管轨式滑道作文:谁能提供一篇演讲稿 题目Academic Honesty and integrity

Ladies and gentlemen,
I used to think of university education as an ivory tower where everything is associated with truth, goodness, and beauty, anything but dishonesty. I was so surprised and disappointed when I first discovered a classmate of mine cheating in an examination. I was surprised because I never thought that a person who was receiving higher education should fall into the pit of cheating. I was disappointed because the university campus had been unfortunately polluted. Surprisingly speaking, now I feel no longer surprised at cheating but more disappointed, no longer surprised as dishonest behavior has become so common on campus today, more disappointed as the serious academic pollution has almost shattered my dream of the pure ivory tower. I can’t help asking, “What’s the matter with ethics in education? Have honesty and integrity gone away from our life?

No solutions can be found if we do not analyze the causes of cheating. To begin with, some students have little self-esteem or self-confidence. They have poor attitude towards study and turn to cheating as the only way to survive a course. Secondly, there are so many pressures from society. In such a knowledge-based economy, a good record of study at school is the only apple in the eye of both teachers and parents, and the only key to the door of most companies. Last but not least, parents have not shouldered their responsibility in setting up a good example for their children. It is not unusual that when a child cheats on an exam, his parents get outraged. Yet he keeps hearing his parents talking about cheating on expense accounts or income taxes. This inconsistency drives children crazy.

Confronted with such a serious problem, what shall we do? First of all, schools and universities should make it clear that any cheating behavior will be severely punished with no exceptions. Moreover, teachers and parents of all subjects should work hard to restore honesty by speaking and behaving sincerely and truthfully. Finally, we, young student should be aware of our obligations and view integrity and honesty as the prerequisite for upright and responsible citizens.

Ladies and gentlemen, my original dream of the ivory tower was a bit naïve, as university campus can never be separated from society and the tower of education can hardly be as pure as ivory. Social issues are necessarily reflected in education. However, I firmly believe that truth, goodness and beauty will certainly conquer falsehood, evil and ugliness. With our joint efforts to promote ethical progress, the tower of education can, and will, be made as pure as we wish it to be.