Word: exam
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...Actually putting one's signature to paper is quite another because it places the onus on the individual to be moral because it is the right thing to do, not because he or she might get caught. Under an honor code, a dishonest act, such as cheating on an exam, not only means that a student has broken his or her word, but it violates the trust an entire community has vested into itself...
...year ago, my roommate fainted in our room. I was there, and I didn't notice. It was a long afternoon, during one of those horrible weeks when everyone has eight papers to write and an exam to take the next day. We lived in a five-person suite in Canaday, and three of us were home; I was studying in the common room, and two of my roommates were working in their singles, with the doors shut. I have no idea how long either of them had been there, or where they had been before that, or when they...
...much as I value my independence, the moments when I have felt most comfortable at college have been those when someone else has asked me where I've been. I can think of nothing nicer than coming home to people who care enough to ask me how my exam went without my having to mention it, who actually invite me somewhere instead of just assuming that they'll run into me sometime or who call just to say hello because we haven't seen each other in a few days. Most of all, I like knowing that if I were...
Despite exasperated complaints of overwhelming workloads and Draconian exam schedules, several hundred Harvard students simply refuse to take a break...
...morning person. Just look at class times. Many students must race out of bed to classes that meet before Regis and Kathie Lee hit the airwaves. Look at finals. Even if you carefully select a noon lecture, the sunrise lovers in the registrar's office may schedule the exam for that awful hour...