Harvard Scandal

after talking about the Harvard cheating scandal in class I got really interested and decided to Google about it. I found this article http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/17/education/students-accused-of-cheating-return-awkwardly-to-a-changed-harvard.html?pagewanted=2&_r=0 that talks about the impacts of the scandal, and what the school is changing in response to what occurred. I find it very interesting that such a prestigious school like Harvard had something like this happen, but at the same time it isn't that much of a surprise because you would have to assume that a good percentage of the people that attend the university have been involved in cheating before attending. Like we mentioned in class many students probably cheated their way through high school and tests leading up to enrollment, so why wouldn't they continue their cheating ways in college? The article talks about proposing an honor codes in order to make people accountable for their actions and to ensure that everyone knows what is expected as students and teachers. I find this to be interesting because it could work, but could also backfire. Students that have been cheating their whole lives aren't going to stop just because they sign some paper that says they won't.