Academic Integrity

I think that students should practice academic integrity because if they do not then it just makes them look like a lower person. People can damage their image by stealing some one's answers, by becoming a liar, and by slacking. Teachers and also other individuals will look at he or she and automatically stereotype that person as a cheater or whatever because they know of an instance when that boy or girl violated academic integrity.
I believe that there is no place for cheating or anything else along those lines becuase it does not get you anywhere, you are only cheating yourself in the long run. Also, if a person is caught violating academic integrity, that person gets emmbarrassed and feels like an idiot because they got caught. If that person had made the proper decision, he or she would not have been embarrassed and sure might have gotten the question or assignment wrong, but he or she would learn from his or her mistake and in the process would become a stronger person.
I will admit that when I was a Freshman at Holy Ghost, I got caught cheating on a test and tried to be sneaky about it, so I did not get caught, but I guess I was not sneaky enough. I was caught in the act by the teacher, I was embarrassed, and felt bad that I even thought about cheating. After the teacher caught me, I think she looked at me differently because I commited that wrong action, which I do not like. Then, the teacher sent me down to Mr. Chapman and I honestly told him about what I had just done. He gave me my punishment like I deserved and I can honestly say now that since that moment in Freshman year I have not cheated or violated academic integrity since and hopfully that will continue.