Personal Narrative: My Academic Integrity

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In middle school, loyalty to a student’s academic integrity is often tested. Cheating temptations are present with every test and assignment. Students are desperate to maintain their grades for whatever motivates them and I am no exception from the rest. For me, my motivation is my family. I try to score as high as possible for their sake and mine but sometimes even I get placed in a sticky situation. A while back, I had reached a low point in my life and was struggling to complete my assignments and find time to study for tests. I was tired due to loss of sleep and some family struggles and my judgement was poor to the point where I almost compromised my academic integrity. My choice was to allow my friend to complete my class assignments for me and help them out in the future as payback or to learn the material myself even at my low point and persevere.

For a while, despite my constant blackouts at home due to lack of sleep, I had been completing my assignments on time and keeping my balance. Though as time passed, I felt ready to give up. It was as if continuing as I was seemed entirely hopeless and that without the help of
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I knew it was wrong of me to do so but my mind wasn’t in the right place and I felt drained of all logic. I told her I’d take it into consideration and spent a day or so thinking it through. I realized how much damage it would inflict on my parents to know that my good grades were a hoax based off the work of someone else and how much it would hurt me to know that I let myself down and gave into such a temptation. Low points hit many people but that is no excuse to give up on something important to you and it never should be. I rejected the offer made to me and I do not regret it in any way. It made me a stronger person and helped me prove to myself that even at my worst, I knew what my end goal was and I was willing to do anything to get there without any