Issue date: 5/1/09 Section: Opinion

Last, I would like to remark about how those who abuse the honor system are being unfair to their classmates. For example, the lab that I mentioned was not a simple lab. It involved interpreting observations and explaining our findings. About three-quarters of the students had left the lab after only half an hour. They did the experiment, and then left after filling in their answer sheets with the answers from the TA's answer key. There were about five of us left in the lab for at least another half an hour, trying to figure out what these findings meant. Is it fair that we were left there, doing the work we were supposed to be doing, when the rest of the class had left because they already had the answers? The answer is an obvious no. However, the way I can deal with it is I learned something from doing the lab that they didn't. I stayed to figure out the answers, and learned the material for myself.
The bottom line here is that the Honor System has its flaws, some flaws that may not be easy to solve. If the Honor System is to survive and we are to continue enjoying the privileges we have today, every single Stevens student must start to take the Honor System seriously.

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