Eric Hoover's Honor for Honor's Sake
The idea of being judged by your peers has long been accepted as the best way of regulating a population. Even the Constitution uses a peer based judicial system when laying down the framework for the United States government. There are, however, some limits to when and where this system can be effectively implemented. Eric Hoover challenges the use of peer review in universities by telling the testimonials of several students who have been hurt by a system that has overstepped their bounds. The majority of the arguments made by Hoover in “Honor for Honor’s Sake” are pathos based arguments but they are closely entwined with fact. It is this combination of both logos and pathos that creates a strong argument against using peer review to regulate cheating in universities.
Self preservation is necessary for survival. It may be this instinct that makes Hoover’s argument so compelling. Hoover starts his argument by telling the story of a University of Virginia student that was accused of cheating in his last semester of school. I think the main reason for using this example is that the student was innocent. Immediately the reader realizes that this could happen to anybody. The realization that they are not immune makes the argument hit closer to home. The amount of treachery that the student had to endure just to be proven innocent showed some of the flaws in the system. Hoovers first pathos argument is successful; no one would want an injustice like this to occur again. Hoover’s next testimonial does not use just one student but 122 students accused of cheating. A professor accused 122 students at UVa of plagiarism after running the papers through a computer program that loo...
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...ugh to drink. Hoover is trying to show that the possibility of a trial being mishandled is very great. He uses the pathos argument for just this reason; it is impossible to know whether or not a case will be mishandled, therefore one must rely on their ideals and emotions to decide whether or not pear review is a good idea.
Closely entwined with Hoovers pathos argument is his logos argument. He uses several statistics to help support his emotional clams. One example is how he uses the percentage of minorities expelled and the percentage of minorities enrolled verses the percentage of whites expelled and the percentage of whites enrolled. It is hard to truly separate the logos arguments from the pathos. In truth they rely on each other. The way that Hoover uses testimonials and then uses hard fact to support his claims makes his argument very convincing.
When my teacher handed out some papers I was surprised that I got one, considering I’m really goofy. The more I look into it, the more I realize how much of a honor it is to even be considered to be selected in the NJHS.
In “The Death of Honesty,” William Damon raises the concern that current apathy towards increasing dishonesty threatens democracy. In this essay taken from the online volume “Endangered Virtues ” published by the Hoover Institute in 2012, Damon initially concedes that there are situations where lying could be considered acceptable. However, with that being acknowledged, he transitions to his main premise that honesty is losing its importance in society and will lead to its downfall, and he cites examples in politics, law, journalism, and business in contemporary society where dishonesty is expected, and even, condoned. Damon finally directs his remarks pointedly at teachers and current students who accept cheating in schools. To persuade his audience of university students and academic scholars, Damon uses many rhetorical devices and styles including classical logos, pathos, and ethos, and allusions to make an ethical appeal regarding the necessity for honesty.
At certain times it might feel right for some people to help the people that they love by lying. Elizabeth, Proctor's wife, does not tell the truth about her husband's affair in front of the society to protect her husband. She describes her husband as a “good and righteous man” in the court (Miller 113). However, that is not the truth. When a person loves someone, he or she would do anything to help that person. Some people choose the right way, while the others choose the wrong path. Elizabeth decides to lie for the first time just to save Proctor from the problems that he might face if the truth is revealed. Similarly, a teenage girl lies about her friend’s abortion to protect her. De Paulo says, “People tell these serious lies to protect something when the truth could threaten something that they really value” (Kelleher 1). In this case, the girl took the same step to save her friend. People do not want to see their loved ones suffer. As a result, they hide the truth to protect that person from danger. To protect others, they forget the bad outcomes and the trouble they might have to face for telling lies. Not only do people lie for others, but they lie for their own
When one examines managed health care and the hospitals that provide the care, a degree of variation is found in the treatment and care of their patients. This variation can be between hospitals or even between physicians within a health care network. For managed care companies the variation may be beneficial. This may provide them with opportunities to save money when it comes to paying for their policy holder’s care, however this large variation may also be detrimental to the insurance company. This would fall into the category of management of utilization, if hospitals and managed care organizations can control treatment utilization, they can control premium costs for both themselves and their customers (Rodwin 1996). If health care organizations can implement prevention as a way to warrant good health with their consumers, insurance companies can also illuminate unnecessary health care. These are just a few examples of how the health care industry can help benefit their patients, but that does not mean every issue involving physician over utilization or quality of care is erased because there is a management mechanism set in place.
Goode, Stephen and Maier, Timothy W. “ Inflating the Grades” Dissent Fall 1997: 102-04 in Mary Lynch Kennedy and Haley M. Smith. Reading and writing in the Academic Community. 2nd ed, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall 2001. 345-350.
