clearly defined, understood, and practiced by the faculty members. Additionally, I believe that the bureaucratic and democratic approaches should be utilized in solving this problem. The instructor and the vice president for academic affairs are aware of the institution’s policies regarding changing grades, and the problem that Dr. Simms had with the student. After assessing all relevant information, the student’s grade should be changed back, and the instructor should be given a verbal warning due the nature of the problem. Although, Dr. Simms reached out for assistance in solving the issue with student, she failed to comply with the institution’s policy and should be held accountable.

In high school I did not start in all honors classes, and I was not always ranked number 12 in my class. I started in the lower classes, and I had one honors class my freshman year. I was ranked number 22 in my freshman class. I knew that I could do better, and I knew that I wanted to challenge myself. I worked my butt off to get where I am today, and that is in all A.P classes. This shows my determination, and how I am hard worker. I push myself to be the very best, and I let nothing get in my

Last year I came across a shocking discovery. One that made me question my ethnic background as a whole. My biological father told me that he is originally from Ireland and at the age of 9 he moved to America. When my dad lived in Ireland he lived with my grandparents eventually his mother moved to America; after the divorce. Since his father was unable to take care of him he was put in an orphanage, since they had no knowledge on where his mother was. Eventually, after 4 years he was adopted by my grandmother who lived in Brooklyn, New York. My grandparents were on vacation in Ireland when they met my father visiting an orphanage and decided to adopt him. However, my father told me about Ireland and how the lifestyle he was custom to in Ireland is completely different from the lifestyle he had to grow accustom to in America. Some of the stories I was able to draw a comparison with to what we learned from class.

Throughout my high school years my grades were terrible. I struggled in all my classes. Until they put me in a community school from their i started to stay after school finishing all my work i even made it back to regular high school. I also went from a 2.03 to a 3.2.

In addition to engineering, Tim also plays on the UNB varsity football team, which eats up a significant amount of his time. Tim had a critical decision to make last night, he was forced to choose between studying for his big physics test today or attending his football practice. He opted to attend football practice, therefore giving himself no time to study for his physics test. He thought to himself "Jerry has a 3.5 GPA, why don't I just sit right next to him?". Tim worried about the test all night and barely got a wink of sleep. By the time his alarm woke him up, he was exhausted and lethargic. He struggled to get ready for school and finally, when he made it to class, there were no seats next to Jerry. Tim decided to sit next to another student in the class, but coincidentally this individual was failing physics as well. The instructor immediately noticed the resemblance between Tim's paper and the other student's paper. The instructor wrote up an academic offense incident report and gave it to the registrar for approval. A week or so later, Tim received an email from the registrar concerning plagiarism. Tim was given a zero on the test without a chance to rewrite, a note was placed in his file regarding the academic offense as well as a warning that the next offense will result in failure of the course. As I see it, Tim received an appropriate punishment,

Following the downfall of Mediterranean Bronze age civilizations and the dark age of Greece a resurgence of writing, culture, and empire occurred. The poleis of Athens, Sparta, and Thebes rapidly expanded their population and cultural identity to transform from hamlets to powerful city states. With this expansion of identity and wealth of these poleis came a rapid rush of colonization on the surrounding Mediterranean islands and lands beyond. Although the exact causes and logistics of this phenomenon are greatly debated the impact the spread of Greek identity and influence had on the western world and Greece is incredibly significant.

Members of the Caltech community live, learn, and work within an Honor System with one simple guideline; 'No member shall take unfair advantage of any other member of the Caltech community. ' While seemingly simple, questions of ethics, honesty and integrity are sometimes puzzling. Share a difficult situation that has challenged you. What was your response, and how did you arrive at a solution? (200 word max)

This might be one of the hardest things, I will do in group because I have learned so much about myself. I have no idea what you went and are going through on a day to day basis. I can not begin to imagine the feeling you had about me when you came home to the first search warrant. You could have felt; disappointed, sad, hurt, shocked or let down.

As a child I struggled with my own identity. I was abused as a baby and was taken into the home of a pastor. The pastor became a father image to me until a few days after my seventh birthday he died. After he died I was abused again and hardly went to school. The DSS came to get me and I lived with a foster care for a few months. I was then given to my step sister with legal guardianship. My reading and math skills in school were horrible and I was placed into a program to help me reach to the level I had to be at my age. When I entered high school the program took notice of my overall improvement. I started from a poor improvement student to an honors student and into an advancement placement student in English. I've been through a lot in

Waiting in line to go through customs I didn 't want to think about all all the things I would have to do. Support myself financially, find a place to live, figure out how to start college. It all seemed overwhelming. I immigrated on my own to US when I was seventeen. The transition was difficult, and I considered returning back to India. Even though it would have been easier to return, staying provided better opportunities. As I grappled with my new environment and struggled to acclimate. Two experiences played a pivotal role in shaping my character. First, the support I received from family and friends. The second, my work with adolescent youth. Through these I understood the importance of support and the joy of providing it. The

Whew, finally done with eight semesters of blood, sweat, and tears. Truly, these last four years of my life have been agonizing and grueling, however they also have been completely worth all of the pain that I have experienced. Now, looking back at my experiences of the past four years I realize how much I have learned, and also how much I have missed out on and wished I could have done. So, myself, I would encourage you to always remember the lessons that I have learned here in college and the value of my education.

Under immense pressure I made a very costly action. I admit that I was guilty of plagiarism on my public education project in my section for my summary. This semester I tried and persevere through my concussion but it was too consequential and hurt me very bad in the end. I attempted to play catch up and get caught up in my classes and I couldn't and its apparent. I will own the fact that this happened and because of this I will learn and be better. I am going to create better daily habits and become a better person by; being timely, no breaks and no cutting corners. I wish I could say this was just an error on my part, but I was aware at the time that what I was doing was indeed wrong. I continued to leave the plagiarism and take zero action