Importance Of Integrity

Integrity C.S. Lewis once said, “Integrity is doing the right thing, even if no one is watching.” It can be difficult to do the right thing, especially if it is not the easy thing. Sometimes, doing the right thing pays off, and you are rewarded for your compassion. Other times- most of the time, in fact- nobody acknowledges kindness. However, at the end of the day, it doesn’t matter what other people think of you, but what you think of yourself. At my old school, there was a sizable program for special needs students. One day, one of these students asked to sit with my friends and me at lunch. Of course we said yes, but nobody really talked to her or made her feel included. The next day, she wanted to sit with us again, but our table

Although I try to honorable, I’m just not perfect. In seventh grade, I hated my math class. I thought the course was boring, I didn’t get along with my teacher, and I wasn’t crazy about all of my classmates. I didn’t pay as much attention in this class as I did in my others, and I probably didn’t study as much as I should have either. One day in class we were taking a test, and I didn’t know the answers to one of the questions. My average wasn’t as high as I would have liked it, so it was important that I do well on this test. Though every fiber of my conscience screamed not to, I looked at my neighbor’s paper. I knew that she was smart and that she would have the right answer, so I quickly copied down the same choice that she had circled. A few days later, we got our grades back, and although I had gotten a perfect score, I wasn’t satisfied. It isn’t a good feeling to know that you don’t deserve something, even if it is something good. I didn’t tell anyone that I cheated, nor did I get in trouble, but I would rather had gotten a worse grade and not have to deal with the guilt of my dishonesty. From this experience, I learned that it is important to act morally, because whatever benefit you get from doing something wrong is not worth the regret that you will feel