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Aby's view of honor involves something more than simply telling the truth. How do you think he would define it for the other workers?
What does "honor" mean with respect to the Honors Program at ECU?
If you complete the requirements of the Honors Program, you will be an Honors graduate. But is that the same thing as performing honorably? What is the difference?
If someone in the Honors Program does not behave honorably (by cheating on assignments, for example), does that diminish the value of the program for other members?
Only answer this question after you've read part six, chapter three and all the preceding chapters.
Honor for the ECU honors program means doing what is right, and acting in good faith academically no matter the situation or disparity. Graduating with honors and performing honorably are two different things, graduating with honors just means you've met the requirements established by the program, it doesn't state what actions you took to complete them, or whether they were done honorably, performing honorably means you've taken no shortcuts, never cheated on any of your exams, or never lied to improve your position within the program, these are incredibly hard to do at times, but for students in the ECU honors program, it isn't. In order to be honorable we've had to live honorable lives, we contain the moral compass, and willpower to take the high road under any circumstances and no matter how desperate of a situation we find ourselves in. If someone was to cheat within the honors program it would certainly diminish the value of the program for other members, if I were to cheat on assigned writings and win one of the prestigious writing awards at the end of the year banquet, while someone else had similar grades to me but spent double the time and exhausted twice the resources to obtain these grades, then they would feel hurt and undervalued as a member, and maybe next year they too would be inclined to resort to such shady tactics to obtain the award for themselves. To allow cheating and lying in this program would bring on a dire struggle of trying to ensure that our honor's program remains honorable.
ReplyDeleteAby would define honor as having back bone, integrity, and fearlessness. Aby would rather give his life trying to build a life for his family in America than have his son know he gave up when times were hard or not convenient, and for his son Bobby to know that having a solid back bone and being willing to see things through to the end is an honorable quality.
DeleteAby would define honor as commitment, courage, and pursuing justice likely for himself and the other workers. He means that he wants his son to know that he never gave up on seeing him and fighting for a life in America. Honor for the Honors Program means that we are upheld to a standard. To me it means we should try to learn, be truthful, and be humbly confident. Taking classes, finishing projects, and community service certainly set a person up for success and to be honorable. If they finish, surely they are intelligent, hardworking, and confident. As a freshman I can't really say if there are any odd circumstances where they wouldn't be honorable. The difference is whether someone has gone through steps or does things they want to and has good traits. I don't think a person cheating affects anyone but themselves. I wouldn't feel less about myself if a person cheated unless I were about to win an award. In fact it might make me feel smarter to do it with my own ability.
ReplyDeleteI think Honor is slightly different for each person. For ECU Honor is having integrity in your work, being kind to others, respecting others more importantly as you can be kind but not respectful. In the case of graduating with Honors that is simply an award to me, but it’s what the Honors mean as a whole that is the important part, which is “going above and beyond...” going the extra mile while in college. I think if someone was in the program, and they cheated on an assignment it would not diminish the program as much as it would make that person would be greatly... disliked if they were to somehow stay in it. With Aby I think the way he would define it would be to stick to your morals. If you believe whole heartedly something is terribly wrong, then you fight to right that wrong. I am going to make a DND reference here but it’s like a Paladin, their power is derived from them whole heartedly believing in whatever cause they chose. let me put it like this, your morality, ideals, whatever you want to call them is like a rope tied to the bull that is your honor and if you want to keep your butt on there you hold onto that rope and ride.
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