Academic Dishonesty

Cheating is not tolerated

This is my story..
Peer pressure is real. When I told James that he couldn't copy my essay, I could see it in his eyes that he was gonna get everyone on me. I couldn't handle it, my insecurities can't take a bad reputation, so i did it.

I found him earlier that day and told him he could use it for ideas. At that moment, I didn't know the casualties of my doing, nor did I know how severe it was going to be. I kept telling myself that he wouldn't copy it, or that he would reword it at the worst.

The next day at school, I asked if he had my paper and if it helped. He said "yea" then he told me that he would turn it in for me. I told him no, but he told me not to worry about it. He sounded reassuring so I didn't let him worry me. Everything was fine until I woke up from my routine nap when I get home.

My mom told me that the principal had called and told her that they needed to schedule a parent teacher conference as soon as possible. At that very moment, it felt as if my heart had skipped a beat. I tried calling James that night but he ignored my calls. That sleepless night might have been the worst night I've ever had. The worst part of it all was that the worst night of my life turned into the worst day of my life.