“Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so, Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something (Thoreau).” Many college students look to get through college by any means even breaking the concept of academic integrity. Few students strive to go beyond the pathways of cheating even if it is morally wrong. Academic integrity is more of a moral code. It is a value in which one should have honesty and avoid any methods of cheating. Academic integrity is essential and can be very beneficial to those who exercise it in the right matter, but there are those who promote Academic dishonesty and choose to mock academic integrity and make use of cheating and plagiarism to bypass school to a degree and many times face consequences for their actions. Cheating promotes the idea of academic dishonesty. It is said “About 75 percent of college students admit to cheating, suggesting that probably even more than three quarters of college students have done something against the rules to improve their grades(Buchmann).” Many students disguise cheating in many ways to …show more content…
Whereas the students who choose to do the work themselves, provide proper citations, and forbid the use of concepts of cheating, define what academic integrity. Students who cheat and make use of plagiarism to mock academic integrity by promoting academic dishonesty are a prime example of Thoreau’s first part of the quote of cheating much of life and just being simply good. Where on the other hand, those who do the work on their own without methods that are prohibited, are prime examples the definition of positive academic integrity and Thoreau’s second part of the quote who “Aim above morality…(and) be good for something.”