"Ethical judgment, it seems, has been supplanted by our need to succeed. The pressure that got us into an elite college still dogs us; now, the goal is a high-paying job or graduate school." - Jessica Cheung, 2014
It's OK to circumnavigate the accepted route in pursuit of success, but many of us choose not to. Its embedded within students from an early age to always follow the rules: Go to school, word hard, be kind, eat your vegetables...all in the pursuit of success. It is commonly agreed that rules are meant to protect the people for whom they were created. But, there also exists a theory that rules are made to be broken.
A person’s character is a trait developed within the confinements of a school. Meaning, attitudes regarding academic dishonesty are ironically cultivated in the academic system. In a small scale context, I intend to investigate if the lessons learned through the hidden curriculum influence the actions of college students in terms of abiding by campus rules such as the honor code. If consequence were removed from the equation, would students behave differently?
When do students find it acceptable to break the rules?
It's OK to circumnavigate the accepted route in pursuit of success, but many of us choose not to. Its embedded within students from an early age to always follow the rules: Go to school, word hard, be kind, eat your vegetables...all in the pursuit of success. It is commonly agreed that rules are meant to protect the people for whom they were created. But, there also exists a theory that rules are made to be broken.
A person’s character is a trait developed within the confinements of a school. Meaning, attitudes regarding academic dishonesty are ironically cultivated in the academic system. In a small scale context, I intend to investigate if the lessons learned through the hidden curriculum influence the actions of college students in terms of abiding by campus rules such as the honor code. If consequence were removed from the equation, would students behave differently?
When do students find it acceptable to break the rules?