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Scholastic Dishonesty

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Reflect on your decision making process as you were considering whether or not to cheat on your assignment.

a. What factors contributed to the situation and your ultimate decision to cheat?

b. Did you consider the consequences you may face when making the decision to cheat? If so, what did you think they would be?

c. What other options did you consider? What would the consequences had been if you would have selected one of the other options?

d. What consequences are you facing as a result of your actions (please be specific) and how do the consequences relate to the choice you made?

How have you been impacted by your behavior in this situation? Is there anyone else who was impacted or potentially impacted by your decision to cheat on your assignment? In what ways?

What have you learned as a result of going through the student conduct process?

If you were faced with the same scenario again, would you make a different choice? If yes, what choice would you make? If no, why not?

What will you change in the future if anything in light of this experience? Be specific.

What steps, if any, have you already taken to fix any negative impact of this incident?

What does integrity mean to you?

Give examples of at least three instances when you rely on the integrity of others.

b. Give three examples when others rely on your integrity.

Prison education

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A short paragraph on Prison Education and an essay ‘Should the state of California make tax dollars available to provide free college education to its prison inmates? (use quotations from the readings to support your argument)

What in each of the readings stood out to you the most? Explain in detail why. *What is your initial thought about the state of California providing college education to inmates? Explain your thinking.

What might be some benefits to providing college education to prison inmates? What might be the negative outcomes to providing college education to prison inmates?

 

Non-fiction book

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Write an essay about one non-fiction book chosen from the following list: Orchid Theif by Susan Orlean; Monuments men by robert Edsel; Zodiac by Robert Graysmith; In the heart of the sea by nathaniel Philbrick; Invictus by John Carlin. Your central writing goal, having first read the complete text, is to assess the book’s quoation, and interpretation of facts. Provide a distinct Introduction. Writing Style: How does the author enhance the books narrative with stylistic devices such as figurative language, word choice, striking sentences, or a notable tone? State claims, examples. Use of Quotation: How does the author present and make use of the words of other people relevant to the books themes and events? to support your claims on the authors use of quotation, supply three examples of such quotation from the book, each from a different person cited by name in the text. Interpretation of facts: presents one longer quotation in which the books author addresses the meaning of any facts presented in the book. Present this longer quote as a block quotation.

Problem of the increasing involvement of girls in delinquent behavior and status offenses.

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You have been hired to staff a special project of the state youth commission to address the problem of the increasing involvement of girls in delinquent behavior and status offenses. Your first assignment is to give the commission members an overview of the problem and some possible solutions.
Write them a memorandum, discussing the differences in delinquent behavior between the sexes and proposing prevention and intervention programs that might be designed to reflect such differences.