During my freshman year of high school, I got into trouble from writing an essay over a book in my lit/comp class. I had to type my essay and turn it in by the next day. Instead of writing it myself, I went on a website and copied and pasted my essay. I wasn’t supposed to, because it was plagiarism, but I thought it wasn’t. I felt what I was doing wasn’t bad because it was on a website that used free essays, and I felt I wasn’t going to get caught. When I got in trouble, I felt terrible, because I got caught and didn’t want to get in to a lot of trouble and didn’t want to have to talk to the principal about what I did. After this happened, I had to learn my lesson on my own, because no one else was going to. By doing this, I never got into anymore trouble while in school.
From me doing this on an assignment, I really learned that trying to cheat and not wanting to do what was right, resulted in me almost getting expelled. I will always remember this situation and remember how I was thinking at the time because I felt so good when I was doing it, thinking I wasn’t going to get caught and get a passing grade on my essay. If I were to comment on what I did from my teacher’s view, I would have to say “stupid.” If I were to have seen a student that was smart as I was do something that would get him in major trouble, I would say his actions were pathetic and stupid.
I would hope that freshmen who are trying to graduate from high school will not even try to take short cuts as I did. All freshmen should come to high school with a positive mindset, wanting to pass all classes without cheating or trying to get by without hard work. I wish I had started off with more positive feelings and having a good mindset my freshman year. If I had, I would have been way more successful in high school and would have taken it to college with me.
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