Before this thing started I was like this is just another one of those movies where it is the most boring thing we have ever watched and I can even hardly pay attention because of how terrible it is. This was different for me I guess because it was really good and I wanted to know what happens next I actually payed attention during this film it isn’t one that I was like this is cute its really good it was more of a serious film. Serious films are not really my thing I get bored of it and then I stop watching it because I can predict what happens. This was not how this film was at all because you can’t really predict what happens it leaves you guessing the whole time and I like movies like that because I don’t get bored with them. My three favorite scenes in the Color Purple written by Alice Walker and directed by Steven Spielberg is at the very beginning with Celie and her sister Nettie in the flowers, when Sofia beats up Harpo, and at the very end when everyone is reunited.
The case under review occurred in the city of Newton against a backdrop of economic decline, political disenchantment, and a widening racial divide. A Newton High School senior,Sheila Allison, is accused by her teacher of plagiarizing a book review. Mrs. Durnitz, the teacher, reported to the school principal that Sheila admitted to taking material from the web but claimed she did not know that doing so constituted plagiarism. The district’s policy states that students found guilty of plagiarism must receive a failing grade and repeat the course. Mrs. Durnitz feels that Sheila, having a copy of the student handbook in which plagiarism is discussed, should have known that what she did violated the policy. The teacher also believes that the policy, drafted by the teachers who teach honors classes and approved by the administration, must be followed to the letter despite any extenuating circumstances.
In Tennessee Williams’ play A Streetcar Named Desire, main character Blanche Dubois to begin with seems to be a nearly perfect model of a classy woman whose social interaction, life and behavior are based upon her sophistication. The play revolves around her, therefore the main theme of drama concerns her directly. In Blanche is seen the misfortune of a person caught between two worlds-the world of the past and the world of the present-unwilling to let go of the past and unable, because of her character, to come to any sort of terms with the present.
(Academic Integrity: A Letter to my Students*by William M. Taylor Professor of Political Science Oakton Community College Des Plains, Illinois)
Why is it the fault of the educator that their students cheat? Blaming teachers for plagiarism is outrageous. While there is more that teachers can and should do, blaming them isn’t the answer. There is even a real story of a college professor who caught 20% of his class cheating and was rewarded by the smallest...
Stanley’s treatment of Blanche leaves her alone once again, with what little dreams of returning to her previous status destroyed like the paper lampshade that once gave her the shield from the real her she desperately craved. Stella, the one person Blanche believed she could rely on, sides against her husband after Blanche’s ordeal, leading Blanche to be taken away, relying on the “kindness of strangers”. This final image that Williams leaves us with fully demonstrates that Blanche has been cruelly and finally forced away from her “chosen image of what and who” she is, leaving an empty woman, once full of hope for her future.
In “No Edit,” written by Randy Cohen, a new ethical dilemma is beginning to unveil itself with the number of students applying for college starting to grow yearly. Teachers are beginning to question if editing a student’s college essay application should be considered cheating or if it is even ethically correct. This is an example of ethics in everyday life, and how a person should work through situations to make the most ethically correct decision. Ethics, as defined in “Ethics—The Concept of ‘Right’ and ‘Wrong,’” is a complete branch of knowledge and can be easily placed in moral philosophy” (The Concept par. 2). In “The Cheating Game,” written by Carolyn Kleiner and Mary Lord, it is mentioned that “competition for admission to elite colleges has transformed the high school years into a high-stakes race where top students compete for a spot on the sweet end on the curve,” (The Cheating Game, par. 10). In addition to students competing for highly competitive spots at high-end colleges across the nation, surveys “notes that 50 years ago, only about one in five college students admitted to having cheated in high school … studies show that figure has exploded, to anywhere from
In his essay The Shadow Scholar, Ed Dante peels back a layer of the onion that organized academic fraud has become. His aim, he says, is to “initiate a conversation” (p.474) about why cheating is as prevalent and lucrative as he claims it to be. Citing a New York Times article, he says that up to 61 percent of undergraduate students have admitted to committing some sort of academic fraud (cheating) on required coursework, and if that is the case, it’s a conversation that should be entertained by everyone who has a stake in education, from elementary school students and teachers all the way up to the presidents and deans and provosts of the nation’s colleges and universities.
Integrity; alive in every aspect of life, though not all will succeed to retain the utmost of their integrity. In the example today provides, is that there is a struggle for students to maintain academic integrity. Through this may be due to academic competition leading into their careers or they have little responsibility for actions they commit. Theories exist to explain this by structural-functional approaches, role conflict issues, and the temptation lures of what “a little cheating” can harm. The epic of morality in college is a personal dilemma to resist internal and external pulls that seek to unanchor the honesty individuals have. Paving the way to a better future are academics but, barriers in the way disable people who are ineligible
Social gatherings are often developed with food in mind. Parties have cake, Christmas has cookies, and of course, there is the possibility to dine out as group to celebrate an important event. On multiple occasions, I have opted not to attend such an occasion in order to save others the hassle of preparing food for me or to avoid the embarrassment of bringing my own food. There is no easy way to go about social gatherings; however, dining out is even worse. Every family celebration has to be planned around food I can eat and once at the restaurant it is imperative to ask multiple questions about the food being ordered to avoid cross contamination. When this happens, I feel like a nuisance to not only my family but also the wait staff at the restaurant as