Honesty I remember being in homeroom in the fifth grade and being sent to the principal for calling one of my classmates a name that involved a few Lbadn words. When I arrived at the principalns office, my knees got weak and sweat was running down my forehead, When he asked my what I had done. I could not think of a good excuse. Ijust told him the truth. Although he was not happy with me, he did not punish me because he was Impressed with my honesty. This event in my life helped me to realize that the best way to get out of bad situation in life is to be honest. It is hard to really pinpoint one thing in my life that has helped me develop my honesty. One key factor would have to be my parents. My parents have taught me to be honest ever since I was avery small child. My mom and dad have worked hard their whole lives to get to where they are today.
They both have good honest jobs and they have never gone out looking for some one else to give them something. My father is a farmer and my mother works for the Alabama extension system. I am glad that they have taught me the values of working hard and honesty. They have always required me to get a job in the summer even though I probably could have gotten by Without one. They also made me do chores around the house and encouraged me to help out in the community. Another thing I must give credit to is my Christian upbringing. I have gone to church my entire life and was taught there the values of being honest. One more factor that has caused me to be honest Is the mistakes that I have made by not telling the truth. I am a firm believer that the best way to learn is from your mistakes. When a person is not honest they can get themselves in a great deal of trouble.
After you get in trouble once for dishonesty you should learn your lesson, once I got caught cheating on a math test and got a zero, which helped to teach me that I should not cheat. Although I consider myself to be an honest person I am not saying that I am perfect or that l have never told a lie. Everyone lies a little bit. its just human nature. There have been times when I have told little lies to my parent or to my teachers but I knew in the long run that it is not the best way to do things. Asl mentioned earlier there have even been times thatl have looked over a friendfls shoulder during a test. I can see that this will be even more of a temptation In college because of large class sizes. I have never really felt good about cheating and always wished that I would have just took a few more minuets to study instead of having to cheat to make a good grade.
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One reason that I hate lying so much is that when you lie it always seems to lead to another lie, For example if you cheat on atest (which is a form of lying) someone might ask you if you studied a lot and your answer will probably be yes which would be another he. I have been in bad situations in my life were it seems that a little white lie would help me get through it. In these situations I have often decided to go ahead and tell the truth because I knew that it was the right thing to do. Many times the situation came out better than I expected because I came out and told the truth. Sometimes being honest seems to have its downsides. One thing that is bad for me is that sometimes I forget that not everyone is always telling the truth. I tend to be very gullible because sometimes [ do not realize that everyone is not honest. One way that this is true is when you are telling your friends a story.
Stories always seem to be a little better if you stretch the truth out just a bit. I have some friends that always seam to make things sound ten times better that they really are. These people Will describe something and make it sound great. and then when you finally find out what they are talking about, you are disappointed, because it is not what you expected. Another downside that honesty has is that you can sometimes make people mad. Everyone has heard the old saying Uthe truth hurts]. This is very true. When you tell the truth, not everyone is always pleased. A reader might wonder why honesty is an important trait for a collage student to have. I believe that if I do not go through college honestly that I will have wasted my time.
Sure, there are ways to make your grades by getting other people to do projects or by cheating on test, but if you do not do it yourself you are not learning anything. I have even heard of people paying other people to take courses for them. Sure, you may be able to get a good job after you graduate it you do this, but you will not be as capable as other people and they will be much better at their job than you. This may lead to you never getting raises or even being fired. In my opinion, honesty is much more that just telling the truth of not cheating. To me, honesty is a way of Iivmg your life. Honesty is a important trait because it can help you build other key traits in your life. By working honestly. you can help build your selfresteem and confidence in you self. I believe that these two traits are essential to get ahead in todayls world.
If you do not have faith in yourself that you can do something, you probably never will get it done. I hope that my years in college will help me to be an even more honest person, and I hope that I will obtain more good character traits that will help me in the rest of my life. Although it can be very tempting, there is not really any good reason not to be honest. With honesty I will always feel better about my self in the end. Whether it is Just getting out of a few licks in the principalfls office or making an imponant life decision I try to remember that by being honest | Will nearly always come out on top.
